Iowa Boasts Nation’s Biggest Factories And Plants
A Louisville of claims lists Iowa as home to the largest cream separator factory in the United States at Water. the biggest furniture factory at Burlington. the largest sash and door shop in Dubuque. the top macaroni and broom factories in Davenport. the world’s largest calendar factory at Red Oak. Cedar Rapids leads in cereal plants. Keokuk hosts the greatest hydroelectric plant. Mason City in drain tile. Marshalltown steel furnace. Centerville stump puller. Fort Dodge wall plaster. Charles City motor tractors. Sioux City creamery and butter factory. Bettendorf steel car plant. and Newton washing machine hub. Think Iowa talk Iowa.
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Fort Dodge
Charles City
T.E. Yerkes
Cedar Rapids
California
Iowa
Marshalltown
Davenport
Waterloo
Burlington
Muscatine
United States
John
Scrapbook Memories Reveal Midwest Life of 1924
John discovers an old scrapbook filled with clippings about 1924 Cedar Rapids and Linn County. The pages mention a 1922 Bever Park Reservoir, local factories, a 1924 murder trial, road campaigns, and everyday life notes. The owner contemplates who kept it and why.
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Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
John Yanda
Anamosa
John
Sears
Richard Loeb
Nathan Leopold
Clarence Darrow
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
PUBLIC SAFETY Seminar to aid emergency communications
A no charge two day training at Kirkwood Community College teaches communications during emergencies. The seminar for public information officers runs Sept 29–30 at the Community Training and Response Center. It covers coordination among police, fire, hospitals, public health, schools and officials.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Iowa Central Homeland Security Training Center
Fort Dodge
Vicki Fiedler
Fiedler
Iowacentral
Tax relief delays and IRS letter haunt Speltz family
The Speltzes face $160000 due representing 71 percent of their 2000 tax liability. Despite relief provisions for 70 percent of AMT credits over five years, interest and penalties accrue at about 19 percent annually. Coalition for Tax Fairness urges phase two relief to suspend collections and drop penalties while IRS delay frustrates their long lobbying effort.
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Coalition For Tax Fairness
Speltzes
Coalition
Tim Carlson
Carlson
IRS
Congress
Ron Speltz
Speltz
Angela
Ron
Mount Vernon Group Urges Affordable Housing Commission
Mount Vernon council eyed a new affordable housing commission after a League of Women Voters study. The group outlined that affordable housing ranges from 120000 to 145000 dollars and urged use of the Linn County Housing Trust, noting agencies seek a commission before partnering. Mayor Tuerler cited existing budget lines for low and moderate income housing.
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Mount Vernon
Mount Vernon/Lisbon
Carlson
Linn County Housing Trust
Paul Tuerler
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Dubuque
Muscating
Red Oak
Keokuk
Mason City
Centerville
Sioux City
Bettendorf
Newton
Ramblin
Rasdal
Dewitte
Gazettaram
Wees
Ruble and Bee
Johnson Ave
Aee
Seowad
Free Credit
Collins Community
Credit Union
NCUA
Mount Vernon Group
By Abbi Swanson
Edge of Excellence
Edge Business Magazine
Izie Creek
Prairie Creek Ethanol, LLC
Wesley
Williamsburg
Dyersville
Community Plaza
Amana Colonies Holiday Inn
Comfort Inn
Manchester
Cedar Lodge
Marriott
Channes
Peosta St
12Th St
Collins
Duane Madoerin
Prairiecreekethanol.com
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