Elkader Hospital Joins Mercy Association
Central Community Hospital in Elkader has joined the Mercy Association formed by Mercy Hospital in Cedar Rapids. The agreement, approved by the boards Tuesday, keeps Central Community ownership unchanged while Mercy provides consulting services to staff and operations.
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State hospital faulted in deficiencies report
A 35 page federal deficiencies report targets Glenwood state hospital school for the mentally retarded in Iowa. It cites lack of active treatment due to staff shortages and inadequate rights protections including unreviewed restraints and improper consent. The facility could lose $17 million in federal funds if standards are not met.
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Des Moines
Glenwood State Hospital
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Statewide help for compulsive gambling launched in Iowa
Cedar Rapids based Area Substance Abuse Council receives a $50,000 Department of Human Services grant sourced from Iowa Lottery funds to establish a counseling service for compulsive gamblers. ASAC officials describe the pilot program as aiding those losing control over gambling and offer contact at 363-2091.
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Area Substance Abuse Council
Cedar Rapids
Department of Human Services
John Suter
ASAC
Murder trial moved to Linn
Clinton County District Court Judge C H Pelton declared a mistrial in the James Newsom murder case after jurors heard alleged admission of guilt he made to a police officer. A retrial in Linn County is tentatively set. Newsom, 18, faces first degree murder for the July 24, 1985 shooting of Thomas Petersen at the Bryant home shared with Newsom's grandparents. The mistrial followed a reversal of an earlier ruling that the incriminating statement was admissible.
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Linn
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Iowa weighs 1.1 billion highway plan funded by fuel tax hike
State transportation officials study a 1.1 billion plan to widen and improve major routes across Iowa over 10 to 15 years. A proposed fuel tax hike would fund the project alongside highway trust funds and the RISE program, with Gov Branstad opposing further gas tax increases.
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Midwest
Iowa
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Corning
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IDOT
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St. Louis
Kansas City
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Chicago
Milwaukee
David Plazak
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Labor Day Traffic Fatalities Highlight Iowa Safety Push
Iowa safety officials warn Labor Day weekend sees the state’s deadliest traffic period with high alcohol involvement. From 1981 to 1985 forty two deaths occurred, 74 percent alcohol related. in 1985 alone thirteen deaths, twelve alcohol related. The Iowa State Patrol joins CARE to curb speed and drunk driving, deploying troopers on I-80 and I-35 corridors from Des Moines to Davenport and to the Minnesota line.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Patrol
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Wayne Petersen
Patrol
Davenport
Minnesota
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