Des Moines Boy Eats Solid Food After Heart Transplant
Ryan Melone a seven year old Des Moines patient who received a heart transplant woke up bright and smiling and ate solid food for the first time since Friday. Mercy Medical Center officials say the boy was not due to eat solids until today but asked for more at lunch. He dined on vegetable soup potatoes bread butter and strawberry ice cream and sat up for about 15 minutes the first time out of bed since Friday. He remains in serious condition but is improving and takes most medicines orally. Nurses report he is in good spirits and very talkative.
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Des Moines
Ryan Melone
Iowa
Mercy Medical Center
Mercy
Debbie Blume
Melone
Blume
State probes fatal blaze at Underwood
The State Fire Marshal investigates a mobile home fire in Underwood that killed 86 year old Bertha Coffelt. She died of smoke inhalation and severe burns as relatives escaped the two joined trailers near 4 p.m. The Crescent Volunteer Fire Department aided the scene with five family members present.
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Underwood
Pottawattamie County
Bertha Coffelt
Coffelt
Kenneth Saar
Crescent Volunteer Fire Department
Saar
Alfred Coffelt
Branstad Sets Jan 7 for Special Senate Election
Gov. Terry Branstad designated January 7 as the date to fill the Iowa Senate seat of Majority Leader Lowell Junkins who resigned to seek the 1986 party nomination. Junkins, in his fourth term and majority leader since 1982, left from Senate District 31 which includes Lee Van Buren and part of Des Moines counties.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Senate
Lowell Junkins
D-Montrose
Branstad
Junkins
Lee
van Buren
Varn enters race for Iowa Senate 27th District seat
State Rep. Richard Varn of Solon announced his candidacy for the 27th District Iowa Senate seat currently held by Joe Brown. Varn cites his two terms in the Iowa House, law degree near completion, and work at Colonial Bakery in Cedar Rapids. The district covers parts of Johnson Iowa and Poweshiek counties.
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Solon
Richard Varn
Iowa Senate
Joe Brown
Montezuma
Des Moines
Varn
Iowa House of Representatives
University of Iowa
Colonial Bakery
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Iowa
Poweshiek Counties
Marion Briefs Advertisements and Local Services
Local notices invite readers to place ads via phone numbers 398-8234 and 1 800 332 7976. Classifieds list Warner Brothers Siding and Insulation contact 377-5573, and Culligan water softener salt sale at 802 bag on 12th St with sale ending December 6.
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Marion
Warner Brothers
Culligan
Wood arrives late to serve time for starving cattle
Warren Wood, 43, began a 60 day jail term for 25 counts of cruelty to animals after initially missing the 8 a.m. start time. Deputies, aided by a snow plow, found him at home. his wife cited being stranded by snowstorm in Ottosen.
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Wood
Humboldt
Warren Wood
Humboldt County
Florida
Sheriff's Deputies
Anne
Ottosen
Mrs. Wood
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