Early winter weather boosts area retailers sales
Winter snow and ice drive strong demand for snowblowers boots mittens and gloves and winter wear. Stores report fast selling snowblowers sand salt shovels and ice melt with many outlets out of stock and others restocking ahead of further storms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurt Rogahar
Sue Johanson
Schwitters Lawn
Schwitters
Johanson
Jack Coady
Coady Auto
Eighth Ave
Doug Boekhout
Kmart
Stiles Ace Hardware
Center Point Rd
Ice jam halts traffic at Keokuk Lock 19
Ice buildup blocks the Mississippi at Lock and Dam No. 19 near Keokuk halting 4800 tons of coal and 141400 tons of grain towboats. Army Corps of Engineers crews work to remove ice while 13 plus towboats wait and more expected. Traffic from Minneapolis to Alma already stopped.
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Mississippi River
Keokuk
Lock and Dam No. 19
Ray Gall
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island District
Army Corps
Gall
Minneapolis
Alma
Wis
Clinton
Montgomery Ward to Close Cedar Falls College Square Mall Store
Montgomery Ward officials announced plans to close the 130000 square foot store at College Square Mall in Cedar Falls next February due to lagging sales. The company will try to place about 100 employees elsewhere as the Waterloo-Cedar Falls area suffers layoffs at Deere & Co. plants and other businesses shrink.
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Cedar Falls
Montgomery Ward
College Square Mall
Bill Dane
Waterloo
Deere and Co
Ertl Toy to Lay Off 64 More Workers in 3-Week Span
Ertl Toy Co. will temporarily lay off 64 production workers on Friday, raising total idled in three weeks to about 250. After 173 layoffs in mid November, vice president Tom Conry cited a continued drop in toy orders. Most dismissed workers are expected to be recalled January 6, with others possibly later in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyersville
Ertl Toy Co
Ertl
Tom Conry
Conry
Youngest Iowa heart transplant recipient gets early Christmas present
Paul Sarnecki visited 7-year-old Ryan Melone at Mercy Hospital Medical Center after the boy received a heart transplant last Friday. Mercy officials said the donor and patient aimed for Ryan to wear the warmup suit when he recovers enough to exercise.
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Des Moines
Iowa
West Des Moines
Paul Sarnecki
Ryan Melone
Mercy Hospial Medical Center
Paul
Ryan
Mercy
Debbie Blume
Sariecki
Advertise in Marion Briefs By Phone In Gazette
Local advert placement offered for Marion Briefs via phone. Call 398-8234 or toll free 1-800-332-7976 to place an ad in The Gazette.
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Marion
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Dave Bradley
Bradman Sales Inc
Bradley
Bradman’s
Tom Machen
Hawkeye Seed
Third Ave
Machen
Cherry Dempster
Kmart East
Bowling St. SW
Carol Kirchmann
Monticello
Mount Vernon Road
Edgewood Road
True Value Hardware
Dick Phillips
Phillips
Keokuk Dam
Cedar Falls Mall
Ward
Ertl Toy
Gift
Armstrong
Etter Shop
Armstrong Sportswear
Cedar Rapids
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