Shearer Christmas Tree Farm Proves Busy Holiday Season
Fred Shearer and his wife Linda run a 3,000 tree choose and cut Christmas farm near Corning. They report a strong year with 20 percent higher sales and 40 new customers over Thanksgiving weekend as families seek real trees and traditional holiday charm. The operation grows Scots pine Colorado blue Norway spruce and white spruce, plus pre cut Frasier firs.
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Iowa City
Diocese to Restore 117-Year-Old St. Joseph Church in Sioux City
The Sioux City Diocese will restore St. Joseph Catholic Church damaged by a July fire. Bishop R. Walker Nickless announced repairs will cost about 2 million with 1 million already spent and insurance expected to cover most. Work starts January and aims to finish by October, with possible elevator installation.
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Northey urges biodiesel tax credit extension in Senate
Iowa Agriculture Secretary Bill Northey pleads for a federal extension of the biodiesel blenders tax credit set to expire December 31. He warns that without it biodiesel plants may close and jobs may be lost, noting Iowa could save more than a hundred renewable energy jobs with a renewal.
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Des Moines
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U.S. Senate
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Iowa Renewable Fuels Association
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Roberts
Storm could make Iowa roads deadly during winter travel
Iowa transportation officials fear a midweek winter storm could worsen travel during the Christmas period, a time already prone to high traffic deaths. As of Friday 364 deaths were recorded on Iowa highways, down 18 from last year but above 2004, the previous low since WWII.
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Rod Boshart
Vee Moines Bureau
Des Moines
Iowa
Scott Falb
State Department of Transportation
Falb
Falk
Des Moines Johnston police probe carjacking linked shooting
Police in Des Moines and Johnston investigate a carjacking in a grocery lot that led to a man shot and killed as a Johnston officer arrived. The victim is Richard Neil Brown 37, of Des Moines. Fred Robenhouse 84 resisted the carjacker. No officer gunfire reported. In Sioux County two boys 5 and 17 months die in a van crash near Sioux Center. Des Moines bar fight leaves three stabbed with minor injuries.
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Fred Robenhouse
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Chaz Toering
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Sioux Center
Sioux County
Ermin Zornic
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Nicholas Gillespie
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