Drought Threatens Plains States Across Great Plains
Agriculture officials warn drought may spread beyond Kansas and Nebraska with dry conditions in Iowa Illinois Missouri and central regions. Experts cite high pressure ridge cutting moisture. irrigation grows scarce as farmers anticipate water shortages and shifts to drought resistant crops.
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Iowa
Paul Waite
Illinois
Kansas
Mo Johnson
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Nebraska
Hanway
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Waite
Johnson
John Unger
Illinois Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Kyle Peterson
Iowa State University Extension
Sioux City
Louis Gieseke
Pforts Trial Hints Wife Could Have Been Killed by Another
In Mediapolis a defense team at the David Pforts first degree murder trial hinted Karin Pforts may have been slain by a third person. They cited cigarette butt brands differing from the defendant and noted other butts in the house. Trial resumes Monday in Henry County District Court.
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Pforts
Mount Pleasant
UPI
Karin Pforts
David Pforts
Karin
Mediapolis
Murtle
Coalition seeks change in Iowa winter utility shutoff rules
The Iowa Citizen-Labor Coalition challenged winter cutoff rules with the Iowa Commerce Commission claiming current policy allows disconnections during cold weather as temperatures drop below 20 degrees for 24 hours. They urge restoration of service once cold returns, noting utilities have been aggressive during recent warm spells that briefly surpassed the threshold.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Citizen-Labor Coalition
Friday
Iowa Commerce Commission
Anamosa Woman Escapes Car Fire After Crash
Tamara Sue Stroleny an Anamosa resident 18 escaped a rollover on Linn County Route 20 a mile south of Highway 30 moments before her 1974 Ford Pinto burst into flames. Deputies and Linn Rescue Unit responded at 9 am and she was treated and released at Mercy Hospital.
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Anamosa
Tamara Sue Stroleny
Ely
Linn Sheriff's Deputies
Linn Rescue Unit
Stroleny
Linn
Dear Genie readers seek Iowa ties on ancestry questions
Linn County Heritage Society invites Iowa related questions for publication. Send concise inquiries with name and address to Dear Genie, P O Box 175, Cedar Rapids IA 52406. Include details on ancestors Horace Dunlap, Samuel Fulton Hagan, Aaron Sater, Thomas Reese and Rebecca LaRue, plus any available kin data.
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Genie
Linn County Heritage Society
Iowa
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Aaron Sater
Indiana
Mount Pleasant
Hezekiah Sater
Mary Shleppey
Thomas Reese
Rebecca LaRue
Thomas
Pennsylvania
Ottumwa
Samantha
Winthrow
Mary
Molly
Daisey Reese
Florence LaRue
Serenade Drive
Midwest City
Okla
Patricia Hearst Released From Prison in 1979
On this date in 1979 Patricia Hearst left prison after five years since her kidnapping. She had completed 22 months of a seven year bank robbery sentence.
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Patricia Hearst
Grasshopper fire unit joins Newhall department on grant aid
By December 15 the Newhall fire department had only $1,134.86 in hand but nearly enough to pay for a grasshopper unit after a rural fund drive. About 140 residents in the Newhall district donated from $5 to $100 totaling roughly $1,100 from 38 contributors and more gifts are expected. Dix built the grasshopper to department specs and it can be operated by one to three firefighters with a 70 gallon water tank two pistol grip hoses a roll bar emergency lights siren spotlight and CB radio. The department plans to add to the unit as funds permit and hopes it can serve as a generator at accident and fire scenes to support tanker and pumper trucks.
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Newhall
Dix
Toledo teen in serious condition after Tama County crash
Patrick John Kearney, 16, of Toledo, sustained fractured ribs and internal injuries when his car rolled several times on Tama County Road E-66 near Belle Plaine at 1 15 a.m. He and passenger Ricky Youngbear, 16, of Tama, were taken to Mercy Hospital Cedar Rapids. Youngbear was treated and released. The crash remains under investigation.
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Belle Plaine
Patrick John Kearney
Toledo
Cedar Rapids
Tama County
Iowa State Patrol
Kearney
Ricky Youngbear
Tama
Mercy Hospital
Youngbear
Musician slain in shooting at The Other Place bar
A Council Bluffs bar shooting left musician Stanley Barnes dead on arrival at a hospital. Police indicate a group was told to leave after a disturbance. a man with a knife drew a gun, fired through the door, and fled with others in a car. Authorities seek one of several men involved.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha
Stanley Barnes
New Year fundraiser replenishes Gov Ray campaign fund
Gov Robert Rays campaign fund received 32750 from a New Year Eve black tie party at Terrace Hill. About 100 guests attended with 500 donation requests. some gave more or less. Fund pays bodyguard duties, and payments to family for political services. Last year the fund spent 26359 including 5109 to Rays wife Billie and their three daughters.
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Des Moines
Robert Ray
Terrace Hill
Dick Redman
Ray
Billie
Cedar Rapids groups push polygraph tests for police fire hires
Linn County legislators will receive letters from the Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission and Public Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen urging an amendment to a bill banning pre employment polygraphs. Bergen and commissioners argue polygraphs are essential for police and firefighter applicants because of job risks and public safety. The commission notes privacy concerns and notes that past performance is hard to gauge, especially across national applicant pools. The letter cites an Iowa Supreme Court ruling allowing polygraphs for police and fire hires and references past New York cases showing arrests from polygraph-driven investigations. A 20 years ago item about a Des Moines youth murder is mentioned as context.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids Civil Service Commission
Floyd Bergen
City Public Safety
Bergen
Commission
Jan Kazimour
Civil Service Commission
Kazimour
the Gazette
New York
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