Hughes to Open Substance Abuse Center at Monticello Hospital
Former Iowa governor Harold Hughes plans a new center at John McDonald Hospital in Monticello. The Harold Hughes Center Shankland Unit will open March 15 with 15 beds and staff including counselors and nurses, serving referrals from Cedar Rapids, Dubuque and Davenport.
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Altoona Hall gains two month reprieve from demolition
Mount Vernon City Council granted Altoona Hall another two month delay and rejected a Maryland bid to buy the building. The panel will seek other bids and real estate estimates while pursuing elderly housing development ideas. A March 11 budget hearing was set and a new council appointment was announced.
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Highway 6 closure set to begin April 1 through Amanas
An Iowa Department of Transportation official announced that Highway 6 from Homestead to South Amana will close on April 1 through late fall. The closure funds the intersection work for the new Highway 149 connection to Interstate 80.
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State moves traffic through Amana Colonies detour changes
State officials route traffic via the Amana Colonies while I 80 work begins south from Highway 6 west of Homestead with paving planned this summer. In Castalia Winneshiek County detour removal follows an underpass replacement at grade crossing. IDOT will approve payments totaling 15 614 to Buchanan County and 19 790 to resup for detour road damages. Highway 150 detour adjusts for bridge work between Independence and Hazleton.
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Retired Luther president named interim at Dana College
Dr. Elwin D. Farwell, 65, former Luther College president (1963 1982) and consultant, will become interim president of Dana College Blair Nebraska on March 1 following the resignation of Dr. James Kallas amid controversy over a below value home sale. Dana enrolls 443 students.
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Two charged in Davenport elderly man's murder
A Davenport man and a 17 year old girl have been charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of 79 year old Floyd Brown, a retired city bus driver. Police say burglars bound Brown with tape before ransacking his home Sunday.
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Iowa Fires Claim Two Children Lives
Two Iowa youngsters died in fires including Cedar Falls 10 year old Kyle Kelly and Des Moines seven year old Doa Johnson. Kyle Kelly died at University Hospitals Iowa City after a burn unit stay from a January 2 home blaze. Doa Johnson died from smoke inhalation in a Des Moines west side apartment fire.
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West Side
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Decorah Pedestrian Fatality Reported After Car Crash
Ronald O. Blakeberg, 49, died at a La Crosse hospital from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Debra Brown, 22, Friday night in Decorah. Police said it was the first pedestrian fatality in Decorah in nine years.
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Burlington family blames pollutants for mysterious illnesses
The Maddox family near Burlington sees a link between their 18 month string of illnesses and possible pollution from a nearby Army ammunition plant once an AEC facility. Water tests show bacterial contamination. officials await results while doctors say no clear cause exists and many pollutants are possible.
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Nucci
Iowa
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Sipede
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Dangerous Coralville Lake drawdown harms ice travel
The U S Army Corps of Engineers lowers Coralville Lake by five feet over about ten days, causing ice fractures and air pockets. Officials urge avoiding walking or snowmobiling on the lake as the drawdown prepares for spring runoffs. A separate incident: a 35 year old woman reported being attacked by a teenager in Five Seasons Parkade after he asked the time. Police describe the 16 year old suspect as about 5 feet 8 inches, 145 pounds, brown hair, brown corduroy coat, stocking cap.
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