Belle Plaine Fire Destroys Homes for Seventh Time
Firefighters battled a blaze five miles east of Belle Plaine destroying a one story house its contents and two cars in the garage with losses estimated at 100000. Homeowner Alyce Lindt 67 and two others escaped unharmed. The fire originated in the adjoining garage with a wood burner present though its role is unconfirmed. Fire crews fought the flames about two hours with some prior blazes by the department ruled arson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle Plaine
Russ Spading
Spading
Alyce Lindt
Luzerne
Fatal crash near Anamosa blocks Highway 151 traffic
Emergency crews responded to a serious two vehicle crash at the Highway 151 and County Road E-23 junction three miles northeast of Anamosa. One driver died and another was injured per KGAN-TV with air medical participation. Highway 151 remained partly closed causing long backups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anamosa
Iowa State Patrol
Kgan-Tv
The
Gazette
Three top prizes in Iowa Lottery $100000 Cash Game drawing
Iowa Lottery Commissioner Ed Stanek reported three tickets won the top prize in a single drawing of the $100000 Cash Game begun Jan 26 1992. Winning numbers were 1 2 5 10 15 with tickets sold at Randall Foods Cedar Rapids Davenport and State Center stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Iowa Lottery
Ed Stanek
Randall Foods
Edgewood Rd
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
State Center
Prison advised for Thomson in federal case
A presentence report calls for up to 27 months in prison with no probation for 72 year old Roland Thomson who pleaded guilty in December to possession of child pornography. He faces a possible 10 year maximum in prison with three years of supervised release and a 250000 dollar fine. Thomson will be sentenced March 2 and seeks home confinement for health reasons. He is charged in Cedar Rapids with photographing sixth grade students at Lucas Elementary School in Iowa City during 1997 98 taught by his wife Shirley. Thomson also faces state charges with a March 27 trial on child endangerment indecent contact with a child and assault. Shirley Thomson has an April 24 trial on a child endangerment charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Thomson
Thomson
Tipton
West Des Moines
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Lucas
Shirley
Shirley Thomson
Spirit Lake toddler death case sees pleas from two suspects
Jessie Wendelsdorf 25 of Spirit Lake pleads not guilty to murder child endangerment and sexual abuse in the death of 2 year old Shelby Duis. Heidi Watkins 29 and the child's mother also faces murder and endangerment charges and holds 532000 bond. Residents had reported suspected abuse to DHS and the case has sparked statewide outrage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Wendelsdorf
Shelby Duis
Wendelsdorf
Spirit Lake
Dickinson County
Heidi Watkins
Watkins
Iowa Department of Human Services
Shelby
Gazette
Welcome to Iowa Mr President
Gazette staff writer Lynn Terft reports on the presidential visit to Iowa, detailing reception, schedule, and local reaction as the president tours key sites and meets residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn Terft
Gazette
Iowa
Presidents Day Reflections on Iowa Visits and Holiday History
The piece notes limited Eastern Iowa presidential visits, cites six of 17 presidents in the last century, and recalls how visits grew grander. Tim Walch of the Hoover Library weighs the state’s political pulses as Presidents Day honors Washington Lincoln and others. The article references Roosevelt Truman Eisenhower Carter Reagan and Clinton visiting Iowa in office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Hawkeye
Tim Walch
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum
West Branch
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
Roosevelt
Cedar Rapids
Couple becomes lighthouse keepers seek new journeys
After a week as keepers on Rose Island Lighthouse near Newport, Rhode Island, Marilene and Rick Julich plan to return next year to New Dungeness Washington. They cherish the experience and photos while looking ahead to more lighthouse visits and new ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edar Rapcr
Rhode Island
Marilene
Rick Julich
Cedar Rapids
Rick
Lighthouse
Rose Island
Narragansett Bay
Newport
R.I
Juliehs
New Dungeness
Wash
Julichs
St. Luke's
Atlantic Ocean
Juliets
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jones County
Des Moines
Tot
Bourke Hickenlooper
Tom Martin
Marion
Keokuk
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Michal Kovac
Vaclav Havel
Harry Truman
Oxford
Fairfax
Norway
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
Ato
Rick and
Marilene Julich
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!