Mount Union votes to unincorporate amid debt and sewer dispute
In Henry County Iowa Mount Union votes to unincorporate after a year of bitter controversy over sewer bills and failing to pay a Regional Utility Service Systems debt. The town contracted to retain sewer service and faces debts, with March potential for dissolution.
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Mount
Mount Union
John Marek
Linda Johnson
Mount Pleasant
Anincorporation
Ber
Henry County
State Department of Transportation
Ankeny
Marek
State City Development Board
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
RUSS
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa life: cancer survivors trek to Africa to build Hope Lodge
Justin Anderson and 32 others from Above Beyond Cancer head to Nairobi Kenya to start the first Hope Lodge outside the United States at Kenyatta National Hospital. The group will then climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania to test resilience and give back to Cancer patients.
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Justin Anderson
Iowa City
Anderson
Hope Lodge
Africa
Des Moines
Above + Beyond Cancer
Russell and
Ann Gerdin
American Cancer Society
City Hope Lodge
Clear Lake
United States
Nairobi
Kenya
Kenyatta National Hospital
Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro
Richard Deming
Deming
Kilimanjaro
Richard Graves
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Marshalltown
Graves
Ames man dies after 60 foot fall at Ledges State Park
A 63-year-old Ames resident died after falling about 60 feet from an overlook on Lost Lake Trail at Ledges State Park during a New Year’s Day hike. He was treated at the scene and flown to a Des Moines hospital where he died. The man’s name was not released pending relatives’ notification.
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Ames
Ledges State Park
Boone
Department of Natural Resources
Kelley Myers
DNR
Myers
Iowa State Parks
Ledges
Shannon Novak
Lost Lake Trail
McCain Kester
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The
Amana
Iowa
First Hope Lodge
U.S
Molly Longman
Des Moines Register
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
HBA
Thegazette
Glee Gazette
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