Library squabble over 241000 funds eyed by court
District Judge Patrick Grady set a January 21 deadline for Monticello library boards to respond to a plan to liquidate the Friends of the Monticello Public Library assets and appoint a receiver. The dispute centers on control of 241000 donated for Carnegie Library restoration and a move to the Renaissance Center. A restraining order bars spending until the case resolves.
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the Gazette
Monticello
Friends of the Monticello Public Library
Patrick Grady
Friends
Grady
Harlan Hetzler
Friends’ Board
Knopp
Hetzler
Carnegie Library
Renaissance Center
Knopp’s
Donor gives 87 acres to Heritage Farm Park in Clermont
West Union native Brent Johnson of Minneapolis donates 87 acres valued near 750000 to Heritage Farm Park near Clermont. He will present the deed to Park President Vernon Oakland at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Guyers Real Estate in Clermont. The park will sell parcels from 2 to 15 acres to fund its operation and education about Iowa agriculture.
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the Gazette
West Union
Heritage Farm
Clermont
Brent Johnson
Minneapolis
Heritage Farm Park
Vernon Oakland
Guyer’s Real Estate
Oakland
Iowa
Highway 18
Johnson
Oakland and
Lottery results and engagement guidance from The Gazette
Lottery results for Illinois and Iowa show several games with large jackpots, including Mega Millions and a $9.5 million jackpot for other draws. The Gazette invites readers to submit engagement and wedding notices with help forms or contact numbers for commemorative write ups.
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the Gazette
Wal-Mart greeter fired over altered image death scene
Wal-Mart greeter Dean Wooten of Muscatine was fired after displaying a computer edited photo showing a naked body with a Wal-Mart bag. He claimed a friend made the image by grafting his head onto another man’s body. An unemployment judge rejected benefits.
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Muscatine
Wal-Mart
Dean L. Wooten
Wal- Mart
Wooten
Susan Brightman
Van collides with train near Fort Atkinson injuring four
A van driven by Veatta Grimm collided with a westbound Iowa Chicago and Eastern Railroad train two miles southwest of Fort Atkinson at 2 05 p m. The van was toppled into a ditch and totaled. Grimm and three passengers, Daniel Liddle Kelly McHenry and Nicole Grimm, were treated and released from Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital.
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Fort Atkinson
Veatta Grimm
Spillville
295Th Avenue
Iowa Chicago and Eastern Railroad
Grimm
Iowa State Patrol
Daniel Liddle
Kelly McHenry
New Hampton
Nicole Grimm
Winneshiek Ambulance
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Decorah
Man wanted in fatal crash held after arrest in Serbia
Bosnian citizen Damir Mekic 22 was found in Serbia and awaits proceedings to return to Iowa for vehicular homicide charges in the prom night crash that killed Keely Lyons 18 of Traer. He had been living in Robbinsdale Minnesota and visited Waterloo when the accident occurred April 27 2003. Mekic allegedly ran a red light and struck Lyons’ vehicle.
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Waterloo
Damir Mekic
North Tama
Serbia
Mekic
Iowa
Keely Lyons
Traer
Black Hawk County
Robbinsdale
Minn
Lyons
Crash near Oelwein sends four to hospital
Four people were injured in a two vehicle crash Thursday afternoon in Fayette County. The Iowa State Patrol said all four were transported to Mercy Hospital in Oelwein. Driver Alex Peterman, 16, of Oelwein, was traveling north on Q Avenue about one mile north of Highway 281 when the collision occurred.
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Jeffrey Reinert
Oelwein
Reinert
Peterman
Jacob Voshell
Ryan Schweer
Mercy Hospital
Fayette County
Iowa State Patrol
Alex Peterman
Q Avenue
Highway 281
Influenza A Found in Black Hawk County
The Iowa Department of Public Health confirms Influenza A in Black Hawk County. Six counties have lab confirmed flu and six more report suspected cases. Symptoms include fever headache sore throat muscle aches and a severe cough.
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Waterloo
Black Hawk
Iowa Department of Public Health
Iowa
Former Oelwein man given probation for identity theft
Nicholas A. Minotte, 58, formerly of Oelwein, received five years of probation plus six months home detention for identity theft and fraudulent use of a Social Security number. He pleaded guilty in August and must pay $39,235 restitution.
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Oelwein
Nicholas A. Minotte
Minotte
Las Vegas
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Linda Reade
Minette
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Pet Smart
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Lindale Mall
Clermont Park
Orlan
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Illinois Lottery
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Ault
Center Point Road
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Kirkwood Community College
Yamaha
Steinway & Sons
Gowen
Henry F. Mitek Kawai
Roland
Ballantyne Auditorium
West Music
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