American Central airborne resumes flights after FAA clearance
American Central Airlines receives new flying certificate from FAA after addressing safety and bookkeeping issues. First passenger flight departs Waterloo for Minneapolis with stops planned in Dubuque and Chicago. Initial service targets Waterloo Mason City Dubuque Chicago with partial routes to Janesville Minneapolis Sioux City and Omaha.
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Minneapolis
Dubuque
Chicago
Washington
Joe Gall
FAA
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Janesville
Wis
Sioux City
Omaha
Neb
Cedar Rapids
American Central
Washington, D.C
Iowans lose worker camp as firm folds
Des Moines Iowa officials report Ideal Mutual Insurance Co insolvent in New York court. The insolvency cancels all Iowa policies by January 26 and leaves claimants without guaranteed funds unless a rehabilitation plan restores coverage. The state plans a January 15 meeting with New York to discuss triggering the guarantee fund.
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Judy Daubenmie
Zette
Iowa
Horner
New York
Illinois and Iowa weigh toll bridge funding plan
Illinois agrees to use 850000 in federal money for a 4 million renovation of the Sabula Savanna Mississippi River toll bridge, with Iowa covering 214000 in local matching funds. Iowa may use toll revenue to meet the match while seeking 600000 from the Iowa primary road fund to leverage 2.2 million more in federal aid.
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Sabula
Dave Rasdal
Iowa
Ames
Savanna
Iowa Department of Transportation
IDOT
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Iowa Dot
Iowa Primary Road Fund
Idot Commission
Dubuque
Seventh Street
New City Island Bridge
Mississippi River
Teleconnect case before Iowa court shields fee dispute
Cedar Rapids Teleconnect seeks to overturn an Iowa commission order that waives a 3 cent per minute access fee for using local lines. The Iowa Supreme Court was told that the stay is improper because other carriers had no hearing. The case follows 1984 rules tied to AT&T and Bell operating companies. Teleconnect argues its access is inferior and fees should be lower. Linn County court granted a stay during the challenge. Other carriers pay the fee. ruling due in weeks.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa Commerce Commission
Commission
Teleconnect
At&T’s
Linn County
August Hansell
Whitcomb charges in child case dismissed in Benton County
In Vinton Bill J. Whitcomb 41 had charges of indecent contact with a child and indecent exposure dismissed by District Judge Robert E. Ford after ruling the language used was too vague. Benton County Attorney Tom Noonan plans discretionary review with the Iowa Supreme Court while noting the outcome won’t change for now.
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Vinton
Bill J. Whitcomb
Robert E. Ford
Whitcomb
Benton County
Tom Noonan
Iowa Supreme Court
Noonan
Ford
Mark Mossman
Man pleads innocent in Cedar County murder case
John Frank Roth, 35, Bennett, pleads not guilty to first degree murder in the Dec 27 death of his step daughter Martin Marie Harper, 21, found with gunshot wounds on a gravel road near Clarence. Trial set for March 12 in Cedar County District Court. $1 million bond denied. jailed in Tipton.
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Tipton
Bennett
Davenport
John Frank Roth
Cedar County
Martin Marie Harper
Harper
Clarence
Roth
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Soil Science Institute
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