Groundwater contamination prompts Iowa cleanup push
Iowa officials warn pesticides taint groundwater affecting 121 systems and several towns. The 900 system survey, completed in 1987, identified pesticides including Lasso Bladex Dual Sencor and Atrazine and spurred the Groundwater Protection Act aimed at farmer education and monitoring.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
ES Moines
Iowa
Darrell McAllister
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
McAllister
Oxford Junction
Doon
Glava
Sioux Rapids
Dennis Alt
Department of Natural Resources
Allan Stokes
Environmental Protection Division
Stokes
Jack Hatch
Des Moines
House Energy and Environmental Committee
Quick action saves barn from fire at John Garaghty farm
Jim Garaghty, son of John Garaghty, quickly hitched a burning tractor to another vehicle and pulled it from the barn on Sunday afternoon. Elkader Fire Department arrived after 4 p.m. to find the blaze already extinguished with Garnaville units alerted.
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Elkader
John Garaghty
Elkader Fire Department
John Finley
Jim
Mobile home tax rate rises under Iowa law change
An Iowa law change raises mobile home taxes to 20 cents per square foot annually effective July 1, eliminating prior age based reductions. Taxes remain payable in two installments with Sept 1 and March 1 due dates, and full annual payment is optional in September. Reduced rates for disabled, surviving spouses, or low income seniors continue with April 1 filing.
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Iowa
Local Meetings and Film Showings Today
Linn County supervisors hold a morning work session. Cedar Rapids boards and Marion council schedule afternoon and evening meetings. Central City and Coggon boards meet, plus Marion library. Film Red River plays at 7:30 p.m. at Mount Mercy.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids Board of Adjustment
Cedar Rapids School Board
Second Ave
Marion Water Board
Central City City Council
City Hall
Coggon Municipal Light Plant Board
Marion Library Board
Ely City Council
Ely Community Center
Red River
Mc Raith
Warde Hall
Mount Mercy
Burglary Report Covers Multiple Local Thefts
The log lists several thefts from residences and vehicles. Latta residence items include a VCR worth 400 dollars. Steuck’s vehicle losses total 1 500 dollars. Gidley’s car thefts include a 600 dollar CD player and discs. Jacoby items valued at 500 dollars were taken from a pickup at Exel Inn Cedar Rapids.
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Dave Steuck
Hartley
33Rd Ave
Kimberly Gidley
A Ave. NE
Apt. 1
Terry Jacoby
Chelsea
Scott Raue
Exel Inn
Cedar Rapids
Fire Calls Log From Weekend City Area
Weekend fire department log lists incidents from Saturday and Sunday including smoke odor investigations at 1615 Park Towne Ct NE Apt N2 and 810 10th Ave SE, medical emergencies at 1738 Ellis Blvd NW Apt and 2261 C St SW Apt 13 and 1700 Ninth St NW, alarms and false alarms at multiple streets, and a burned food incident at 1607 Eighth Ave SE.
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Park Towne Ct
Apt
Ellis Blvd NW
Third St
15Th St
C St
Eighth Ave
Ninth St. NW
10Th Ave. SE
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Finley
Garnaville
Mark Latta
C Ave. NW
Butler County
Integrated Marketing Resource Systems of
Iowans For
Park Avenue
Muscatine
H.L. Heying
Cloyd Robinson
David M. Stanley
State Capitol
Cate Senate
House of Representatives
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