Mean machines roar at Hawkeye Downs tractor pull
The All Iowa Fair at Hawkeye Downs hosted Wednesday’s tractor pull with modified 7,200 pound machines, decibel levels rivaling stock car races, and colorful entries like Panic and Rat III. Winners included Arlin Jensen in 5,500 and 7,500 super stock events, Jerry Foriash in 7,200 modified, and Brent Weaver in open truck pull with Battle Ax.
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Douglas
Jerry Foriash
Keota
Tom Ven Huizen
Morrison
Ill
Bob Chickering
Bloomfield
Brent Weaver
Garner
Battle Ax
Weaver
Wyman Travis
Curlew
Harold Wheaton
Des Moines
Republicans lead at All-Iowa Fair straw poll results
Poll totals show Rep Tom Tauke 34 vs Brent Appel 33 in 2nd District. Appel leads 361-313 overall. Branstad 88 to Conlin 67 in governor race. Branstad 678 vs Conlin 618 overall. Evans leads Cutler 12-5 in 3rd District. Voters back sin tax ideas and supporting sales tax with tobacco alcohol hikes.
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Gazette
Tom Tauke
Hawkeye Downs
Brent Appel
Appel
Lynn Cutler
Iowa
Ed Campbell
Corps awards flood control job at Burlington
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Foley Construction Co. a $2,496,000 contract to build flood protection on Flint Creek and the Mississippi River at Burlington. The project aims to protect the North Bottoms industrial area from a 200 year flood with 1,185 feet of concrete floodwalls averaging 7 feet in height.
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Rock Island, Ill
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Foley Construction Co
Clinton
Burlington
North Bottoms
Flint Creek
Mississippi River
July 8 Schedule of Events at Liebel Circus Fair
The program lists Barrows judging at 11 a.m. and exhibition hall at noon. Family Living and Fine Arts open at 1 p.m. Liebel Circus features at Mall with 2 p.m. talent show finals at Grandstand, 3 p.m. accordion and Czech dancers, 4 p.m. carnival, 6 p.m. circus repeat, 7 p.m. truck pull, 8 p.m. clown, and 9:30 p.m. teens on the Mall.
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Liebel Circus
Mall
Bill Riley
Grandstand
Boddicker
Korky the Clown
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Green Acres
Don Maret
Eldon Westendorf
Waverly
The
Iowa Tractor Pulling Association
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Arlin Jensen
Harlan
Jack Simon
West Liberty
Tom Peiffer
Harper
Wes Gielau
Denver
Clarence Baughman
Kirkman
Corps
Cedar Rapids
Westdale Mall
Smyulekoffs
S&f
RCA Colortrak
Smulekoff
Smulekoff's
Marion
Diai 911
Afghanistan
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
Aldon
Armstrong
Bigelow
Capitol
Coronet
Karastan
Milliken
Mohawk
Royal Scot
World
Wanda
Saxony
1St Street
3Rd Avenue
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