Ed Pettus’ Lockheed Lakester Rolls as a Silver Bullet Hot Rod
Cedar Rapids builder Ed Pettus and son Eddie showcase the 17 1/2 foot aluminum Lockheed Lakester powered by a Toyota Saab turbo engine. The vehicle uses airplane parts including a 1948 Rockwell yoke and a 1940 Ford tractor rod, bearing the number 51.
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Chicago
World of Wheels
Quad Cities
Davenport
EAA
Oshkosh
Wis
Eddie Pettus Jr
Eddie
Rod & Custom
Cedar Rapids
Packard
Toyota
Saab
Area 51
U.S. Air Base
Lockheed
Rockwell Aero
Ed Pettus
Manure spill from dairy damages Coon Creek in Iowa
A broken pipe at Cedar Valley Farms released over 100000 gallons of manure into an unnamed tributary of Coon Creek, feeding into the Iowa River. DNR crews pump waste to a hayfield while containment is completed and samples are collected for enforcement action.
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Blairstown
Coon Creek
Iowa River
State Department of Natural Resources
Sue Miller
Cedar Valley Farms
Benton
Iowa
Miller
DNR
Wendy Barth
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Citizens For Community Improvement
William Ehm
Weldon jurors press on in first degree murder trial
Jurors resume deliberations at 9 a.m. in the Tonch Weldon case in Iowa County Court. Weldon, 39, Blairstown, faces a first degree murder charge for shooting Amy Gephart, 35, on June 7, 2009. Gephart died, Weldon injured himself. Jurors asked about moving to lesser charges. Judge Douglas Russell advised rereading instructions.
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Tonch Weldon
Blairstown
Iowa County
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TheGazette. Com
Weldon
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Gephart
6Th Judicial District
Douglas Russell
Russell
Decorah district tax dispute over funding the missed levy
Decorah residents face a voluntary contribution for amenities within the Self Supporting Municipal Improvement District due to a city oversight that failed to record the expanded district. City officials weigh covering the $15,000 shortfall versus asking property owners to pay what they would have in taxes.
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Decorah
Andy Nelson
Nelson
Downtown
Decorah Betterment Association
West Side
Betterment Association
Paul Scott
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