Train cleanup clears danger after Des Moines River spill
Crews salvage cookies skis and chemicals dumped when the middle 16 cars of a freight train derailed into the Des Moines River. Officials report only small chemical leaks and no injuries, with one track restoring soon and the other longer to repair.
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Ron Kozel
Natural Resources Department
al Farris
State Department of Natural Resources
Iowa
Gordon
Saylorville Lake
Boone
Des Moines
Breakthrough in U of cystic fibrosis work
A University of Iowa study on abnormal cells from cystic fibrosis patients narrows the search for the major defect causing thick mucus in airways. Published in Nature, the work shows defective cells retain functional chloride channels, guiding future efforts to prevent lung infections that kill most patients by their mid twenties.
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University of Iowa
Nature
Robert Beall
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
United States
Michael Welsh
Internal Medicine
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Welsh
Carole Liedtke
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Cystic
Gerhard Rechkemmer
Richard Shoemaker
University of Alabama In
Birmingham
Lottery funds endow six UI chairs in key areas of study
Iowa Lottery proceeds will endow six faculty chairs at the University of Iowa in laser science and engineering biocatalysis hydraulics and manufacturing productivity with $3.25 million from the state and $1 million per chair once matched. Additional funds aid Iowa State University Westmar College and the University of Northern Iowa with notable endowments.
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Iowa Lottery
University of Iowa
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Iowa State University
University of Northern Iowa
Westmar College
le Mars
U of I
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Spriestersbach
ISU
Insurance firm says no obligation to Burr victims
IMT Insurance Co. sues the estates of three Burr victims in Johnson County District Court claiming the policy does not cover bodily injury caused intentionally by the insured. Burr killed his wife, a neighbor, Richard Goody, and John Hughes before his death. heirs have filed wrongful death suits.
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Dale N. Burr
Burr
IMT Insurance Co
Johnson County
Richard Goody
John Hughes
the Hills Bank & Trust Co
Goody
Hughes
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