Police warn residents after unsolicited antique dealer visit
Independence Police caution residents not to invite strangers indoors after a man posing as an antique dealer visited a home earlier this week. The man, who claimed to be from Mason City, looked around, bought one item with cash, and left. Police urge calling (319) 334-2520 with any concerns.
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Independence Police Department
Doug Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Mason City
Independence
State reps to award archives grants in Cedar Rapids
Iowa lawmakers Ro Foege and Chuck Larson will present state grants to the African American Heritage Foundation of Iowa and the History Center of the Linn County Historical Society at the History Center. The African American Museum will receive 15875 dollars for its archive project while the History Center gets 2300 dollars.
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Ro Foege
Mount Vernon
Chuck Larson
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Tire Amnesty Day Offered at Bluestem Landfills
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency schedules a Tire Amnesty Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday offering Linn County residents free disposal of up to 20 passenger tires without rims at the Cedar Rapids and Marion landfills. Dealers or tire recyclers are excluded from participation.
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Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Linn County
Bluestem
Cedar Rapids
1954
County Home Rd
Marion
Decorah Car Crash Injures Two on Highway 52
Two Winneshiek County residents were injured in a two vehicle collision on Highway 52 two miles south of Highway 9 near Decorah. Sean Devine-Meyer 20 of Decorah and Robyn Hageman 41 of Calmar were transported to area hospitals. Charges are pending. Both were not wearing seat belts.
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Winneshiek County
Highway
Sean Devine-Meyer
Decorah
Robyn Hageman
Calmar
Iowa State Patrol
Devine-Meyer
Hageman
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
New museum rumbles into town in Anamosa
The National Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame moves to downtown Anamosa into an 8000 square foot hall with antique motorcycles dating to 1910 and displays from Indian Harley Davidson Triumph Honda. Director Maria Tuttle says countdown to grand opening aboard with support from J P Cycles owner John Parham who helped save the museum from closure. The Sturgis origin and summer rally draw are noted while Anamosa’s highway proximity is highlighted.
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Kristophere
Owens Gazette
Anamosa
National Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame
Harley-Davidson
Triumph
Honda
Maria Tuttle
Sturgis
S.D
Dave Ohrt
Clinton
John Parham
National Motorcycle Museum Opens With Weekend Hours
The National Motorcycle Museum and Hall of Fame offers 9 am to 5 pm Saturday and 10 am to 5 pm Sunday during its grand opening weekend with 4 admission, free for under 12 with an adult. Members of AMC, ACMA, or J P Cycles Club get 1 off. Regular hours follow.
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National Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame
Pioneers Recreate Civil War Wagon Train Trek in Iowa
Wagon master Dale Beever of Farley leads a dozen followers on a Jones County trek from Edinburg to Hopkinton for the Lenox College Civil War Days. The amateur wagon train, in period dress, travels three miles per day at a steady 3 mph, with corncrib wagon and Amish-made hoops.
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Dale Beevers
Farley
Jones County
Edinburg
Hopkinton
Lenox College
Dale
Dubuque
Fort Dodge
Wisconsin
Disabled murderer could have sentence commuted
Clinton man Dennis J. Fredericksen, 49, who suffered a heart attack two months into a life term for murdering his wife, may become Iowa's first commuted life sentence since 1992. The Board of Parole unanimously recommended a commute. Gov. Vilsack has 90 days to act.
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Gazette Les Wlaines
Bureau
DES Moines
Clinton
Iowa
State Board of Parole
Tom Vilsack
Dennis J. Frederick
Vilsack
Terry Branstad
Fredericksen
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Lieutenant governor starts Discover Iowa tour with 36 stops
Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson launches an eight day Discover Iowa tour to spotlight cultural sites and events across the state. The trip begins in Mason City with a Shirley Jones concert and includes Spillville Decorah Clermont Dyersville Dubuque Cedar Rapids Iowa City Amana and West Branch. The effort is a joint project of the Departments of Cultural Affairs and Economic Development.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Sally Pederson
Iowa
Pederson
Shirley Jones
Mason City
Spillville
Decorah
Clermont
Dyers
Pederson Eastern Iowa tour lists museum stops and events
Lt Governor Sally Pederson's Iowa itinerary covers numerous stops across eastern and central counties. The schedule includes Bily Clocks Museum Spillville and Estate visits in Decorah Montauk Clermont Waterloo Days Basilica in Dyersville and Cedar Rapids Amana Old Capitol Iowa City West Branch Bettendorf Swedesburg Mount Pleasant Eldon Oskaloosa Knoxville Pella with museum and cultural site previews. The Department of Cultural Affairs hosts details at state ia us discover.
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Bily Clocks Museum
Spillville
Basilica of St. Francis Xavier
Dyersville
Dubuque River Museum
Imax
Cedar Rapids
Amana Museum
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Herbert Hoover
Family Museum of Arts/Science
Bettendorf
Swedesburg
Pederson
Department of Cultural Affairs
State
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Anamosa Sun
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Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
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Iowa Communications Network
Marilyn Sales
Department of Corrections
Fred
Dennis Fredericksen
Discover
Vinton
Amanas
James Lynch
Jamesi
Dean
West Branch
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