Heritage Trail celebration marks 26 mile Dubuque to Dyersville
The 26 mile Heritage Trail from Dubuque to Dyersville will be opened in a Saturday ceremony at Graf Park. Gov. Branstad will pull the last railroad spike at 10 45 a m as the trail inaugurates a three day grand opening. The $554000 project adds to nearly 100 miles of Iowa recreation trails. About 24 percent of the trail, 13000 feet, remains unfunded at four dollars per foot. First 500 donors receive special buttons this weekend. The trail is named a national recreation trail and gains recognition in national listings.
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Graf Park
Celebration events kick off in Dyersville and neighboring towns
The schedule lists a 6 p.m. parade in Dyersville to start the Celebration, a star gazer hike in Durango at 9 p.m. with Frank Miller of Loras College, and a three-location Grand Opening information center running 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Graf Park activities include a last spike ceremony, antique tractor parade, food stands, a tractor pull, horseshoe contest, kids’ tractor pull, log sawing, fossil dig, and an evening Heartland concert.
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Dyersville
Durango
Frank Miller
Loras College
Graf Area
Graf Park
Clinton area misstates counties on Today show
NBC's Today aired local Good News Day hype with Clinton County misidentified as Manche County and Fulton in Iowa instead of Illinois Missouri confusion. Clinton City Manager Jim Richardson said the segment drew national publicity and Willard Scott received spare ribs during the mock event.
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NBC
Bryant Gumbel
Willard Scott
Clinton County
Camanche County
Fulton
Camanche
Missouri
Iowa
Des Moines Tax Evasion Defendant Ordered to Repay Prosecution Costs
Des Moines man Michael J. Walsh, 40, convicted on three counts of tax evasion, must repay nearly $10,000 in prosecution costs. Judge Harold Vietor sentenced Walsh to one year in jail and two years probation after a three day trial for underpaying taxes for 1979 to 1981.
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Des Moines
Michael J. Walsh
U.S. District Court
U.S
Harold Vietor
Walsh
Fort Dodge man ordered to jail for tax evasion on car
Steven C. Weatherford, 33, of Fort Dodge, pleaded guilty to evading a 4 percent sales tax on a 1977 Lincoln bought for 3500 dollars. Webster County District Court Judge James Smith fined him 200 dollars and ordered 920 dollars in taxes and penalties, plus four days in jail and a prison tour.
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Steven C. Weatherford
Weatherford
Lincoln
Webster County
James Smith
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