Train Kills Toledo Man on Mesquaki Settlement
Tama County investigators report Wade Eric Brown, 31, of Toledo died after being struck by a Chicago & North Western train east of H Avenue on the Mesquaki Indian Settlement Sunday morning. Brown had prior vehicular homicide charges from an April car crash. investigation ongoing by the Tama County Sheriff's Department and Medical Examiner Dennis Mallory.
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Tama County
Toledo
Chicago & North Western
H Avenue
Mesquaki
Wade Eric Brown
Brown
Tama County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Department
Dennis Mallory
University of Iowa hosts children art workshops this summer
The Arts and Craft Center begins June 18 offering weekly sessions for ages 6-8 and 9-12 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Courses include drawing painting printmaking and design with a $35 weekly fee. Additional classes cover photography microwave cooking creative writing and chess. Registration is open. contact 335-3399.
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University of Iowa Arts and Craft Center
The
Arts and Craft Center
Coralville Farmers Market Adds Cookout and Music Nights
The Farmers Market at S.T. Morrison Park will host cookouts and free live music on Monday and Thursday evenings. Sponsored by First National Bank, activities run until August 11 and are organized by the Coralville Parks and Recreation Department. Vendor info available at the Coralville Recreation Center, 354-3006.
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S.T. Morrison Park
First National Bank
Coralville
Iowa telethon raises record 775 571 for children care
The 1994 Children's Miracle Network Telethon at four Iowa stations raised 775 571, beating last year's 720 188. About 650 volunteers staffed phones and joined regional TV segments, with funds staying at University Hospitals Iowa City to fund pediatric equipment research and hospitalization comfort.
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University Hospitals
Iowa City
Children’s Miracle Network
Kcci-Tv
Des Moines
Kgan-Tv
Cedar Rapids
Whbef-Tv
Rock Island
Kimt-Tv
Mason City
FINE Awards Grants To Iowa Institutions
The Cedar Rapids Community School District and the University of Iowa win FINE Education Research Foundation grants for 1994 95. Cedar Rapids receives 10394 dollars for a survey on gender differences in attitudes toward science and math. The University of Iowa gets 11243 dollars for Inventing a School an ethnography of a multicultural learning community.
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Cedar Rapids Community
University of Iowa
Fine Education Research Foundation
Cedar Rapids
Iowa County and County Fairs Calendar Listing
A list of county fairs across Iowa with locations dates and contact numbers from July through August. Fairs include Winneshiek Delaware Fayette Buchanan Cedar Keokuk Linn Iowa Muscatine Poweshiek Louisa Johnson Washington Dubuque Mason City Marshalltown Tama Clinton Oskaloosa Davenport Des Moines National Postville and more with respective towns and phone contacts.
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Winneshiek
Decorah
Cedar Rapids
Vinton
Delaware
Manchester
Fayette County
West Union
Buchanan County
Independence
Tipton
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Linn County
Central City
Marengo
Allamakee County
Waukon
Monticello
Muscatine County
West Liberty
Keokuk County Fair
What Cheer
Poweshiek County Fair
Grinnell
Columbus Junction
Johnson County
Iowa City
Washington County
Washington
Dubuque County Fair
Dubuque
Mason City
Marshalltown
Gladbrook
Clinton County
DeWitt
Oskaloosa
Davenport
National
Des Moines
Postville
Keokuk County Fair Adds Human Tractor Pull at What Cheer
Marlene Lucas reports Keokuk County Fair in What Cheer features a Human Tractor Pull at 6 p.m. July 23 alongside harness and car races and a demolition derby. The event appeals to small fairs, with pigtail contests for children and bingo each night.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County Exposition
Iowa
Marsh Sackett
Walker
Hawkeye Antique Tractor Corp
60 Year Passion Began After Talkies in Montezuma
Montezuma resident Alice Underwood pursued theater organ interest after early training in Minneapolis and Chicago. She returned home in 1932, worked for Poweshiek County engineer, retired 1974, and remains active at age 85 as church organist. She recalls a 1939 fire that destroyed the church and the making do for music during reconstruction.
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Dave Gosch
Montezuma
Alice Underwood
Underwood
MacPhail Music School
Minneapolis
Ball School
Chicago
United Methodist Church
Poweshiek
Opera House
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