Reprieve Granted for Gaslight Village Tenants
Iowa City will not evict tenants of four units at Black's Gaslight Village after inspectors found 45+ code violations, with two major issues pending. Fire escapes were installed, satisfying the latest order and delaying action on window size while the site is reviewed for National Register status.
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Iowa City
Black
Frances Black
Curt Black
Pamela Barnes
City Housing
City Housing Appeal Board
Stoner set to announce U.S. Senate bid in Iowa
Former Iowa Republican Party chair Tom Stoner plans a Sunday announcement launching his bid for the U.S. Senate. He will tour 16 cities, unveiling a campaign approach aimed at broad Iowa involvement while his rival Rep. Charles Grassley forms an exploratory committee.
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Stoner
Des Moines Broadcasting
Dick Clark
John Culver
Iowa
Corps overestimates dams benefits in Iowa corrections
The Army Corps corrected a calculation error that inflated flood damage prevention by Saylorville Red Rock and Coralville dams. The revised total is 15.7 million, including 3.3 million Mississippi River damage avoided. Des Moines area figures drop sharply, with Saylorville now credited at 1.79 million.
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Rock Island
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Iowa
Corps
Saylorville
Red Rock
Coralville
Ray Gall
Gall
Des Moines
Knoxville
Pella
Mississippi River
Coralville Dam
Iowa River
Iowa City
Wapello
Two Iowans Die In Motorcycle Accidents
The Iowa Highway Patrol reports two fatal motorcycle crashes. Ruby Kimble 39 of Ames was struck while walking and died after a collision with a motorcycle driven by Edward McFarland 21 of Des Moines who is in critical condition. On Thursday Jimmy Stephens 37 of Davenport died when his motorcycle struck the rear of a car driven by Mark Schroder 32 of Bettendorf as Schroder turned from Route 67 onto Valley Drive.
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Iowa Highway Patrol
Ruby Kimble
Ames
Edward McFarland
Des Moines
McFarland
Jimmy Stephens
Davenport
Riverdale
Stephens
Mark Schroder
Bettendorf
Schroder
Valley Drive
Ex-secretary sues school district for damages
Antoinette Kime, former Kennedy Elementary secretary, seeks 45000 dollars in Dubuque County District Court claiming mental suffering humiliation and embarrassment from alleged thefts of lunch and book rental funds. A grand jury indicted her for first degree theft covering 1976 to 1978. she was acquitted in April.
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Dubuque
UPI
Antoinette Kime
Kennedy
Kime
Slaying suspect pleads innocent in Dubuque death
Jeffrey Niday 19, of Dubuque, pleaded innocent to first degree murder in the death of Rodney Howell 20, of Dubuque. A pre trial conference will set the date for trial in Clayton County District Court.
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Eleader
Jeffrey Niday
Rodney Allen Howell
Dubuque
Niday
Karl Kenline
Clayton County
Kevin Clefisch
Clayton County Sheriff's
Man Accused Of Paying Agent To Kill Relative
Bruce L. Harryman of Douds, 56, was arrested in Des Moines for allegedly hiring a state agent to murder Richard Harryman, 31, also of Douds. Gerald Shanahan of the Iowa DPS said Harryman is jailed in Van Buren County awaiting court. Investigators note a possible long standing dispute between the men.
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Des Moines
UPI
Bruce L. Harryman
Douds
Gerald Shanahan
Bureau of Investigation
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Harryman
van Buren County
Richard Harryman
Shanahan
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Iowa Great Lakes
Iowa Conservation Commission
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Royal
Iowa Great Lakes Fishing Club
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Robert Ray
Iowa Board of Regents
Tennessee
Amana Coffee
Amana
U.S
Smulekoff
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Clayton
Earl Sterling
Lake Oberbreckling Farm
Strawberry Point
Howell
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