Two Franklin County workers electrocuted in road sign removal
In Chapin, Iowa, Larry Daniels aged 49 and Terry Feldhoff aged 32, both of Hampton, were killed when their truck contacted a power line while removing a road sign on a rural road. The Franklin County Medical Examiner's Office is probing the incident. Riverboat gambling petitions spread as Allamakee County begins drive for a referendum, seeking about 600 signatures to place gambling on the ballot. neighboring counties also move ahead. Delta Queen Steamboat Co has reserved potential floating casino names including Lansing Queen.
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Franklin County
Larry Daniels
Terry Feldhoff
Hampton
Franklin County Medical Examiner
Lansing
Allamakee County
Iowa
Davenport
Kay Carter
Carter
Dubuque
Clayton
Jackson
Clinton
Scott
Delta Queen Steamboat Co
New Orleans
Lansing Queen
State Fair policy draws complaints over grandstand tickets
AP reports Iowans line for hours amid a new State Fair ticketing system that aims for equal access but draws sharp criticism. Fair Manager Marion Lucas says delays stem from noncomputerized operations and hints at private TicketMaster options with a $2 service fee per ticket.
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Marion Lucas
TicketMaster Service
Lucas
Suit claims sex discrimination in Dubuque school district
A group of a dozen former Dubuque Community School District custodians allege sex discrimination under federal equal pay laws. The suit in Cedar Rapids Federal Court blames the district and union Local 282 for maintaining a lower paid matron category and for eliminating 24 jobs while administrators received raises. Plaintiffs seek reinstatement, back pay, equal damages, legal fees, and damages from the union.
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Dubuque Community
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Service Employees International Union
Afl-Cio
Little Old Lady from Dubuque dies at 85 emblem of city pride
Mary Regina Hayford, famed as Dubuque’s Little Old Lady, died at Mercy Medical Center after a heart attack. For 25 years she championed Dubuque against a New Yorker snub, promoting the city’s colleges, industries, and Mississippi River locale. Survived by two daughters, six grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Services at Church of the Nativity.
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New York
Mary Regina Hayford
New Yorker Magazine
Harold Ross
Hayford
Mercy Medical Center
New Yorker
Church of the Nativity
Diesel tank welding explosion kills Muscatine farmer
Muscatine farmer Henry Corky Bierman Jr., 55, died at 12:10 a.m. Tuesday at the University of Iowa Hospitals after a diesel fuel tank welding accident at his farm shop south of Muscatine. Investigators from the Muscatine Sheriff’s Department and State Fire Marshal’s Office cited a tank explosion sparked by fumes and a welder.
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Henry “Corky” Bierman Jr
University of Iowa
Sheriff's Department
Bierman
Muscatine General Hospital
Robert Bierman
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