Rail crossing safety drive highlights train stopping distances
Illinois Central Gulf crews and Iowa officials tout Operation Lifesaver in Linn County as they educate high school drivers on rail crossing risks. Officials note a 26 million pound train requires hundreds of feet to stop and near crashes prompt reporting to protect motorists and crews.
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Illinois Central Gulf Railroad
Central City
ICG
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Frank Park
Freeport
Ill
Park
R.J. Parker
Northern District
Parker
Jim Collins
Waterloo
Collins
42Nd Street
Iowa Department of Transportation
Linn County
Iowa Supreme Court decisions on drug, robbery, and abuse cases
Iowa Supreme Court decisions released Monday uphold sentences and deny new trials. Washington County judge did not abuse discretion in three five year terms for Ferguson aged 19 for LSD hashish delivery. Tobin loses bid for new trial in Jiffy Mart robbery with alibi witnesses. Snyder’s two year sentence stands despite claims tied to three weapons charges.
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Washington County
Dick R. Schlegel
John Dennis Ferguson
Ferguson
Cedar Rapids
Quincy Adam Tobin
Tobin
Connie Tobin
Cindy
Supreme Court Upholds FiveYear Sentence in Lascivious Acts Case
Walter Myers Jr. pleaded guilty to lascivious acts with a child and received up to five years in prison. He argued the pre sentence report favored a suspended sentence with residence at a community corrections center and noted no prior convictions and employment at sentencing.
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Linn County
Supreme Court
Walter Myers Jr
Silent search for third vehicle in Coralville crash probe
Investigations by the Iowa State Patrol and CRST failed to locate a third car believed to have prompted Ronald Berteleff to swerve, leading to a fatal crash that killed Elizabeth Macpherson. Witnesses described a spinning headlights car. CAST said no leads. A lawsuit may follow as family representatives seek evidence.
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Tom Walsh
Johnson County
Coralville
Iowa State Patrol
Crst Inc
Cedar Rapids
CRST
Ronald Berteleff
Youngstown
Ohio
Elizabeth
Liza” Macpherson
Iowa City
Berteleff
Macpherson
William Kean
Kean
John Smith
Smith
Tere
Brandon Woman Dies After Porch Rope Incident
Euelah Dorman age 80 of Brandon died Sunday after her feet tangled in porch rope and she fell to the sidewalk. Buchanan County deputies report the 3:30 p.m. accident led to her removal to Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton where she was pronounced dead.
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Brandon
Euelah Dorman
Buchanan County Sheriff's Department
Dorman
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
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Gazette
Don Hornstein
Dick Hogan
Iowa Supreme Court
Gazette Des Moines Bureau
Washington
C.R
Myers
Dale L. Snyder
Winneshiek County
Snyder
Charles Schutte
Schutte
C.W. Antes
Malloy Jewelers
2Nd Avenue SE
First Ave
Iowa
Northbrook Manor
Council Street
Cfica
American Health Care Association
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