Wall Collapse Destroys Waucoma Post Office Building
A 12 by 20 foot north wall of the 80 year old brick post office and Jerico Community Echo building in Waucoma Iowa collapsed Thursday. Postmaster John Sloan moved mail and equipment to a temporary site while district officials plan a new postal home.
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Mark E. Bowden
Jerico
Waucoma
Fayette County
John Sloan
Sloan
Wenthold Welding
Jerico Community Echo
Chuck Dunham
Ethel Burnside
Postal Service
Youth held for armed robbery at Coralville service station
A 15 year old from Kalamazoo Michigan is in Linn County Juvenile Detention after being charged with first degree robbery for allegedly robbing the Coral 66 service station at 12 30 pm Saturday. He then forced a 70 year old Rye New York man from a car with a knife and fled in the stolen vehicle. The chase ended when the car crashed into a ditch near the Skelly truck stop. no injuries were reported.
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Coralville
Michigan
Linn County
Coral 66
George Shakin
Rye
N.Y
Benito Salazar
Moline
Skelly
Stricter steel shot rules set for Iowa waterfowl season
The Iowa Conservation Commission expanded steel shot requirements for the 1980 waterfowl season. The rules, approved at the March meeting, require steel shot for hunting waterfowl on and within 150 yards of water in 35 counties and three central Iowa reservoirs to curb lead poisoning.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Conservation Commission
Commission
Iowa
Roundup Cyclist Hurt in Saturday Motorcycle Crash
Harold C. Gibson a 41 year old of 203 B Ave Hiawatha was injured Saturday afternoon at Eighth Avenue and N Street SW and hospitalized in Mercy Hospital ICU. Police said he was westbound at high speed when he lost control crossed the center line struck a curb and a street sign and was thrown 30 feet. He faces charges of drunk driving and failing to have control of his vehicle.
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Eighth Avenue
N Street
Mercy Hospital
Harold C. Gibson
B Ave
Hiawatha
Gibson
Two Men Arrested on Drug Charges Near Five Seasons Center
Joseph K. Hanson aged 19 from 141 Summer Circle NE was arrested at 4 40 p m inside the Five Seasons Center after an officer observed him smoking marijuana and he allegedly struck the officer. Eleven marijuana cigarettes were found in his possession. Douglas H. Brown aged 21 of Route 4 Fairfield was held after an officer saw him eating mushrooms then attempting to hide them. A thermal jug contained what police think are hallucinogenic mushrooms. Brown faces two counts of possession of controlled substances.
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Five Seasons Center
Joseph K. Hanson
Summer Circle NE
Hanson
Linn County
Douglas H. Brown
Route 4
Fairfield
Brown
Police report two assaults on officers in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha
Early Saturday two incidents left officers assaulted. In Cedar Rapids at Pear Tree Lounge two suspects, Steven A. Birch and Dennis I. Mollenhauer, were arrested after disturbance calls. Birch allegedly assaulted officers during custody and faces multiple counts. Mollenhauer is charged with intoxication and interference. In Hiawatha, Steven D. Shifflet was charged with assault after grabbing an officer at a domestic disturbance call on Marion Street.
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Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Center Point Road
Steven A. Birch
38Th St
Dennis I. Mollenhauer
34Th St
Birch
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