Contaminated tap water spurs Iowa action and monitoring
In nine Iowa communities including Fayette and Oxford Junction drinking water showed exceedances of federal health standards for THMs pesticides and synthetic compounds. The DNR urged ongoing monitoring source studies extended THM testing beyond 10 000 population and new treatment methods while noting no immediate health danger.
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Marjorie Dennison
Ows
Des Moines
Fayette
Oxford Junction
Iowa
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Iowa Environmental Protection Commission
Bloomfield
Centerville
Corning
Greenfield
Osceola
Cresco
Department of Natural Resources
Allan Stokes
Environmental Protection Division
Stokes
Commission
Iowa Fuel Prices Edge Down in March Survey
AAA Iowa reports a continuing downward fuel price trend from October 1987 with March self service prices down 2 cents per gallon while full service prices stay near February levels. Gasoline roughly matches December 1986 prices, but diesel remains higher than in 1986 with specific rate comparisons across December 12, 1986 February 5 1988 and March 18 1988.
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Iowa
AAA I
Historic Hotel Manning Closes In Keosauqua For Sale
The 80yearold Hotel Manning in Keosauqua southeast Iowa has closed and is up for sale after foreclosure. Gerald and Darlene Maas of Cedar Rapids own the property, which includes a 22room hotel and a sixroom motel. The site sits beside the Des Moines River, with roots dating to the 1850s as a general store and bank.
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Manning
Iowa
Gerald
Darlene Maas
Cedar Rapids
Gerald Maas
Mark Eckman
van Buren County
Keosauqua
Des Moines
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