PCB contamination found in Fort Dodge waste oil
EPA tests show 15 000 gallons of waste oil in Fort Dodge contain PCB at 1500 ppm amid conflicting state results. Iowa DEQ and Gov. Ray authorize 24 hour monitoring. cedar Falls and Linn County samples differ. investigations continue into sources and disposal challenges.
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UPI
Fort Dodge
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
DEQ
Larry Crane
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Crane
Iowa National Guard
Robert D. Ray
St. Paul
Minn
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Cedar
Falls
State Laboratory
Linn County
Minnesota
City Loses in Housing Fight Over 29-Unit Apt Complex
Johnson County District Judge August Hansell ruled for Iowa City developer Wayne Kemph, granting a building permit and lifting a temporary injunction. Area residents opposed the project citing property value concerns and an allegedly improper original permit. The city sought a permanent injunction citing undisclosed financial ties between Kemph and another party.
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Johnson County
August Hansell
Dodge Street
Hansell
Wayne Kemph
Kemph
Coralville Bank Branch Approved Under Court Ruling
District Judge William Eads ruled UniBank and Trust of Coralville may proceed with a Coralville branch for Iowa State Bank and Trust Co. in Coralville at 110 First Avenue, if it meets the state superintendent of banking requirements. Ralph R. Keig Jr. received a suspended one-year sentence for drunk driving, ordered to serve 90 days, after Fayette County conviction.
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Johnson County
William Eads
Iowa City
Iowa Superintendent of Banking
UniBank and Trust of
Iowa State Bank and Trust Co
First Avenue
UniBank
Iowa State Bank and Trust
Eads
Iowa Bank and Trust
West Union
Ralph R. Keig, Jr
Fayette
Fayette County
Luther to Host Archaeologists in Decorah
Luther college hosts the 27th annual Iowa Archaeological Society meeting on Saturday and Sunday. Guy Gibbon of the University of Minnesota will speak at the Saturday banquet on The Origins of Oneota. Sunday features session reports the annual business meeting and a trip to Effigy Mounds near Marquette.
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Decorah — Luther College
Iowa Archaeological Society
Guy Gibbon
University of Minnesota
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Marquette
Heating oil price controls eyed by federal officials
The U S energy administration considers price controls and rollbacks after north central heating oil prices exceed federal guide lines. FEA director Ivan Maple cites January bulk prices at 40.4 cents a gallon, above the index, with March residential prices also rising beyond allowable levels. Hearings in Chicago on proposed actions are set for April 12, with testimony from consumers, refiners and officials.
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UPI
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Carter
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Wisconsin
Iowa
Missouri
Ohio
Michigan
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Manslaughter Verdict in Johnson Case
Johnson County jury found Billy G Heumphreys guilty of manslaughter in the November 30 stabbing death of Henry C. Kober after a road scuffle near the Iowa City airport. Sentencing is set for May 6.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Billy G. Heumphreys
Henry C. Kober
West Branch
Kober
Highway 218
Theresa Heumphreus
Heumphreys
Jack Dooley
No Smoke In Education Funding Debate Sparks Freudian Slip
In Des Moines Sen Minnette Doderer faced a senate debate on a $250 million education funding bill. She described a Freudian slip about smoking and spoke of giving up cigarettes days earlier. Senate Republican leader Celeste Hultman joked and offered cigarettes, while Doderer quipped about her husband’s relief.
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Red Oak
Doderer
Senate
Des Moines
Minnette Doderer
Iown
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