Iowa Living Roadways Receives Federal Environmental Award
An Iowa program aiding small towns to enhance roadside landscapes won a 2003 Environmental Excellence Award from the Federal Highway Administration. Iowa's Living Roadways, sponsored by the DOT, Iowa State University and Trees Forever, includes projects with native plantings, trails, and prairie protection across towns such as Alburnett Anamosa Cascade Hiawatha Maquoketa Monticello Colesburg Strawberry Point Vinton Wapello Williamsburg.
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Federal Highway Administration
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Anamosa
Cascade
Hiawatha
Maquoketa
Monticello
Colesburg
Strawberry Point
Vinton
Wapello
Williamsburg
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa State University
Trees Forever
Carole Teater
Cedar Rapids Bridge Rehab Narrows I 380 Traffic
Northbound I 380 remains two lanes north of Seventh/Eighth Street NE as crews close the H Avenue NE exit ramp until this afternoon. The citywide bridge rehabilitation limits weekend work, with ongoing weekend blocks from May through August. Weather delayed work over the weekend. storms affected Central Iowa with four inches of rain.
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Cedar Rapids
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Scott Lind
April delays loom as Swenka backs May planting
Steve Swenka of near Tiffin says April planting is risky due to cold damp soil which crusts and harms germination. He farms 120 acres of corn and 100 acres of soybeans plus oats and hay, using a 35 year old John Deere 3020. He advocates Bt corn for 80 percent of corn, while reserving 20 percent non Bt to slow pest adaptation.
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Gazette
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Tiffin
John Deere
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No charges planned in fatal Ely area crash
No criminal charges were filed or will be filed against Michael Wasowicz the driver of the tanker sprayer truck in the May 17 2000 collision near Ely. The crash killed Nicholas Meyer and Allen Chapman and injured four others on Jappa Road. Wasowicz faced nine misdemeanor citations. a civil suit by Casey Pelton against Gasaway Maintenance Co. proceeds with trial set for April 26 2004.
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Michael Wasowicz
Thomas H. Miller
Nicholas Meyer
Strawberry Point
Allen Chapman
Manchester
Casey Pelton
Ryan
Bryan Brown
Stanwood
Wasowicz
Lockwood
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Iowa
Attorney General’s Office
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Gasaway Maintenance Co
Pelton
Sara Riley
Hard Times at Youngville Cafe in East Iowa
Helen Kelly recalls growing up near Youngville Cafe along Highway 30 during the 1930s drought. She pumped water for cows and later worked at the cafe earning 50 cents a week while saving for shoes and dresses, before moving on to nursing school and meeting her future husband Fred Pepper.
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Danceland
Cedar Rapids
Lizzie Wheeler
Hazel
Newhall High School
Jack Kelly
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van Horne
Fred Pieper
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