Beat the Bog mud run crowns winners at Blairstown
Russ Bramer of Marion won Class 2 in the third annual Beat the Bog run on Larry Koster farm near Blairstown. Other Cedar 4 Wheelers winners included Jeff Palmer Cedar Rapids Class 1 Bill Hopkins Cedar Rapids Class 3 Larry Witten Cedar Rapids Class 4 and Doug Vincent Keota Class 5.
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Russ Bramer
Marion
Larry Koster
Blairstown
Cedar 4 Wheelers
Jeff Palmer
Cedar Rapids
Bill Hopkins
Larry Witten
Doug Vincent
Keota
Ray urges balanced budget as Iowa session nears end
Gov. Robert D. Ray told reporters the 1981 Iowa Legislature must finish with a balanced budget. Eight major appropriations bills remain, most revenue plans stalled, and only the school aid program has cleared approval. Ray acknowledged disagreement on tax and fee increases and road funding shifts, but kept openness to a safety valve if revenues fall.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert D. Ray
General Assembly
Ray
Department of Transportation
Nine die on Iowa highways in weekend crashes
Gazette reports weekend crashes across Iowa claim nine lives including three Iowans. Kenneth Hines died after a motorcycle struck a concrete culvert near Quasqueton Independence hospital. Jeffrey Michaels of Waterloo died on Airline Highway. Richard Dickhaut of Davenport died when his bike slid under a parked car. Other fatalities include Dale Wheeler of Boone and Bruce Hoxie of Imogene. Several injuries occurred in Dayton, Stratford, Lehigh, and Des Moines area incidents. conditions of several survivors not specified. Authorities cite multiple crashes on highways 282 175 and I 80 with drivers fleeing scenes and ambulances transporting injured.
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Davenport
Waterloo
Independence
Iowa
Kenneth Vern Hines
Independence Hospital
Quasqueton
Iowa Highway 282
Buchanan County Sheriff's Deputies
Hines
Craig Arthur Crosby
Crosby
Peoples Memorial Hospital
Scholtz Memorial Hospital
Jeffrey Michaels
Scott County
Richard Dickhaut
Dickhaut
Mercy Hospital
Boone
U.S
Boone County
Dale Wheeler
Julie DeVoogh
Ogden
DeVoogh
Juliana
Rick Elliott
Odgen
Des
Fremont County
Bruce Hoxie
Imogene
Shenandoah
Hoxie
State Patrol
Webster County
Westrum
Porter
Brett Hagge
Dayton
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
April Richey
Stratford
Holly Kilgore
Lehigh
Fort Dodge
California
Council Bluffs
Pottawattamie County
Larry Leland Murray
Gulf
Calif
Murray
Waterloo man stabbed to death at La Porte City graduation reception
John Leroy Payne, 23, of East Iowa, was stabbed multiple times during a fight at his mother Beverly Key’s La Porte City home Sunday night after a graduation reception. He died at a Waterloo hospital after midnight. A Waterloo man, formerly of Independence, is being sought. no arrests have been made.
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East Iowa
LA Porte City
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Independence
Beverly Key
White's
Payne
Waterloo Hospital
Zinzer to testify he left Forrest alive in Tama County
Jeffrey Allen Zinzer, on trial for first degree murder in Tama County, plans to testify Forrest was alive at 3 a.m. after leaving a bar in Marshalltown. His attorney says Zinzer will admit he lied to police and recount his evening with Forrest, including a van tussle but no sexual relations. The defense cites witnesses from Grinnell and a bar encounter as part of the timeline.
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Toledo
Jeffrey Allen Zinzer
Penny Sue Belcher Forrest
Marshalltown
Zinzer
Tama County
Barry Kaplan
Kaplan
Ferguson
Forrest
Montour
Robert Ulm
Gerald
Cynthia Haynes
Grinnell
Mercury street lights planned for Iowa City north side
The city will install 104 mid block mercury vapor street lights in the 300 plus north side Iowa City residences bounded by Brown, Governor, Burlington and Clinton Streets. A safety study and a follow up survey organized by CLASS will assess impact on crime including sex offenses.
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Iowa City
North Side
Brown Street
Governor Street
Burlington Street
Clinton Street
University of Iowa Fraternity-Sorority
Summit Street
Burlington
Washington Streets
Washington, College
Governor
Summit
Citizens For
James Curry
University of Iowa
Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Tom Hoogerwerf
Iowa-Illinois’ Iowa
Hoogerwerf
Pella Man Named President of Iowa Jaycees
Denny Van Gorp of Pella was named president of the Iowa Jaycees at the state convention. More than 700 people attended the weekend gathering. In Washington state Mount St Helens erupted for the largest blast in 123 years forcing evacuations up to thirty miles away.
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Mount St. Helens
Washington State
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Dirty Business
Gazette
Paul Jensen
School Foundation
Gov
Robert Ray
Gazette Wire Services
Brian Keith Fournier
Airline Highway
Fournier
Terry Jenssen
John Leroy Payne
L. Vern Robinson
Pella
Jaycee
Coors
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Coors Distributing Company
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