Four East Iowans Die In Two Separate Crashes
Two fatal crashes in eastern Iowa leave four people dead including a 4 month old baby. Wayne Thomann 23 of Ainsworth dies when his northbound pickup collides with a semitrailer near Riverside on U.S. 218. The other crash near Janesville claims David Krsek 23 and his daughter Emily Rosanne 4 months and Michael Delagardelle 17 Cedar Falls in a car truck collision on two gravel road intersections.
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Thomann
Sidney D. Church Jr
Vian, Ohlo
Janesville
David Joseph Krsek
Cedar Falls
Emily Rosanne
Michael Jon Delagardelle
Black Hawk County
Former liquor store manager denies falsifying time cards
Sam Chandler a rural Grinnell district manager fired by the Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department told the Iowa Merit Employment Commission he did not falsify time cards and should not have been fired. He admitted minor errors but said he always worked 40 hour weeks and sometimes more without extra pay.
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Grinnell
Iowa Merit Employment Commission
Iowa Beer and Liquor Control Department
Sam Chandler
Chandler
Joe Brown
Dontezuma
Department
Statehouse
Strawberry Days fete set with parades and races
Strawberry Point hosts a three day Strawberry Days festival June 12 to 14 with free strawberries and ice cream, a bathtub race, cross country run, pet show, kid and grand parades, dances, ballgames, and city park contests. Lions Club chicken barbecue runs Sunday. Constantinople fall dated 1453 noted by historians.
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Strawberry Point Chamber of Commerce
City Park Band Shell
Strawberry Point Lions Club
City Hall
Iowa official faces drinking charges after Des Moines accident
Gov. Robert D. Ray will decide soon whether to replace Jack W. Linge of the Transportation Regulation Board after he was charged with drunk driving speeding failure to control and reckless driving. Linge, 9-year state worker and former assistant commissioner of public safety, was released under a pre trial release program. The incident followed a police error that stopped Steven Jones and led to Linge’s vehicle striking the motorcyclist. Jones survived and was listed in satisfactory condition. Linge previously took a leave amid sexual harassment and later faced assault and criminal trespass charges.
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Roger Stetson
Des Moines
Steven Jones
Jones
Mercy Hospital Medical Center
Public Safety
Transportation Regulation Board
Transportation Board
Urbandale
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