Graettinger Woman Killed in Two Car Iowa Crash
Vera Leonard 65 of Graettinger died when her car collided with a second vehicle at a rural Emmet County intersection Sunday night. Six people were injured including Scott Herke and Steve Wagner. Eugene Leonard and others sustained minor injuries as investigators continued.
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Graettinger
Iowa
Vera Leonard
Emmet
Emmet County
Leonard
Eugene
Scott Herke
Herke
Palo Alto County Hospital
Emmetsburg
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
Steve Wagner
Spencer
Eugene Leonard
Memorial Day meaning wanes says Iowa prof
Iowa City AP Memorial Day origin in the Civil War has faded for many Iowans says historian William Petersen retired University of Iowa professor. He notes schools stopped actively promoting the holiday and small towns keep Memorial Day services more often than cities. Petersen recalls past parades and discusses early Decoration Day origins and graves decorated as early as 1863 and 1865 in Vicksburg with Iowa soldiers among those buried.
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Iowa City
William Petersen
Petersen
University of Iowa
Dubuque
South
Vicksburg
Miss
Iowa
Vandals damage 11 flagpoles at Lone Tree cemetery
Johnson County sheriff's deputies investigated after 11 flagpoles were damaged and American flags stolen at Lone Tree cemetery during Memorial Day weekend. The flags honor area veterans. a $500 reward is offered by the Lone Tree American Legion for information leading to arrests.
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Cedar Rapids
May
Richard Cones Sr
Belton
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Stan Reinas
Lone Tree
Lone Tree American Legion Post
Johnson County
Keokuk Woman Pleads Guilty To Second Degree Arson
Norma Spice of Keokuk pleads guilty to second degree arson after the man convicted of starting the fire said he was hired for the act. She was to go on trial today in Lee County District Court Fort Madison. Tandy Eugene Hester testified against Spice enabling a probation release from Anamosa on May 20, three months after Judge Hendrickson sent him there.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Norma Spice
Keokuk
Stolen cash and valuables reported from multiple sites
A series of thefts include a bag with up to 330 dollars at Paul Revere's Pizza on Bever Avenue, cash missing from Velvet Feed Bag on Second Street, two sets of golf clubs valued at 1050 dollars taken from a James Grahiman residence, fishing gear and a tarp removed from a boat at Darrell L. French residence, and about 600 dollars in drugs stolen from North English Pharmacy after a front door break with a brick.
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Paul Revere's Pizza
Bever Ave. SE
Second St. SE
James Grahiman
Ninth St. NW
Darrell L. French
Town House Drive
Iowa
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