Bus route from McGregor to Cedar Rapids ends November 22
Iowa Coaches of Dubuque will discontinue the daily Dubuque to Cedar Rapids service on November 22 after a state ruling found the route unprofitable. The company cites $50,000 annual losses and 74 cents per mile costs while noting competition from regional transit systems and costly winter drives.
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Dubuque
Iowa Coaches of
McGregor
Cedar Rapids
Conrad A. Amend
Iowa Transportation Regulation Authority
David Sherman
Manchester
Sherman
McGregor-Cedar Rapids
Iowa Coaches
Amend
Highway 13
Iowa
Giard
Farmersburg Road
Elkader
Strawberry Point
Ryan
Coggon
Central City
Waterlooo Firefighters Stop Gas Main Inferno
Waterloo firefighters captains DeWayne Levey and Rick Dengler faced a ruptured Northern Natural Gas line near Hudson. In heavy asbestos entry suits they reached a valve and shut off gas despite threats of a second explosion, amid cheering onlookers after a perilous attempt.
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Waterloo
Rick Dengler
Hudson
Waverly
DeWayne Levey
Dengler
Levey
Sevey
Utility probes blast that killed five near Hudson Iowa
Investigators, Iowa agencies, and Northern Natural Gas study a fatal explosion on the Marvin Wulf farm three miles west of Hudson. Officials say a 20 inch line buried about three feet deep near roads varies in depth, while farmers note gas workers are typically present during tiling over lines. Relatives say a gas man was at the site that morning.
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Hudson
Iowa
Ralph Huisman
Bill Green
Northern Natural Gas Co
Des Moines
Northern Natural Gas
Huisman
Howard Sorenson
Northern
Omaha
Neb
Sorenson
Northern Natural Gas. Co
Iowa Department of Labor
Iowa Commerce Commission
Michael Heth
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Pat Hinman
Marvin Wulf
Black Hawk County
Grundy County
Heating bills to rise for Iowa homes this winter
The Iowa Energy Policy Council reports most Iowans will pay 5 to 20 percent more to heat homes this winter. Natural gas costs could jump about 20 percent, with an average January 1983 bill of 148 dollars. Propane users face roughly 13 percent higher bills averaging 172 dollars, and all electric homes expect about 5 percent higher bills to 189 dollars. Heating oil remains near last year’s level at 198 dollars.
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Des Moines
Iowa Energy Policy Council
EPC
Iowa
Northern Natural Gas
Authorities seek tips in Lloyd Patrick murder case
Mahaska County Sheriff Joel Beal asks the public for assistance in solving the murder of Lloyd Patrick who was shot and found deceased in his burning home. Patrick's body was recovered from the blaze the morning of October 27 with a vehicle seen in the neighborhood between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. on the night of the shooting.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Inmate Gouges Eyes in Jail Sues Officials
Gregory Frovaro of Park River North Dakota filed a $3 million lawsuit against Sioux City officials after gouging out both eyes with his hands while detained at Woodbury County Jail. He had served a 10 day term for loitering at a Sergeant Bluff school building Iowa.
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Sioux City
UPI
Woodbury County
Gregory Frovaro
Park River
N.D
Sergeant Bluff
Iowa
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