Family faces second fire recovery at same Marion home
The Keyes family of 2550 Third Ave Marion endured a second major fire in five months. June blaze damaged a bathroom and closet due to faulty wiring. Thursday’s fire damaged a basement and a first floor bedroom with smoke damage. Investigations continue.
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Marion
Third Ave
Stephen
Sandra Keyes
Marion Fire Department
Lonnie Rose
Keyes
Arson Suspected In Anamosa Church Fire
Anamosa fire chief reports the Apostolic Assembly church fire was intentionally set with investigation ongoing. The blaze, reported around 11 40 p m Monday, destroyed about 80 percent of the church located three miles northeast of Anamosa along County Road E 23.
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Apostolic Assembly of
Anamosa
Keith Vernon
E-23
Iowa City migrant worker case settled in Johnson County
Johnson County agrees to pay Mary and Thomas Bell 90000 and amend a migrant camp mobile home ordinance after a 1991 zoning rule deemed discriminatory. The Bells previously won 45000 in a civil suit and face potential 80000 in fees, totaling about 125000, with 19 pre 1976 mobile homes affected.
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Johnson County
Mary
Thomas Bell
Lynne Brady
Brady
Lone Tree
J. Patrick White
Bells
Benefit Saturday for Wen Lung Wen at UI Macbride
A benefit to aid Wen Ling Wen, University of Iowa student with chronic myelogenous leukemia, seeks $5 donations at Corazon Latino on Macbride Auditorium stage this Saturday. The event supports unpaid medical costs near $50 000 after insurance.
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Wen-Ling Wen
University of Iowa
Wen
Corazon Latino
Macbride Auditorium
Market forecasts beat polls in IPSM presidential bets
The Iowa Political Stock Market closely predicted the 1992 election results, hitting within 0.02 percent of the actual outcomes for both the current and 1988 races. One thousand two traders held 82 thousand dollars in positions, with dividends to be mailed soon.
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Bush
Iowa
IPSM
Gallup
Harris
Sherman Chimney Swifts Tower Moves Toward Restoration
The Johnson County Songbird Project moved the Sherman Chimney Swifts Tower from Harpers Ferry to Iowa City to restore it as a birdwatching site. Donors are sought to cover about 10000 dollars for moving and restoration with plans to place it on the National Register and open to the public.
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Jaze
Yonnson County
Owa
Althea Sherman
Sherman
Iowa City
Johnson County
Songbird Project
Harpers Ferry
Iowa
Clayton County
National
Bob Daubendiek
Harper’s Ferry
Larry
Phyllis Kruger
Krugers
Songbird
Barbara Boyle
Oxford
Fairgrounds
Boyle
Southgate Development Corp
Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department
Highway
Margrieta Delle
Sherman Chimney Swifts
Johnson County Songbird Project
Exxon chemist touts microbes cleaning Exxon Valdez spill
Exxon senior biochemist Roger Prince told UNI students that oil from the Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound has been removed using microbes aided by liquid fertilizer. Opposing view from Dave Gibbon noted remaining oil in high energy areas and offshore depths.
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Brown
Prince
Hap Pritchard
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Prince’s
Alaska
Prince William Sound
Nature
Gibbon
Cedar Rapids approves sale of Farmstead site with greenbelt deal
Cedar Rapids City Council clears the way for Farmstead Foods plant sale to Central States Warehousing. The city waives liens in exchange for greenbelt land along the Cedar River and reserves $268 000 from proceeds for unpaid water and sewer fees. Environmental cleanup and deeds to river access are outlined. The plan follows an Oct 13 bankruptcy hearing and a subsequent arson loss at the site.
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Farmstead Foods
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Farmstead
Central States
William Edmonds
Lyle Hanson
Hanson
James Piersall
Piersall
Michael Dunbar
Waterloo
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C.R. Council
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