Squeaky the piglet charms rural Vinton home pets
At the Robinson farm near Vinton a five week old piglet named Squeaky favoritely follows George and shares the kitchen with a bread and milk diet. The family keeps multiple pets including dogs pigs a cat a goose ducks a turkey and even a monkey in past years. Mrs. Robinson says they aim to save animals and believe they have as much right to live as humans.
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Vinton
Mrs. Robinson
George
Max
Robinsons
van Horne
Bosco
Mount Vernon residents oppose paving plan amid cost concerns
Mount Vernon, Iowa residents object to proposed street improvements on Scobey Road Palisades Road Country Club Road and Ink Road. Mayor Doris Pringle cited a state law allowing deferral of agricultural land road costs, suggesting city taxpayers would bear most of the expense. The council set a Dec 17 meeting to discuss the program and an engineering estimate with Shire-Hattery and Associates.
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Mount Vernon
Doris Pringle
Scobey Road
Palisades Road
Country Club Road
Ink Road
Shire-Hattery and Associates
Cedar Rapids
Claude Harrison
Harrison
HACAP
State outlines plan for snow emergencies and I closures
The Transportation Commission outlined winter snow emergency measures including closing Interstate highways at 13 locations and IDOT Maintenance Director Bernhard Ortgies warned severe ice and snow could trigger closures of Interstate routes through Iowa at these sites.
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Ames
UPI
State Transportation Commission
IDOT
Bernhard Ortgies
Commission
Iowa
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Viking Lounge & Steak House
Perpetual Savings
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