Decorah Dorchester duo restore Winneshiek County courthouse clock
Robert Clark of Dorchester and Mark Burgdorf of Decorah restore the 1904 Century Tower Clock, a project funded by local donations totaling 2,653.43 toward a 5,575 repair bill. They plan a five year warranty with semiannual inspections and ongoing maintenance.
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Rebecca Kamm
Decorah
Robert Clark
Dorchester
Mark Burgdorf
Winneshiek County
Clark
Century Tower Clock Company
Michigan
Charles John Wieser
Horace Spangler
Louise Amy
Burgdorf
St. Benedict's Catholic Church
Memorial service for Des Moines boy killed in dynamite blast
A packed Evangelical Covenant Church in Des Moines mourned Jeffrey Waddell thirteen at a prayerful memorial. The eighth grader and his friend Clint Woodard fourteen died after a dynamite explosion near Pleasant Hill. Police explosives expert Sgt. Frank Murray tied the garments at the scene to the victims, noting the boys were likely within fifty feet of the storage building. Reverend David L. Brown echoed Psalm 23, likening Jeffrey to King David for his outdoor hobbies, and urged the audience to value life and seek forgiveness.
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Des Moines
Jeffrey Waddell
David L. Brown
Jeffrey
Clint Woodard
Pleasant Hill
Frank Murray
Murray
Evangelical Covenant Church
Goodrell Junior High School
Pastor Brown
King David
David
Brown
Jeffery
Jesus
Mingo Man Becomes Iowa's Only Thanksgiving Day Fatality
Nile Earp 86 of Des Moines died after a chain of events on Highway 65 four miles northwest of Mingo when his car slid out of control and was struck by a car driven by Gary Venzke 37 of Independence. Venzke and his family were treated for injuries.
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Mingo
Iowa
Des Moines
Nile Earp
Iowa State Patrol
Earp
Jasper County
State Patrol
Gary Venzke
Independence
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Venzke
Janine
Andrew
Iowa Methodist
Bettendorf man dies in shooting during arrest
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation probes the death of 25 year old Richard Gapinski. The shooting occurred at his Pine Knoll Mental Health Center related home as officers tried to take him into custody. Lt. Gregory Adamson suffered a broken arm in the same incident.
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Bettendorf
Iowa
Gapinski
Ploehn
Pine Knoll
Davenport
Gregory Adamson
Body of missing hunter found in Mississippi River
Everette Weston 41 of East Moline Illinois was found Friday afternoon in Kilpeck Landing Louisa County after a missing duck hunt along the Mississippi near Fairport Muscatine County sheriff said. Richard Shetler 30 was found earlier this week.
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Fairport, Iowa
Everette Weston
East Moline
Ill
Muscatine County
Shetler
Weston
Kilpeck Landing
Louisa County
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