Record highs across eastern Iowa as warm spell continues
Cedar Rapids set a 69 degree high surpassing the 1933 64 degree mark while Iowa City tied 70 degrees only partially confirming a record. Waterloo Dubuque Lamont Mason City and Des Moines posted high temperature records as warm weather persists into next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa City
Linda Engebretson
National Weather Service
Quad Cities
Waterloo
Dubuque
Lamont
Mason City
Des Moines
Engebretson
United States
Anamosa girl injured in Springville crash in fair condition
An Anamosa girl and her mother remain in hospital after a head on collision near Springville. Lisa McGovern, 12, is in fair condition at St Luke's Hospital while her mother is serious. Kelly Wifler of Fond du Lac Wisconsin is in critical condition. Wifler tried to pass a vehicle on Highway 151 at 7 16 p m near the Linn Jones line.
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Springville
St. Luke’s Hospital
Lisa McGovern
Nancy McGovern
Kelly Wifler
Fond du Lac
Wis
Wifler
St. Luke's
Linn County
United Way of East Central Iowa Hits 75 Percent in 1998 Drive
Pledges total 4.3 million dollars, 75 percent of the 1998 goal of 5.726 million. Final tally to be announced December 9. The agency funds non profit human service programs in six counties Benton Cedar Iowa Jones Linn and Washington.
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United Way of
East Central
Iowa
Benton
Cedar
Jones, Linn
Washington
Major business events and economic schedule for the week
A packed week features Treasury bill auctions at 1 p.m. Monday and key releases from NABM and Conference Board Tuesday morning. Commerce reports on October construction spending and Dow Jones at week start, with retail sales and Freddie Mac mortgage rates later. Labor unveils November unemployment Friday and October factory orders conclude the week.
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Treasury
National Association of Purchasing Management
Conference Board
Commerce Department
Commerce
Labor Department
Freddie Mac
Sinclair leads Sigourney Tractor in Iowa downturn
IGOURNEY-Bob Sinclair moved to manage Sigourney Tractor and implement amid a dropped farm economy. He left Cargill for the post while a wider rural decline prompts concern among Edgewood and Sigourney business groups. The area relies on Main Street Sigourney to revitalize storefronts as ISU notes the shift to diversified, lower paying manufacturing jobs.
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Dave Gosch
Igourney
Bob Sinclair
Iowa
Sinclair
Sigourney Tractor and Implement
Maurice Sinclair
Melrose
Cargill
Elise Bergan
Edgewood
Sigourney
Iowa State University
Dave Swenson
Ottumwa
Iowa City
Jody
Toys and Tan
Cascade
Jerry
Edgewood Livestock Commission
Kevin Shaull
Bruce Smith
Downturn Hits Estherville Businesses as Farm Prices Slump
Iowa farmers facing low grain and livestock prices hurt local commerce. Estherville shops Stall's Home and Farm Supplies and Emmet County Implement report declines in midrange sales and at least a ten percent drop in John Deere equipment sales. Other retailers note delayed effects with March or later impacts. Emmetsburg nearby hints at broader regional strain as farm incomes shrink.
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Iowa
Toda
Bob Stall
Estherville
Stall
Blass LP Gas & Appliances
April Shultz
Norman Blass
Shultz
Emmetsburg
Gene Wighdal
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Vampaigi
Sgus
American Business Women’s Association
Lighthouse Inn
Uneas Harvest
Deb Flanders
Main Street Sigourney
Duro-Last
ISU
Swenson
Main
David Lee
By Karen Kent
Emmet County Implement Co
Tom Winters
Emmet
John Deere
Winters
Deere
Gazette
Karen Kent
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