Wilton depot restoration pulls community together
The Wilton Historical Society nears a 72000 goal to renovate the 1898 double bay Rock Island Muscatine depot six miles north of Muscatine on Highway 6. Volunteers including Naval Army reserves and local railroad men restore the building and plan a museum with telegraph equipment and a dispatchers telephone.
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Dave Golch
Eastern
Towa
Wilton
Wilton Historical Society
Wally Ray
Muscatine
Highway 6
Ray
The
Historical Society
Society
Harriet Jensen
Louis Schaeffer
Jensen
Naval
Army Reserve
Rock Island Railroad
Schaeffer
Kent Sissell
Sissell
George Leggins
Moscow
Iowa
Iowa officials court Toyota car plant in state
Iowa leaders press Toyota Motor Corp officials to locate a second U.S. car plant in Iowa while Toyota eyes becoming a top three auto maker within five years. DED director Timmerman cites a possible Cedar Rapids Des Moines site for auto insurance and notes competition for the plant.
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Iowa Newspaper Association
Des Moines
Iowa
Toyota Motor Corp
Toyota
United States
Georgetown
Richard Timmerman
Dale Braynard
DED
Japan
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa parole officers weigh arming option
The Iowa Board of Corrections reversed a prior stance to allow eight districts to adopt policies permitting armed parole and probation officers with .38 or 9mm weapons. In Eastern Iowa, officials expect little overall change. Some officers oppose indiscriminate armament, citing safety and trust concerns with clients.
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Lonnie Zingula
Iowa
Iowa Board of Corrections
Gary Hinzman
6Th Judicial District Department of Corrections
Hinzman
Linn
Johnson
Jones
Benton
Tama
Tang
John Donovan
Donovan
Cedar Rapids
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