Cedar Rapids clerk convicted of selling pseudoephedrine case
Michael Welp 26 of Cedar Rapids was found guilty by a federal jury of selling more than a case of pseudoephedrine at Jim's Food. He sold 216 bottles to an undercover officer on March 13 and police found more pseudoephedrine in his home and storage unit. He ran a business to order the drug for resale and faces up to 20 years in prison and a $250 000 fine.
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Cedar Rapids
Michael Welp
Jim’s Food
Sixth St
Welp
U.S
Kandice Wilcox
Four men charged with bootlegging at University Heights party
Four men face serious misdemeanor charges after a Johnson County Sheriff’s investigation. Deputy paid $10 to enter an afternoon party at 1212 Melrose Ave in University Heights. Defendants include Robert A. Johnson 24 of 219 Church St Iowa City and residents Robert A. Cucci 30 John L. Vasquez 22 and Jacob J. Penner 24. Cucci Vasquez and Johnson also charged with supplying alcohol to minors. Hearing set for Oct 27.
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Johnson County
Sheriff's Department
University Heights
Robert A. Johnson
Church St
Iowa City
Melrose Ave
Robert A. Cucci
John L. Vasquez
Jacob J. Penner
Cucci
Vasquez
Johnson
Father holds hope as Tama County search continues for missing daughter
Jerry Okonski of Oak Lawn says he fears foul play in the April 2000 disappearance of 23 year old Cora Okonski. Investigators last week unearthed bone fragments and women's clothing on a Tama County property near Irving following a confidential tip about a grave. Lab results are awaited to confirm if the remains are those of Cora.
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Jerry Okowski
Tama County
Highway 21
Irving
Okonski
Oak Lawn
Ill
Cora
Cora Okonski
Tait Park
Tama
Former politician starts thriving hobby winery project
Retired Iowa legislator Roger Halvorson transformed a bed and breakfast near Fayette into a functioning winery. Using Swenson Red Edelweiss and Frontenac grapes he crafts Volga Lake Red and White, Rohde Red, and LaCrosse varieties from his hillside vineyard overlooking the Mississippi River.
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Eagles Landing
Halvorson
Fayette
Mississippi River
Upper Iowa University
Swenson
Volga Lake
LaCrosse
Harvest
Roger Halvorson
Connie
Marquette
Waterloo backs riverboat casino plan with Black Hawk vote
Black Hawk County voters approve a riverboat casino referendum by about 2 to 1, 21 722 to 11 048, with 46.8 percent turnout. The result allows a nonprofit to seek an Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission license as the state weighs lifting the moratorium on new gambling ventures.
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the Gazette
Linn County
Black Hawk County
Jim Cannon
Citizens For Riverboat Casino
Waterloo
Cannon
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission
Mad as Hell author Willis Rowell remembers NFO battles
Willis Rowell now 83 recalls his long anger at farm prices and the National Farmers Organization. From a Littleport livestock and grain farm to a 400 acre Edgewood operation, he faced price conflicts and led years with the NFO, including 1967 milk dumping and 1968 commodity hold actions.
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National Farmers Organization
NFO
Willis Rowell
Willis
NFC
Littleport
Edgewood
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