Mother reveals perilous birthday trip across states
A Cedar Rapids family recounts their daughter Beth and two friends as they face car trouble and delays from Gunnison to Cortez and Kayenta. They incur $2,500 for Beth’s car, $1,500 for Jennifer’s, a $66 medicine bill, and four days of missed classes while awaiting help from a Navajo medical center and various transit shifts. No one was seriously hurt.
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Cortez
Colo
Beth
Western State College
Gunnison
Arizona
Kelli
Eric
Mangus
Jennifer
Flagstaff
Arizona-Colorado
Kayenta
Ariz
Mom
Western Union
Durango
Montrose
Iowa Opinion Says Farming Definition Requires No Physical Labor
Des Moines AP reports the Iowa Attorney General's Office states that under Iowa law a person can be a farmer without performing actual physical labor on the land. The opinion notes lawmakers did not include any labor requirement in the farming definition and could add such a rule only through statute. The ruling addresses family farm corporations and land leasing practices.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Crawford County
Thomas Gustafson
Benton
Jury awards 20000 to Petraks over Gerber glass jars
A U.S. District Court jury in Cedar Rapids awarded $20000 to Marion couple Michael and Patricia Petrak after they charged Gerber Products Co. with baby food containing glass. The verdict split $15000 to Sarah Lou Petrak and $5000 to her mother amid claims of pain and emotional distress.
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Marion
Gerber Products Co
Michael
Patricia Petrak
Brandon
Michigan Company
Sarah Lou
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Petrak
the Gazette
Petraks
Waterman
Jim Lovejoy
Gerber
Enforcement of domestic abuse laws lag in Iowa
A Gazette review finds arrests for domestic abuse in Iowa rose 114 percent to 2,903 in 1987 from 1986, with 1,640 cases filed that did not lead to immediate arrest. Proponents blame uneven enforcement and a 1986 law mandating arrest when battering signs exist.
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Rick Smith Gazette
Iowa
Dianne Fagner
Iowa Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Fagner
Phil Brammer
Cedar Rapids
Brammer
Linn County
Allamakee
Benton
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Delaware
Dubuque
Fayette
Johnson
Jones
Keokuk
Linn
Marshall
Muscatine
Polk
Poweshiek
Scott
Tama
Washington
Winneshiek
Richards to headline Jefferson‑Jackson dinner in Cedar Rapids
About 3,000 Iowa Democrats gather at Five Seasons Center in Cedar Rapids for the Jefferson‑Jackson Day Dinner headlined by State Treasurer Ann Richards of Texas. Tickets at $50 for dinner and $15 balcony seats for the speech. a 6 to 7 p.m. private reception for New Frontier Club members is planned.
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Ken Sullivan
Iowa
Richards
Tom Harkin
2Nd District
Eric Tabor
John Chrystal
Iowa Young Democrats
New Frontier Club
Mall Outage Darkens Westdale Center During Transformer Fault
A transformer malfunction outside Bishop's at Westdale Mall caused a power outage Friday morning. Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. reported the outage began at 11:45 a.m. Service to all areas except the cafeteria was restored 28 minutes later, with Bishop's back online at 1:15 p.m.
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Bishop’s
Westdale Mall
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
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