Marion district ends solar energy project amid frost damage
Superintendent John Cracraft says dismantling the Marion solar system is wiser than reassembling it for five more years as frost and broken tubes drive up costs. Engineer Jim Hynes notes unanticipated frost impact. bids to salvage parts and cover district costs.
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Christie Wallace
Marion Independent
John Cracraft
Marion
Hale
Jim Hynes
Cedar Rapids
Hynes
Iowa
Longfellow
Marion Independent District
Drunk Driving Charge After Fatal Iowa Crash
Kenneth Hathaway 29 of Grandview faces second offense drunk driving and failure to yield after a crash near Wapello in southeast Iowa. Retha Carol Wiggins 19 of rural Mount Pleasant died. Edward Sammons 19 of Rome injured along with another passenger. The van ran a stop sign at US 61 and a Louisa County road around 4:30 p.m.
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Wapello
Iowa
Kenneth Hathaway
Grandview
Hathaway
Retha Carol Wiggins
Mount Pleasant
Iowa State Patrol
Edward Sammons
Rome
Wiggins
Sammons
ISU honors Atanasoff and the first computer inventor
Iowa State University marked a daylong event to honor John Vincent Atanasoff, the 1939 ISU mathematician whose vacuum tube calculator laid the groundwork for the electronic digital computer. The 1973 Larson ruling credited Atanasoff with invention, challenging ENIAC origins, while panelists noted the long delayed historical correction.
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Ames
John Vincent Atanasoff
ENIAC
Iowa State University
Atanasoff
Wright Brothers
Thomas Edison
Iowa State College
Sperry Rand
U.S
Earl Larson
Minneapolis
J. Prosper Eckert
John W. Mauchly
Mauchly
Larson
Clark Mollenhoff
Johnny
Big tapper truck parties anger UNI neighbors
Cedar Falls residents protest large campus keg gatherings near the University of Northern Iowa during homecoming weekend. A tapper truck event advertised to supply 40 kegs drew 150 plus revelers and extended into early Sunday. Authorities note nine similar parties since school year start, drawing 200 to 400 attendees. A 100-signature petition seeks elimination of such events in residential areas. council delays action pending talks with officials and distributors.
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Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
College Hill
State University
Northern Iowa
UNI
Kathy Doughty
Loras Jaeger
Judd Truax
Paul Hoffey
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Honeywell
John Atanasoff
Westdale Mall
Cookie Company
Armstrong
Candies
Kathleen's Korner
N. Dodge
Iowa City
Hoover
Joc
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