IDOT Names 3 Railroads for Rock Island System
Iowa Transportation Director Raymond Kassel identified Kansas City Southern Missouri Pacific and Southern Pacific as the most likely operators for all or parts of the bankrupt Rock Island system. The Chicago and Northwestern was not listed as a primary candidate. The ICC hearing in Des Moines also heard from a Cedar Rapids grain miller urging continued emergency service via Kansas City Terminal Co. and National Oats, which warned of potential plant closures and 278 job losses if service ends.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Transportation
Rock Island Lines
Raymond Kassel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City Southern
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chicago and Northwestern
Kassel
Norfolk and Western
Atchison, Topeka
Santa Fe
IDOT
Rock Island
Cedar Rapids
ICC
Rock
Rock Sys
National Oats Co
Kansas City
James Smith
National
National Oats
John Culver
Culver
Wedderspoon quits over Clean Water Act dispute at Cedar Rapids plant
Iowa labor officials take up Steve Wedderspoon’s complaint against Cedar Rapids water plant after his resignation and five day suspension. He alleges discriminatory action tied to exposing illegal sludge discharge into the Cedar River. Labor's Lynn will supervise a 30 day investigation with conciliation possible.
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U.S. Department of Labor
Steve Wedderspoon
Cedar Rapids
Wedderspoon
U.S. de Socrate
Iowa
Paul Lynn
Department of Labor
Des Moines
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
DEQ
George Milligan
Milligan
Lynn
Cedar Rapids police seize two rifles in park van incident
Officers responding to a report found Emil Scriven age 33 of 611 Third St. SW with two guns inside a parked van on 11th Street NW. He is charged with carrying weapons and intoxication. The van was stationary near the 100 block of 11th Street NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Emil Scriven
Third St
11Th Street
Disputed Lewis Preserve ownership lawsuit in Linn County
Linn County sues Bruce Weldon Jr and Glenn Belden of Iowa County and William Kindred of Linn County over timber harvesting at Lewis Preserve. The county seeks $15,000 plus treble damages claiming willful injury to timber. Lewis contends title reverted to Center Point United Methodist Church under a 1965 deed for failure to enforce hunting and trapping bans and reserves timber rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Lewis
Linn County
Lewis Preserve
County Conservation Board
Linn District Court
Bruce Weldon Jr
Glenn Belden
Iowa County
William Kindred
Kindred
Lewis
Weldon
Belden
United Methodist Church
Teet and Tobe's Stand Draws Travelers for Ice Cream
Marilyn Baethke runs Teet and Tobe's in Keswick on Iowa Route 22, attracting What Cheer Delta Sigourney South English North English Webster Millersburg Deep River and Rose Hill visitors. The stand opens April through early November, offers large cones up to 50 cents, homemade breaded tenderloins, TNT burgers, and a busy kitchen with five-hour summer shifts.
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Keswick
Teet
Tobe
Marilyn Baethke
What Cheer
Delta
Sigourney
South English
North English
Webster
Millersburg
Deep River
Rose Hill
Iowa Highway 22
Keokuk County
Elmer
Mount Vernon Mayoral Candidate and Nine Seekers Speak
Mount Vernon held a candidates night at City Hall with Doris Pringle and seven of nine council hopefuls answering questions. Candidates discussed keeping the city’s character amid growth, inflation, and energy concerns, with views on vandalism, downtown beautification, youth programs, and curfew opinions.
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Mount Vernon
Dick Peters
City Hall
Rex DeWald
Paul Doucette Jr
Cornell College
Janet Dumbaugh
Park and Recreation Commissions
Robert Lewis
Cornell
Charles Lockwood
Gordon Rahn
Robert Sautter
Doucette
Lockwood
Lewis
Sautter
DeWald
Dumbaugh
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Sette
Metro- Iowa Sence
John McCarroll
Milwaukee Road
The
Kansas City Terminal Railroad Co
National Oats Company
Dick Hogan
Gozette City Hall
Cede
C.R
Eighth Avenue SE
Sixth Street
Eighth Street
Sixth Avenue
Leroy Gardemann
Apache Trail
Elmer Dudley
Fairfax
ADM Corn Sweeteners
Thomas H. McDermott
Linn
Abell-Howe Co
Mary Burke Gazette
Eastern
Mrs. Baethke
Mans ‘Avenue
Chelly Lynn
Center Pt. Rd
Gretchen Sutherland
Yann Cou
Marion
Lindale
Westdale
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