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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1981
Page
13
Fred Iben of Monticello keeps geese at the Walnut acres camp ground. A white goose leads the flock counting cadence and teaching the others to goose step as they enjoy water from recent flooding in the area.
Former Maquoketa mayor Gerald Miller sues neighbor Larry Schulte for $7000 after a June overwatering incident killed Miller's strawberry patch. Schulte faced criminal trespass charges later dismissed. Miller seeks $2000 for reputational harm, $75 defense costs, and $5000 exemplary damages.
Dennis E. Fisher, twice convicted in the 1975 murder of Howard Miller, is back at Delaware County Jail awaiting a court appearance on September 15 for post conviction relief. He had been serving life in the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison and cited technical errors in records. Fisher was arrested three months after the Jan 1975 killing in Missouri, found with Miller's widow.
Arthur and Mrs. McCullough of Monticello paid 745 dollars for keeping 561 pan ready game fish during a 10 day Wisconsin vacation. Wardens tracked the couple near Big Wood Lake six miles from Grantsburg after locals complained of outsiders with large catches. They were watched for about 70 hours before arrest as they left for Iowa.
A Polk County District Court judge barred cameras from recording the murder trial of Bradley J. Mather of West Des Moines over the Executive Inn blaze that killed two Durant youths. The ruling may be appealed by FOI advocates. trial set for Oct. 12.
Eastern Iowa legislators argue Fort Madison's deplorable overcrowding and aging facilities justify modernization. They urge better staff training and separating violent offenders from property criminals, citing the recent deadly disturbance as a catalyst for reform.
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