Prairie Meadows eyes record opening at budget limit
Altoona Iowa's Prairie Meadows races to open March 1 within its 51.4 million budget. General Manager William Masterson says 46 of 48 contracts go to Iowa firms totaling 20.2 million, and the complex will employ about 700 workers earning roughly 4 million yearly. The project emphasizes jockey safety and statewide appeal as Iowa's only thoroughbred track.
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Judy Daubenmierazette
Des Moines
Bureau
Altoona
Prairie Meadows
Iowa
William Masterson
Masterson
Polk County
Golden Circle
Two-Vehicle Crash Claims Dubuque Woman Life
Dubuque County investigators probe a Tuesday night crash nine miles south of Dubuque on Highway 61. Carma Lynn Greene, 24, of 338 Valeria Street, died at the scene after Richard Paul Heiderscheit Jr., 17, of 418 Almond Street, Dubuque, crossed the center line and fled the accident. Heiderscheit later sought treatment at Finley Hospital before being taken into custody. Both cars were destroyed.
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Dubuque
Dubuque County
Heiderscheit
Finley Hospital
Greene
Fish kill blamed on farm wastes near Lynnville Iowa
Contamination that killed thousands of fish along a nine mile stretch of the North Skunk River in central Iowa was blamed on a farmer who emptied hog pen waste into a ditch feeding the river. The un‑named farmer said he dumped effluent from waste lagoons into a wagon and released it near Lynnville after mechanical problems prevented field spreading. Fish began dying Sunday south of I‑80 crossing in eastern Jasper County.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Lynnville
North Skunk
Jasper County
Conover
Transit Mascot GUS Sparks Citywide Curiosity
Local transit officials report a wandering figure named GUS who began appearing among crowds and was assigned to duties. Passengers say he thrives on attention while city residents debate the mascot's role and visibility in daily commutes.
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