World Ag Expo kicks off Celebrate Iowa City festival in Iowa City
Downtown Iowa City hosts a county fair themed festival to promote the 1988 World Ag Expo in Amana Colonies. Pigs race four times, petting zoo, pedal-tractor pull, hayrack rides, music, magic, and half price transit fares. Organizers aim to attract 2,000 to 3,000 today with a goal of 100,000 by 2000.
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Iowa City
Patrick Grady
Greater
Iowa City Area
Beef and Pork Producers
Amana Society
The
Dairy Association
Chamber
Holiday Inn
Grady
Inmate escapes Fort Madison prison. rape claim inmate at large
Polk County inmate Steve Ragan 22 escaped from Fort Madison medium security during a 10 am head count. He was last seen 45 minutes earlier and believed to have left grounds in a trash truck. Ragan is non dangerous, 5'8" and 150 pounds with brown hair. In Davenport, Teresa Cline 22 and Sean Rogers 20 fled from a work release facility. Cline, alleging rape by guard Tom Gott, seeks damages. Gott later died by suicide. Rogers, jailed for second degree theft, remains at large.
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Fort Madison
Polk County
Teresa Cline
Mitchellville
Inursoa
Davenport
Steve Ragan
Ragan
Cline
Burlington
Sean Rogers
Scott County
James Wayne
Community Corrections
Rogers
Wayne
Wayne Saa
Polk County District Court
Tom Gott
Gott
Union Offic
Pleads innocent in Kalona murder
Washington County District Court heard 21 year old Garete Johnson County man Lewis Eugene Anderson III plead innocent to first degree murder and first degree burglary in the death of Ruth Patterson. Police tied a stolen safe to his residence and found bloody footprints and a 45 caliber pistol. Investigators linked tire marks and scratches on a Rambler to the crime scene. He awaits trial, with a $525,000 bond posted.
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Lyle Mater Garete
Johnson County
Washington
Lewis Eugene Anderson III
Washington County
Anderson
Ruth Patterson
Kalona
Patterson
Liew
Ex-credit union exec pleads in theft case
Sharon Marie Farrey, former manager of Jones County Community Credit Union in Monticello, pleaded innocent to first degree theft and related counts. She faces a November 16 trial date after being accused of taking over $5,000 and altering credit union records.
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A Inamosa
Jones County Community Credit Union
Monticello
Sharon Marie Farrey
Jones County
Grinnell Man Killed as Semi Strikes Van
Grinnell police say Steven Burnham, 31, died after a semi trailer truck crossed the center line and struck the family's van on Teetree Highway 146 in Grinnell. His children Joshua, 5, and Jennifer, 10, suffered minor injuries and were released from Grinnell General Hospital. Semi driver Gary Brown, 21, of Grinnell, was not hospitalized and was charged with crossing the center line.
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Pesteetetree
Grinnell Burnham
Joshua
Jennifer
Grinnell General Hospital
Gary Brown
Grinnell
Brown
CITYLINE adds concert hotline and Top 20 listing
CITYLINE debuts a concert hotline covering Dubuque Des Moines Ames Quad Cities Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Kansas City and St Louis with updates from promoters. The Top 20 Hits listing reflects local sales and listener popularity. Call 363-7000 press 0103. A weekly Pet Care Hotline category 4770 launches Monday.
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Cityline
Agencrmt Reguns
Dubuque
Des Moines
Ames
Quad Cities
Chicago
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Louis
Pet Care Hotline
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University of Iowa
Amana
Iowa
USA
Pal
North Point
Baltimore
Steven Burnham
Ta Mercy Spiritual Center
Prairie Drive
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Spiritual Center
Ceassible
Mount Mercy College
PTE Ut
Lindale Mall
Hall’s
Berkshire
Simmons
Styles Availa
Broyhill
China
Norwalk
Hall
Stratford
Stratopedic
Earth Tone Simmons
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