Monona recalls a dramatic escape and community impact
In Monona a couple hid in their home as a SWAT response evacuated the neighborhood. After authorities captured the fugitives the scene was left orderly and the town returned to routine amid lingering talk of the swift nonlethal extraction. Neighbors, shoppers, and students recall the tense 24 hours and the surprised disbelief that such an event could happen there.
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Haberichter
Nora
Shde
Dave
Denise Wille
Wilke’s
Monona
Madison
Wis
Bagley
Iowa State Patrol
Lester Ihde
Wisconsin
Specht
Bell
Monona suspect faces life sentence in hostage case
Leonard Specht Jr. faces three felonies including first degree kidnapping and burglary after escaping Wisconsin inmates held a Monona couple for over a day. He appeared in Elkader with a $350000 bond. Co-defendant Mark Bell faces potential charges pending further investigation.
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Dave Rasdal
Iowa
Elkader
Leonard Specht Jr
Clayton County
Specht
Wisconsin
Linzy Martin
Strawberry Point
James Kann
Lester
Laura Shde
Mark Bell
Bell
Cassville
Wis
la Crosse
Iowa panel debates private wine sales and state control
A task force in Iowa weighed private wine sales versus state stores, estimating private sales could trim 240000 annually from an 83 million liquor tax haul if wine demand rose 25 percent and half the market shifted. Leaders urged careful controls, opposing broad privatization and suggesting agency stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pidgeon
Task Force
Robert Fulton
Waterloo
Mary Louise Smith
Des Moines
Iowa
John Tapscott
Liquor Department
van Beek
Arctic cold snaps end Iowa summer with record lows
An arctic front ushered in by Tuesday dropped Iowa daytime highs to the upper 40s and lower 50s. Cedar Rapids reached 51 with strong winds creating wind chill in the 30s as other towns posted 53 in Decorah 52 in Dubuque and 47 in Spencer.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Dubuque
Spencer
Ozark Cuts Chicago Service Amid Rising Commuter Flight
Ozark reports passenger loads below 50 percent on 80 to 110 seat jets last month. Competition from Cedar Rapids to Chicago blamed for ridership drop. Officials say reduced Ozark service may shift flights to Cedar Rapids and St Louis connections. Mississippi Valley Airlines will deploy a 50 passenger jet on some routes, with more carriers likely to follow.
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Ozark
Ehlert
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Jameson
Mississippi Valley Airlines
St. Louis
Suspect Flees Into Field After Car Crash In Iowa Town
In Oelwein a woman jumped from a car near a Highway 150 store. Pokorny drove into a ditch at 10th Street and Sixth Avenue and fled on foot into a cornfield. Police searched the area after being alerted at 8:25 a.m. but could not find him. he later appeared at a Hazleton rural farmhouse.
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Oelwein
Highway 150
Pokorny
10Th Street
Sixth Avenue
Amos
Hazleton
Extended weekend weather and pollen outlook
The forecast calls for little rain from Friday to Sunday with highs 55 to 65 Friday and into the 70s by Sunday and lows 35 to 45 Friday rising to low 50s by Sunday. National extremes show 6F in West Yellowstone and 101F in Gila Bend. Pollen data from University of Iowa places zones from comfort to severe. Tuesday ragweed allergy sufferers report few hay fever symptoms.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Gila Bend
Ariz
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Bismarck
Chicago
Cincinnati
Des Moines
Detroit
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Cloudy
St. Paul
Omaha
St. Louis
Sioux Falls
Calgary
Regina
Edmonton
Toronto
Montreal
Record heat hits Northeast as Plains stay chilly on Tuesday
The Northeast posted 90s with many cities from Concord New Hampshire to Richmond Virginia reporting record highs. Meanwhile the Plains and Midwest saw 30s to 40s with freezing readings expected in the morning. Thunderstorms spread from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf and Southern California as the West Coast cooled and then warmed again.
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Plains
Midwest
Atlantic Coast
Concord
N.H
Richmond
Boston
Mass
North Dakota
Ilinois
Central Plains
Central Rockies
Rockies
Plateau
Ohio Valley
Gulf Coast States
California
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MFL
Brian Dawe
Central Community Hospital
Geing
Andrea van Beek
Orange City
Herb Reed
Winterset
Tapscott
Fiero
Parimode
Petersen Harned von Maur
National Weather Service
NOAA
US Dept of
Weather Report
C.R
Clinton
Davenport
Keithsburg
Keokuk
Coralville Lake
Cedar River
Anchorage
Atlanta
Miami
Nashville
N.orleans
Denver
New York
Duluth
Phoenix Honolulu
Seattle
LaCrosse
Rise
Lansing
Dam
McGregor
Guttenberg
Steady
Riverside
West Coast
San Francisco
Mercury
Eureka
Calif
Northwest
Florida
Desert
ATARI
Mattel
Activision
20Th Century
Atar
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