Prairie du Chien Bridge Preservation Discussed
Prairie du Chien officials and regional planners met to consider preserving all or part of the current bridge for pedestrians with ideas including a Mississippi overlook and keeping one span. Costs for cables, painting, and demolition were outlined while local government involvement and possible funding avenues were discussed.
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Prairie du Chien
Wis
Mississippi River
Marquette Bluffs
Robert Fisher
Mississippi River Regional
Youth Charged After Accident Near Calmar Iowa
Kenneth Shekleton, 19, of Calmar, charged with failure to yield after a three car crash on Highway 52 three miles north of Calmar. Sheriff reports he tried to pass a car, sideswiping Ester Moen, 60, Decorah, then spun and struck Gloria J. Gelo, 29, rural Waukon.
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Decorah
Kenneth Shekleton
Calmar
Winneshiek County
Gloria J. Gelo
Waukon
Knoxville Man Found Dead in Des Moines River
The body of Robert Lee Vanbark 48 missing since a May 22 boating accident on the Des Moines River was found Sunday by two hunters in White Breast Bay about eight miles downstream from the accident site. He had been among three people in a boat that capsized south of Prairie City.
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Knoxville
UPI
Des Moines
Conservation Commission
Robert Lee Vanbark
White Breast Bay
Vanbark
Prairie City
Seven Arrested in Farm Marijuana Raid Near Huxley
Story County and Huxley authorities seized about 250 pounds of marijuana on a farm off Interstate 35 during a Sunday raid. Seven people were arrested including Irving Norman Hacker 25 Sally Lynn Hacker 35 Barton Clyde Hacker 36 all of Cambridge Texas residents Stephen Allen Brown 19 Thomas Ray Van Keuren 19 and Pamela Jerrol Arnold 19 of Houston.
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AMES
UPI
Story County
Huxley
Interstate 35
Irving Norman Hacker
Sally Lynn
Consumers Work Interest Found on 20 Campuses
Iowa City sees a statewide push for ISPIRG chapters as 16 schools join 20 institutions in forming local Raider style groups. Drake University leader Jack Hatch announced four weeks of education on campus. Dr. Joseph Highland links to Nader’s group in D.C. The plan envisions student fees to hire experts, with refunds possible for $3. A University of Iowa student projects up to $300,000 could be raised in Iowa for public interest research.
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Raymond Mueller
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
William Dickey
Marquette
Mueller
Wisconsin
Dickey
Iowa
Iowa City
Joseph Highland
Ralph Nader
Washington
Gary DeLoss
University of Iowa
Shakespeare Play Slated at Cornell
MT VERNON Coriolanus, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, will be presented at Cornell College Friday through Sunday at 8 15 p.m. in Armstrong Theater. Tickets are $1 50 at the door general public. Season tickets for all Cornell theater productions go on sale for $6 at The Commons information desk next week. Directed by Dr Samuel Schuman, English assistant professor.
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Coriolanus
Cornell College
Armstrong Theater
Cornell Theater
the Commons Information Desk
Samuel Schuman
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