Canadian Rail Strike Slows Propane Delivery
The Canadian rail strike slows propane shipments to Minnesota farm users drying corn. Alberta fields supply propane. refinery shipments may ease shortages as new equipment cuts environmental impact. Southern Minnesota faces severe crop drying gaps and port elevator storage worries.
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Paul
Minn
Minnesota
Minnesota LP Gas Association
Canada
Dean Nolt
Association
Nolt
Alberta
Calgary
Edmonton
Civil Defense
James Erchul
Tomah Lutheran School Opens With 251 Enrolled
Tomah Wis St Pauls Lutheran School begins with 251 students. New faculty include Mrs Karl Blauert in kindergarten and Diane Wernicke in third grade. R Bauer from Luther High leads the school band.
Melrose man builds thriving business from old telephones
James Zeno profiles Ron Knappen who keeps 1200 to 1400 antique phones at his Melrose Wisconsin home. He repairs, restores and sells them by mail, grossing about 50 thousand dollars this year, after resigning as an industrial arts teacher to run the venture with family help.
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Ron Knappen
Melrose
Knappen
James Zeno Melrose
Wis
Melrose-Mindoro High School
U.S
Canada
Galesburg
Ill
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
New York
Southeast
California
Mary
Galesville
Jack Walters to Open Bangor Office and Warehouse
Jack Walters and Sons Corp a long established builder of Morton buildings will open an office and warehouse in Bangor Wisconsin the Bangor outlet will be its fifth location The firm based in Allenton with other offices in Wittenburg plans to hire 30 to 35 employees including six to eight construction crews four salesmen and a secretary Seymour and Augusta Jack Walters president said further Wisconsin offices will be added Morton Buildings has served the agricultural market since 1903 and built over 5000 structures in 1972.
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Bangor
Wis
Jack Walters and Sons Corp
Morton Buildings
Allenton
Wittenburg
Seymour
Augusta Jack Walters
Wisconsin
Walters
Hearing Slated On Dam Removal in Trempealeau County
A public hearing on removing the beaver dam south of Round Lake in Trempealeau County is scheduled by the Department of Natural Resources. It will be at 7 30 p m Tuesday September 11 in Trempealeau Village Hall. Arthur Oehmeke says all interested persons may present views.
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Trempealeau
Wis
Beaver Dam
Round Lake
Trempealeau County
Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Arthur Oehmeke
West Central
Hare Territory Outing set in Bohemian Valley Park
Tri-State briefs report the third annual Hare Territory Outing in Bohemian Valley Park opening at 11 a.m. with charcoal chicken baked beans and hot dogs plus rabbit races music games and entertainment open to the public.
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Cashton
Wis
Bohemian Valley Park
Old Shot Tower Returns to Work at Tower Hill State Park
In Spring Green Wisconsin the 100 year abandoned shot tower at Tower Hill State Park produced molten lead shots for visitors. Tourists watched the process on weekend afternoons from 1 to 4 pm with the final demonstrations on Labor Day weekend. The tiny pellets fall 180 feet into water and are sold only as souvenirs.
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Spring Green
Wis
Tower Hill State Park
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
T. M. Schaunce
Malcolm Smith
Wisconsin River
Daniel Whitney and Associates
Green Bay
Whitney
Missouri
Wisconsin
Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Frank Lloyd Wright
Spartan Faces 11 Circuit County Court Charges
Spartan resident Richard J Libke, 29, bound over to Circuit Court on six felony burglary counts and transferred to County Court on five related theft charges. A key witness, Paul N. Foellini, testified about the break-ins at Cashton High School, Club 16 in Sparta, Wisconsin Street Grocery, Sparta High School, and the Long Branch Tavern, with Libke’s associate involved in most incidents. Libke faces arraignment with Circuit Judge Peter G. Pappas on Friday.
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Sparta
Wis
Richard J Libke
la Crosse
Leonard Roraff
Libke
Waupun State Prison
Monroe
James W. Rice
State Supreme Court
Rice
Peter G. Pappas
Roland Vieth
Manston
John Atkins
Roraff
Atkins
Cashton High School
Club
Wisconsin Street
Sparta High School
Long Branch
Cataract
Paul N. Foellini
Foellini
Osborne
Black River Falls Woman Nominated for Local History Award
Mrs. Robert Habelman of Black River Falls is nominated for the Local History Award of Merit to be presented Nov. 3 at the Wisconsin Council for Local History state convention. Her work with the State Genealogical Society and Monroe County Old Cemetery Society, plus her book Genealogical Branches from Monroe County Wisconsin, highlight her contributions to preservation and dissemination of Wisconsin history.
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Black River Falls
Wrs
Robert Habelman
Wisconsin Council
Habelman
State Genealogical Society
Monroe County Old Cemetery Society
Monroe County
Wisconsin
New Sparta Housing Mart Outlet Opens at Former Vere Young Site
Sparta Wisconsin marks a new Housing Mart Inc sales outlet named Moore Homes on the former Vere Young property at Wisconsin and Black River streets. Darwin Wallace operates the Sparta shop, joining existing outlets in Richland Center and Westby. A second Sparta business, Bison Distributing Co on S Main Street, will sell and repair home care appliances.
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Sparta
Wis
Housing Mart, Inc
Vere Young
Wisconsin and
Black River
Darwin Wallace
Richland Center
Westby
Moore Homes
Bison Distributing Co
William Wilcox
S. Main Street
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Tri- A
Tri-State Briefs
Caledonia
Jack and Jill
Carol Schulze
Tomah
Vincent Crane
Spring Grove
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute of la Crosse
Robert Heagle
Prairie DU Chien
Crawford County Health Planning Organization
Soldiers Grove
Dennis Nolan
Waukon, Iowa
Waukon
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Sharon Campbell
Charles Murphy
Stanley White
Therese Hawes
Lansing
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Roraft
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Vieth
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N.Y
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