Hog house fire destroys farm structure near Monticello
A Monday night blaze on the Steve McDonnell Sr. farm eight miles west of Monticello on county road D-62 destroyed a hog house housing sows and about 150 piglets. Firemen from Monticello and Hopkinton battled the flames, with minor damage to a nearby corn crib and continued efforts into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve McDowell, Sr
Steve McDonell
Monticello
Steve McDowell, Jr
Hopkinton
S. Cedar
S. Sycamore
Monticello Court Citations and Fire At Sewage Plant
Court notes list multiple fines for speeding unsafe conditions failure to stop and related offenses in Monticello and nearby towns. A fire at the city sewage disposal plant caused by straw ignited by welding sparks destroyed about 35 bales with two workers escaping unharmed.
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Steven P. Schneiter
Monticello
James W. Bauman
Gregory C. Manternach
Paul A. Nurre
Hopkinton
Car Truck Collision on Cass Township Gravel Road
At 2 24 p m Monday a crash on a Cass township county gravel road near the Merlin Moore farm involved a 1965 Rambler driven by Robert L Offerman 44 and a 1961 Chevrolet pickup driven by Irvin W Lubben 53. Offerman skidded on loose gravel while braking to avoid the truck on a curve injuring passenger Mary Prult in the car. No charges were filed and the sheriff's department investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Moore
Cass Township
Irvin W. Lubben
Monticello
Robert L. Offerman
Offerman
Mary Prult
Sheriff’s Department
Berry trial moved to Linn county for murder case
James Leo Berry 42 of Center Junction had a change of venue granted in a Jones County district court hearing. He is charged with the June 26 shooting on his front porch that killed Clarence Yarborough 31 of Maquoketa. A previous Jones County trial last October ended with a hung jury. 125 jurors were selected for a December 14 trial that will now be held in Linn County district court with date TBA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leo Berry
Center Jct
Jones County District Court
Berry
Clarence Yarborough
Maquoketa
Jones County Court
Linn County
Named to police fund advisory board in Monticello
Monticello citizens join the police support fund advisory board as the GMC board reports the fund at 676 dollars after a vandalism incident damaged the basement wall of a home under construction for Police Chief John Cook and a police car. Members include James A. Maurice A N Strittmatter Rev Joseph J Kirk John H Messerli and Betty J Wagner.
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Police Support
Greater Monticello
Monticello
James A. Maurice
Monticello State Bank
A. N. Strittmatter
Joseph J. Kirk
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
John H. Messerli
Betty J. Wagner
Monticello Express
John Cook
Jim Benter
Remains in hospital after Cedar Rapids crash injures hog trailer
Loras Kremer, 43, Monticello, remains hospitalized at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids with injuries from a Dec 2 car semitrailer crash five miles south of Strawberry Point on highways 3 and 13. Kremer was thrown from his cab and pinned under the trailer. he has a broken ankle and a compound leg fracture and is in good condition expected to stay another week. The other vehicle driver Phillip Tonzan, 16, Dubuque, is at University Hospitals Iowa City. two passengers Dave Kress, 16, Dubuque and Connie Edmonds, 14, Strawberry Point, were hospitalized in Dubuque and Manchester. Thirteen hogs were killed in the crash that involved 146 hogs in the semitrailer.
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Loras Kremer
Monticello
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Strawberry Point
Kremer
Phillip Tonzan
Dubuque
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Dave Kress
Connie Edmonds
Manchester
Tonzan
Resignation of Dr. DeShaw at Jones County Home
Dr. E H DeShaw Monticello physician resigns as doctor at the Jones County Home accepted by the board. He served since 1939 and will be replaced January 1 by Dr Aaron P Randolph Anamosa. Board also approves October county home report suspends taxes on elder aid homesteads and endorses two farm to market road projects on highways 38 near Olin and Oxford Jct with estimated costs of 171000 and 128000 respectively.
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E. H. DeShaw
Monticello
Jones County
Board of Supervisors
DeShaw
Aaron P. Randolph
Anamosa
Highway 38
Olin
Oxford Jct
Hale
Ohio youths arrested in Jones county on auto theft
Two juveniles were arrested Saturday night in Jones County by the Jones County Sheriff's Office Iowa Highway Patrol and Anamosa police on auto theft charges tied to a stolen car from Richmond Heights Ohio. They admitted taking the car near their Richmond Heights home and several local break ins.
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Jones County Sheriff’s Office
Iowa Highway Patrol
Anamosa
Ohio
Richmond Heights
Cleveland
Richard Wilson
John Jutte
Muscatine
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Winners of Monticello trade certificate drawing
Six winners shared Christmas cash prizes in GMC sponsored drawings. Names and amounts include Mrs. Larry Henkel Langworthy $95 Mrs Lavern Nagel Monticello $25 Mrs David Schenck Monticello $50 Mrs Leon Wilson Monticello $25 Elmer Schneiter Rock Island Ill $50 Louis Burrichter Monticello $25.
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Monticello
Larry
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S. McDonnell Farm
Randy Brokaw
Cyril J. White
Dyersville
James B. Trilett
Justice Court
Kenneth J. Johnson
Swisher
Robert V. Bollinger
Thomas Massey
Lubben
Linn
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