Warning Issued After Two Assaults By Traveling Salesman
Washington County investigators warn rural residents, especially young women, about a man posing as an over the road salesman who has assaulted two women in a month. The latest incident occurred Monday on a dirt road near West Chester where a bicyclist, in her late 20s, escaped after the man rammed her bike and attempted advances. Descriptions place the suspect as a white man 6 feet tall, 210 to 220 pounds, in his late 30s or early 40s with dark curly hair and horned-rim glasses, driving a dark late model four‑door car. Police urge reporting any sighting to the Public Safety Center or CB channel nine.
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Evening Journal
Washington County Sheriff's
West Chester
Warren Schmidt
Schmidt
Des Moines
Highway 218
Chevrolet
Washington County Public Safety Center
CB Channel Nine
Washington Chamber meeting and band concert announced
The Retail Merchants Bureau of the Washington Chamber of Commerce holds a special meeting at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Winga's Cafe with police speaker on parking and employment issues. The Washington Municipal Band performs Wednesday August 4 at 8 p.m. in Central Park with a varied program.
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Retail Merchants Bureau
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Winga
Jerry Hanshaw
Police Department
Frank Pierce
Bureau
Washington Municipal Band
Central Park
God Bless America
Minnesota
High Society
Pennsylvania
Rough Riders
Flood Toll Reaches 88 In Colorado Canyon
In Loveland Colorado ground crews recover more flood victims from the Big Thompson canyon after a weekend cloudburst that unleashed a 10 foot crest. At least 88 people were killed as searchers expect more bodies in the debris.
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Loveland
Colo
UPI
Big Thompson River Canyon
Rocky Mountain Canyon
Larimer County
Bob Watson
American Legion
Estes Park
Kalona Players rehearse Godspell musical in August
Kalona Town Players stage Godspell at the Kalona Recreation Center on August 20 and 21 at 8 p.m. Admission is 1.50 for adults and 0.75 for those under high school age. The production is praised as better than the Down Home Summer Show IL by a Town Player official.
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Kalona
Kalona Recreation Center
One Town Player
Washington council tackles street dust and barking dogs complaints
A Washington City Council meeting opened with Virgil and Earll detailing heavy Wilson Concrete traffic on East Fourth Street causing dust and potholes near their home. They asked the city to repair the road, while council planned to close the street near Tindal Farm to curb the plant’s access and promised action this week.
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Washington
East Fourth Street
Washington City Council
Virgil Earls
Fourth St
Wilson Concrete Co
Ear
Earlls
Wilson
Tindal Farm Supply
Earl
12Th Street
Earll
Dale Scheibe
Charles Custer
W. Monroe
Willie Taylor
S. Ave
C. Custer
Ray Moyer
Taylor
Custer
Debate over city police holiday pay stalls in limbo
Washington City Council stalled on a motion to grant patrolmen time and a half for holidays plus a compensatory day off. The measure failed with three votes, as Councilmen Miller and Moyer opposed citing excessive net pay and pay equality concerns. Police Chief Bauer had urged moving to time and a half with a day off.
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Taylor
Ken Bauer
John Owen
Glenn Cray
Sixth Ave
Marvin Brown
Owen
Cray
Brown
Public Works
Jim Reschly
Washington
Public Safety Committee
Fourth Ward
Raymond Miller Sr
Third Ward
Ray Moyer
Richard Anderson
C. P. Berkhoff
Bauer
Anderson
Miller
Harold Johnson
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Youth Employment Service
Denise Clingman
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Drake University College of Pharmacy
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Benton
Pella
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BCI
Clarence B. Caldwell
Marion County
Caldwell
Iowa Department of Social Services
Lake City
Larry Lester
Senate
Lester
William Winkelman
R-Lohrville
Colorado
Ford
Vail
Bureau of Reclamation
Richard Lamm
Lamm
National Guard
Denver
Watson
Bob Forsythe
The
Steve Schrader
Columbus Junction
Schrader
Columbus City
N. Sixth
Kirkwood Community College Learning Center
Lloyd Robertson
Postal Service
Lew McFadden
Marvin Glandon
South
Madison Street
Glandon
Central
Sunset Parks
Robertson
Washington County Club
David Barnes
Randy Finke
Eddie Tinnes
Kenny Stoutner
Donna Davison
Nancy Walker
Stephanie Beliel
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