Schwengels to Present Bicentennial Flag in Wayland
State Senator Forrest Schwengels will visit Wayland Thursday at 7 30 p m to present a Bicentennial flag designating the town as a Bicentennial Community. He will deliver the flag to Wayland Mayor S E Umphrey and Bicentennial Chairperson B J Hesseltine in a ceremony at City Hall. The public is invited to attend.
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Forrest Schwengels
Wayland
Washington County
Schwengels
S. E. Umphrey
B. J. Hesseltine
Iowa DOT worker earns second Watchdog Award
Gordon Sweitzer of the Iowa Department of Transportation received the states second Watchdog Award for cutting excess property inventory by over 1 million dollars. His office also leased about 600 unused parcels, bringing in 200 thousand dollars. The Watchdog Award features a silver bulldog plaque.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Department of Transportation
Gordon Sweitzer
Six Hundred Pounds of Iowan Marijuana Destroyed
In Ames Iowa a sheriff ordered six hundred pounds of Iowa grown marijuana destroyed by a shredder. The marijuana had been compacted into six bales using a farmer’s hay baler and found in a shed owned by a Nevada farmer. Authorities say this was one of the state’s largest seizures. Sheriff John Stark noted harvesting occurred over several days and the material was placed in the shed Monday night before discovery Tuesday.
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Ames
Iowa
UPI
Story County
Nevada
Iown
John Stark
Flood toll rises as Big Thompson tragedy claims many
Dozens more bodies were sought in Big Thompson Canyon as bulldozer and sniffer dog crews roamed waist deep mud. The official death toll reached 99 with fears of up to 200. Red Cross lists showed 860 missing and over 2,000 survivors while families in Iowa learned loved ones were missing.
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Colorado
Craig Meyers
Keokuk
Salem
Red Arrow
Meyers
Thompson River Canyon
Loveland
Colo
UPI
Big Thompson Canyon
Rocky Mountain
Bob Watson
Red Cross
Cooperation Eases Capture in Washington County Assaults
Deputies credited public cooperation for arresting Eugene Troy McGaw 29 of Riverside on assault with intent to inflict great bodily harm. McGaw, a Red Oak, Iowa native, was taken into custody after tips to the Public Safety Center. He posted 1000 bond and was released. Police link him to two assaults on women riding bicycles and hitchhiking on rural roads in recent weeks.
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Evening Journal
Washington County
Warren Schmidt
Eugene Troy McGaw
Riverside
Red Oak
Iowa
Public Safety Center
Weather Outlook Partly Cloudy With Showers Likely
Partly cloudy with a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight and Thursday. Low tonight in the mid 60s. High Thursday 80 to 85. Winds from the south 10 to 15 mph tonight. Rain chances 30 percent tonight and 50 percent Thursday.
City and Wilson Concrete to repair East Fourth Street dust issues
Washington City Council moved to immediate road work on East Fourth Street near the Wilson yard after resident Virgil Earll complained of heavy dust and potholes. Wilson, led by plant manager Dale Scheibe, agreed to oil travel routes and reroute traffic away from Earll's home, while confirming possible plant relocation and ongoing yard loading. The meeting also considered park curfew changes, fees for moving a house, dog barking complaints, and securing over 3 million dollars in state and federal sewage facility improvements with an August 16 engineer’s report and a September 20 public hearing.
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City and Wilson Concrete Co
Washington City Council
East Fourth Street
Wilson
Washington
Virgil Earll
Fourth St
Dale Scheibe
Scheibe
Earls
Tindal Farm
Wilson Yard
Davenport
Jerry Hanshaw
Washington City
Bureau
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Central
Sunset Parks
Hanshaw
Sunset Park
W. Madison
John Owen
Johnson
S. Avenue C
Great Crawfordsville Republican Reunion Invites All
Washington County Republican Chairman Harvey Holden invites all residents to the Great Crawfordsville Republican Reunion this Saturday at the United Presbyterian Church in Crawfordsville. The 11 a.m. event features a Forefathers Service with Gov. Robert D. Ray, 1850s picnic ambiance, elephant rides, Lincoln-Douglas re enacting debates, hot air balloon ascent, fashion show, barbershop singing, fiddlers and crafts. Admission is free and picnic lunches are encouraged with on site food. The reunion aims to include representation from all 99 counties.
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Washington County
Republican
Harvey Holden
Washington
Crawfordsville
Robert D. Ray
Holden
Driver injured in bridge crash near Washington
Mark D. Young was treated at Washington County Hospital after his car struck the end of a county road bridge head on at 11 30 p m Tuesday. He walked to a farm house, reported the crash to his father, and was not seriously hurt. Damage was about 4050 dollars and he was charged with failure to control on a bridge.
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Mark D. Young
Washington County Hospital
Young
Ainsworth
Washington
Counties face dilemma over rising court attorney costs in Iowa
Des Moines officials report 1975 Iowa county costs for court appointed attorneys surged 166 percent to over 5 million, driven by state mandates. ISAC faulted state government for higher expenses while counties supply more services. If the state paid, property taxes could drop by more than one third.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Iowa Association of Counties
ISAC
Ralph Juhl
Bremer
Juhl
Donald Cleveland
Cleveland
Polk and Linn
Bedell Backs Bonding Bill to Aid Packers
Rep. Berkley Bedell of Iowa endorses a joint Senate House conference version of a packer bonding bill. The measure requires packers to hold livestock in trust until producers are paid in full, aiming to restore confidence in the livestock industry.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Berkley Bedell
Iowa
Bedell
No signs of spread in mystery illness cases in Pa
Harrisburg reporters say the flu like illness that killed at least 21 and hospitalized many shows no confirmed secondary transmission. Health secretary Dr. Leonard Bachman notes no detected spread while investigators monitor potential infections. Officials anticipate lab results from Philadelphia and Atlanta to identify the disease agent.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Leonard Bachman
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Cyril Wecht
Sikes
Philadelphia
Bachman
Rain-delayed Washington County Fair tractor pull rerun draws 6000
About 6000 spectators filled the grounds as 44 entries competed for 2625 in seven classes. Ernie Ropp of Kalona won the 12,000 lb stock class with 300 feet, edging Jerry Matheus of Mount Pleasant at 291-1. Prize payouts ranged from 115 to 35 dollars per place across classes.
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Bob Chickering
Washington County Fair
Chickering
Journal
Ernie Ropp
Kalona
Jerry Matheus
Mount Pleasant
Bloomfield
Jerry Foriash
Keota
Dave Gahring
Garrison
Larry Meyers
Maxwell
Rick Mallams
Ron Werschkow
Iowa Falls
Doug Ham
Salon
Ron Bowser
West Chester
Fred Nichols
Hormick
Dean Proctor
Blakesburg
Bobby Gooden
Milton
Vern Huser
Ankeny
Ron Headley
Fairfield
Emil Merta
Fairfax
Ron Worschkow
Solon
Clarence
Baughman
Kirkman
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