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Raymond Booth entertained the crowd at the Relay for Life by singing a number of country tunes.
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Raymond Booth entertained the crowd at the Relay for Life by singing a number of country tunes.
DES MOINES (AP) ? Farmers in four northwest Iowa counties are eligible for low-interest emergency loans after the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a major disaster declaration for the area.Farmers with losses in Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon and Osceola counties resulting from severe winter storms on April 9, 10, and 11 may apply for emergency loans carrying an interest rate of less than 2.4 percent. The money ...
WATERLOO (AP) ? An ultra-light plane has crashed near a John Deere facility in Waterloo and the pilot has survived with non-life threatening injuries.Waterloo Police Capt. Tim Pillack says the plane crashed shortly before 2 p.m. Monday into an open area near the John Deere Engine Works facility. The pilot was taken to a local hospital with non-life threatening injuries.FAA spokesman Tony Molinaro says the ...
CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) ? The American Red Cross is helping more than a dozen people displaced by an apartment fire in Cedar Rapids.Firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames during the Monday morning fire at the two-story, four-unit building on the city's southeast side. Authorities say an apartment resident heard a smoke alarm going off, saw smoke and flames and alerted other occupants.Firefighters say the ...
IOWA CITY (AP) ? A defamation lawsuit against Sammy Hagar filed by a former Playboy bunny who claims he fathered her child has been dismissed, and the former Van Halen frontman is pleased with the result, his attorney said Monday.U.S. District Judge Linda Reade ruled April 30 that Hagar did not defame the woman ? identified as Jane Doe in court documents ? when he accused her in his 2011 memoir of falsely naming ...
Jefferson County Sheriff?s Office reports Junior Cook of Birmingham turned himself in at the law enforcement center at 8:31 a.m. Monday on a warrant for aiding and abetting first-degree arson.The sheriff?s office arrested Carter Shephard of Ottumwa at 2:35 p.m. Monday at Jefferson County Jail on a warrant for probation violation.
Legislative update written Thursday. While no law can prevent all accidents, tougher license requirements for people learning to drive have been shown to help.That is why the Legislature has voted to make Iowa roads safer with two key changes to our state?s graduated driver licensing program that take effect Jan. 1, 2014. Forty-five other states with similar laws have benefited from a decrease in the number of ...
Legislative update from week 16. The last weekend in April was filled with forums in both Keosauqua and Bloomfield. It is always nice to chat with people over a cup of coffee.My wife and I capped the week with a trip down memory lane with our attendance at ?Take Me Home ? The Music of John Denver,? a concert in tribute to the music of John Denver. The Sondheim Auditorium was nearly filled and the audience ...
The woman?s voice was frantic and breathless, and she was choking back tears. ?Help me. I?m Amanda Berry,? she told a 911 dispatcher. ?I?ve been kidnapped and I?ve been missing for 10 years and I?m, I?m here, I?m free now.?Those words led police to a house near downtown Cleveland where Berry and two other women who vanished about a decade ago were found Monday, exhilarating law enforcement authorities, family ...
Most participants walked laps inside the Fairfield Middle School during Saturday's Relay for Life, but a select few found more exciting ways to travel. Natalie Brader, left, and her father Charles Brader did cartwheels through the hallway. Natalie did cartwheels for an entire lap and her father did them for half a lap.
The Jefferson County Pork Producers and Cropper Walkers relay team joined forces Saturday to put on the survivor meal at the Jefferson County Relay for Life at the Fairfield Middle School. The Derby family prepared and served the pork for the meal. Pictured are, from left, Donna Derby, Terry Derby and Eden Derby serving a meal to Mike Ledger. Ledger is a member of the Jefferson County Pork Producers and he helped ...
Frequent rain last week produced an all-too-common problem for the city of Fairfield ? wastewater overflows.Approximately 420,000 gallons of untreated wastewater was discharged from the sanitary sewer Friday and Saturday. Wastewater plant superintendent Shawn Worley said the city noted overflows at five sites in town.The surface soil was already saturated at the beginning of last week because of frequent rain ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? A state Senate panel will hold a hearing to review the quality of care at the Iowa Veterans Home.Today?s meeting comes after more than 40 former staffers signed a letter that was printed in The Des Moines Register complaining about the current leadership at the home.A news release from Senate Democrats says David Worley, the commandant of the Veterans Home, will testify at the hearing.The ...
DES MOINES (AP) ? More than 50 Iowa sex offenders have permits to carry guns in public thanks to a two-year-old law that makes it harder for sheriffs to deny permits.The Des Moines Register reports law enforcement officials and some state lawmakers are worried about armed sex offenders.Washington County Sheriff Jerry Dunbar, who leads the state sheriffs' association, said he worries about sex offenders having ...
