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Fremont Man Charged With Public Intoxication And Possession of Firearms
Deputies were dispatched to the Fremont Elevator at the intersection of N. Chestnut Street and W. Kennedy Street for a single vehicle collision on Tuesday evening. When Deputies arrived on the scene they found Michael Lee, 44, of Fremont, highly intoxicated. Witnesses at the scene reported Lee was driving at a high rate of speed when he crashed into the semi scale of the Fremont Grain Elevator.
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Weather Service: Less Snow Forecast, But Blizzard Still Expected
Northwest Iowa — While there’s still a blizzard warning in effect for this Wednesday, the National Weather Service has toned down their prediction as far as the amount of snowfall in Sheldon and northwest Iowa in general. We talked to Weather Service Meteorologist Matthew Meyers, and he tells...
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Man thrown 20 yards from home during EF-3 tornado shares story of survival: ‘God kept me alive’
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. (KFVS/Gray News) – One Missouri man said he was thrown about 60 feet from his home during a confirmed EF-3 tornado Friday. The National Weather Service confirmed the EF-3 tornado tore through Butler County, leaving behind a path of destruction. Carl Parker is one of the...
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Police say 75-year-old Perry man arrested after admitting to murder
PERRY, Iowa (KCRG) - Police arrested a Perry man after they say he called to report he had killed someone living with him at his home. Police were called to the 2600 Lucinda Street in Perry at around 8:42 p.m. on Sunday. Police said 75-year-old Richard Hoesing called to report...
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Environmental groups file notice to sue Alliant over Ottumwa coal ash landfill discharge
Several environmental groups intend to sue Alliant Energy’s Iowa affiliate, claiming it is discharging polluted groundwater into waters upstream of Ottumwa without a permit. The Iowa Environmental Council, Sierra Club, and Environmental Law & Policy Center issued a letter of intent to sue, as mandated under the Clean Water Act, which gives the company 60 days to come into compliance. The threatened lawsuit deals with the Ottumwa Midland Landfill, a coal ash dump that has been used by Interstate Power and Light Co., a subsidiary of Alliant Energy, since 1995. The landfill has a liner that separates coal ash,...
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Ottumwa using RAGBRAI revenue to build new park
OTTUMWA, Iowa (KCRG) - Ottumwa is still benefiting from RAGBRAI eight months after the event. On Friday, the Ottumwa RAGBRAI Committee handed the City Parks Department a check for $25,000. Gene Rathje, the parks director, said the money will replace the playground in the Greater Ottumwa Park. “This is all...