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Tuesday, September 28, 1999

Fall harvest is underway

by admin on September 28, 1999

in Agriculture

The fall harvest is underway in many areas of the state. The latest stateAgriculture Department report says dry weather last week helped bothsoybeans and corn to mature and dry down at a fast rate. The report says95-percent of the corn had reached the mature stage, slightly behind lastyear’s average of 96 percent. As of Sunday, nine-percent of the corn hadbeen harvested. The soybean crop was rated at 26 percent in fair condition,48 percent good, and 17 percent in excellent condition. The report says thebean development is just slightly behind last year at this time.

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Free depression screenings available

by admin 09/28/99 12:47 PM

Free screenings for depression will be offered next week at 30 locationsacross Iowa. Senator Chuck Grassley, who is chair of the Senate SpecialCommittee on Aging, is particularly urging older Iowans to take advantage ofthe screenings.Between 12 and 20 percent of Americans over age 65 have depression & onlyone or two percent of them get treatment. [...]

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Four Iowa cities get federal drug-fighting funds

by admin 09/28/99 12:46 PM

Four Iowa communities are learning today they’ll receive federal grants fordrug-fighting programs totalling more than 355-thousand dollars. IowaSenator Chuck Grassley is holding a news conference in Washington at 1:15p-m with Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey to announce the grants.Grassley says some drug-fighting money was getting lost in the red tape ofthe federal bureaucracy. He hopes this [...]

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State works to keep sewage systems in line

by admin 09/28/99 12:44 PM

State officials are working with Iowa counties to ensure proper proceduresare in place for dealing with sewage waste in newly-constructed housing”subdivisions.” Brent Parker of the Iowa Department of Natural Resourcessays too many contractors are getting county approval to build housing”subdivisions” without any plan for sewage disposal. Parker says about 90 percent of the [...]

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Two Des Moines policment shot, will recover

by admin 09/28/99 12:42 PM

The state department of criminal investigation is helping sort out whathappened as two Des Moines police officers were shot last night, allegedlyby a 16-year-old who they’d pulled over. The officers returned fire & theyoung man remains in critical but stable condition. The officers areexpected to recover. Three other young people were arrested and 3 weapons [...]

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Davenport policeman on leave after shooting

by admin 09/28/99 12:40 PM

A Davenport policeman who shot a suspect in a weekend kidnapping was alsodisciplined after a 1991 shooting. Officer Thomas Lynch was demoted and suspended 30 days after firing at aspeeding truck eight years ago. On Sunday, Lynch shot a man three times whoallegedly lunged at him with a knife. Lynch is now on leave.

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Mother made kids committ crimes

by admin 09/28/99 12:38 PM

In a tale somewhat like Charles Dickens’ “Oliver Twist,” the mother of threeboys is accused of leading them into a life of crime. Susan Parks of Illinois & her boyfriend William Merritt of Davenport faceseveral charges for allegedly teaching Parks’ children to break intobusinesses. The couple allegedly thought if the children were caught, policewould go [...]

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