Railroad moves ahead while awaiting merger approval

The former I-and-M Railroad is now under the management of a South Dakota company that’s gotten the go-ahead to buy and run it. Dakota Minnesota and Eastern railroad C-E-O Kevin Schieffer says there are still two railroads on paper, or three counting the...

Iowa ranks low in business survey

A national survey ranks Iowa 44th among the 50 states for small business. The 2002 “Small Business Survival Index” compared states based on 20 factors including personal and business taxes, property and estate taxes, utility costs, and the number of state...

Independence woman reaches plea in death of boyfriend

An Independence woman who was scheduled to go on trial next month for killing her live-in boyfriend has entered a plea bargain.Debra Wierck was scheduled for trial August 14th in Buchanan County but pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of manslaughter and assault. She...

Robbery suspect nabbed in Scott County

The second man wanted for a late Friday robbery in rural Scott County is behind bars — and so is his mother. Twenty-seven-year-old Gordon Haynes Jr. of Davenport is being held in the Grant County, Wisconsin, jail. He faces Iowa robbery charges and Wisconsin...
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