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Posted: 02.11.2010 at 1:42 PM
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   Iowans can still chat on their cell phones while driving. But state lawmakers are moving ahead with a ban on sending texts or e-mails — although people could still read them — while behind the wheel. STORY DETAILS HERE 

   Nude dancing is still an art form in Iowa, at least at a strip club in the town of Hamburg.  CLICK HERE for story details. 

  Phase II of a three phase sanitary sewer project in northern Appanoose County appears to have been placed on indefinite hold after a Feb. 10 public hearing was cancelled. CLICK HERE for story details

   A second audit of energy consumption at Fairfield Waterworks Plant, Fairfield Waste Water Treatment Plant and Roosevelt Community Recreation Center — three of Fairfield’s biggest city-owned energy hogs — is expected to detail additional efficiency upgrades. More details HERE. 

    The death of an Amish man in a motor vehicle accident last month, has been ruled a homicide. 29 year-old Eli Borntrager of Madison died January 12th, after his horse-drawn buggy was struck in the rear by a car driven by a Staunton, Illinois man, 34 year-old Jeffery David Fleming.
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   The city of Quincy Illinois will use almost $700,000 in federal grants to renovate twenty apartments and nine single-family homes. STORY DETAILS HERE 

  Residents of a Morgan County community need answers about a cemetery facing bankruptcy. They notified our Factfinder team about the Greenmore Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Barnett. Click here for DETAILS 


 

 

 

 

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