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23 hrs ago | The Progress-Review

La Porte City Telephone Company Announces First Annual Mitten Tree Program

La Porte City Telephone Company is kicking off the first annual "Mitten Tree Program" during the upcoming holiday season.

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Related Topix: La Porte City, IA, Black Hawk County, IA

Mon Nov 23, 2009

The Gazette

Video Added: Fire impacts Vinton woman again

Posted on Nov 23, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Two dogs died and this house at 1110 Fourth Ave.

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Related Topix: Fire, Vinton, IA

Sat Nov 21, 2009

The Gazette

Emergency management agencies use drills to prepare for the worst

Posted on Nov 18, 2009 by Spencer Willems . Terry Stephenson, a health physics technician at NextEra Energy Resources Duane Arnold Energy Center, participates in a training drill by taking a reading from an ion chamber, a device that detects radiation, northwest of Palo on Wednesday, November 18, 2009.

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Related Topix: Physics, Science, Palo, IA, Linn County, IA

Thu Nov 19, 2009

KGAN

Search Goes On for Benton County Man

A desperate search in Benton County to find a missing 22-year-old. 22-year-old John Skalsky, Jr.

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Related Topix: Blairstown, IA, Norway, IA, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

Wed Nov 18, 2009

KCRG

Updated: Missing Benton County Man Found

The Benton County Sheriff's Office confirms that a man missing since Saturday has been found.

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Related Topix: Blairstown, IA, Norway, IA, Iowa City, IA, Watkins, IA

Tue Nov 17, 2009

KGAN

Missing Benton County Man

Investigators in Benton County are asking for your help in finding 22-year-old John Steven Skalsky Junior.

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Related Topix: Blairstown, IA, Norway, IA, Des Moines Metro

KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

Search Continues for Missing Blairstown Man

John Skalsky Jr. went missing Saturday afternoon and it's believed he was walking Blairstown to Norway along railroad tracks.

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Related Topix: Blairstown, IA, Norway, IA

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Internet Archive

The history of Benton County, Iowa, containing a history of the...

Text Archive > American Libraries > The history of Benton County, Iowa, containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., a biographical directory of its citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics ... history of the Northwest, history of Iowa.. The history of Benton County, Iowa, containing ...

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Related Topix: Libraries

Tue Nov 10, 2009

KGAN

Ostrich On The Loose In Benton County

There's a wayward ostrich in Benton County, and its owners are hoping you can help bring her home.

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Related Topix: Vinton, IA, Des Moines Metro, Franklin County, IA

Tue Oct 27, 2009

The Gazette

Doctor, police at odds over Benton homicide ruling

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . © Gazette Communications A medical examiner ruled the death of a Dysart woman a homicide, but the Iowa State Patrol trooper who investigated the crash isn't willing to say the same.

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Related Topix: Dysart, IA, Garrison, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro

The Gazette

Car hits school bus near Urbana; no one seriously hurt

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 by Jeff Raasch . Firefighters attempt to get a car removed from underneath a school bus on 55th Street Trail southeast of Urbana after an accident this morning, Tuesday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Urbana, IA

Fri Oct 23, 2009

KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

Man Charged with Sexually Assaulting 8-year-old

A La Porte City man faces charges for allegedly sexually assaulting an 8-year-old Benton County girl.

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Related Topix: La Porte City, IA

Tue Oct 20, 2009

KCRG

Death of Car Crash Victim Ruled Homicide

The death of Dysart woman killed in a car crash earlier this month near Garrison has been ruled a homicide.

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Related Topix: Dysart, IA, Garrison, IA

Fri Oct 16, 2009

KCRG

I-380 Southbound Re-opened After Semi Fire

The Linn County Sheriff's Office says the southbound lanes of I-380 one mile north of Center Point have re-opened following a semi fire.

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Related Topix: Linn County, IA, Center Point, IA, Urbana, IA

Tue Oct 13, 2009

KIMT

Demolition begins on Benton County Courthouse

The long-awaited demolition work at the Benton Country Law Enforcement Center in Vinton has finally begun.

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Related Topix: Vinton, IA

Mon Oct 12, 2009

KGAN

Benton County Jail Demolition

October 12, 2009 Flood recovery efforts continue today in Vinton. Flood waters destroyed the Benton County law enforcement building last year.

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Related Topix: Vinton, IA, Lottery, Des Moines, IA, Des Moines Metro

The Gazette

PHOTOS: Benton County Jail demolished

Posted on Oct 12, 2009 by Angie Holmes . The Benton County Law Enforcement Center in Vinton is demolished Monday.

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Related Topix: Vinton, IA

Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Gazette

Two killed, three hurt in Benton County crash

Posted on Oct 09, 2009 by admin . Two people were killed, and three others were hurt, in a two-car collision near Garrison Thursday.

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Related Topix: Garrison, IA

Tue Oct 06, 2009

Tama News-Herald

Probation is revoked, sentenced to prison

Before Judge Robert E. Sosalla Dale Everett Bogue, 25, addresses of Garwin and Marshalltown, had probation revoked and was sentenced to concurrent five and two year prison terms to run concurrently with a Benton County sentence.

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Related Topix: Prison, Garwin, IA, Marshalltown, IA, Tama County, IA

Sun Sep 27, 2009

The Gazette

Two people killed in motorcycle accident near Shellsburg

Posted on Sep 27, 2009 by Spencer Willems . Byline Benton County Sheriff's deputies and emergency workers investigate the scene of the crash.

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Related Topix: Shellsburg, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro

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