July 6, 2008
Iowa News
Officials say 37 people hurt in Fourth of July fireworks accident in Charles City
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Officials say that 37 people were hurt when a Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in Charles City. The accident sent a fireball skidding down a city street and into a crowd gathered to watch the display. Charles City assistant fire chief Dave Beamer says that 12 of those injured were taken to the Floyd County Medical Center by ambulance. Officials say most of the people treated following last night's mishap suffered minor injuries. Beamer says the incident was apparently caused by a misfire involving 13 racks of firework tubes during the show's finale. WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Powerball drawnings will be moved to Florida in 2009 after 20 years in Iowa. Lottery officials say that moving the twice-weekly drawing was part of a deal to bring Florida into the multi-state game. Powerball is played in 29 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Virgin Islands. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Linn County officials say that last month's flooding caused an estimated $45 million in damage to county buildings, equipment and roads. That's nearly half of the county's annual budget. Officials say it could take up to a year to restore the Linn County jail and the sheriff's office. They hope to have the county courthouse operating within two months. WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - A body found in the Cedar River in Waterloo has been identified as a man who has been missing since last Sunday. The state medical examiner's office identified the body as 38-year-old Douglas Eldridge of Waterloo. The body was found on Thursday near the National Cattle Congress grounds. The medical examiner has ruled that Eldridge died of drowning. DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A former assistant Pottawattamie County attorney indicted on federal gun charges has been released on his own recognizance. Court records say Jeffrey Tekippe must surrender his passport and live with his parents in New Hampton. His trial is scheduled for August 25th.
Wisconsin News
DENVER (AP) - A MillerCoors spokesman says the site of the company's headquarters should be announced this month. MillerCoors combines the U.S. and Puerto Rico operations of SABMiller PLC and Molson Coors Brewing Co. It began operating as a combined entity Tuesday, without saying where its corporate headquarters would be. London-based SABMiller's Miller Brewing Co. is based in Milwaukee. MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Hydrologists will visit several Wisconsin counties to try to figure out how to get rid of standing water. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says hydrologists will come from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Geological Service. MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee police are still interviewing witnesses to a shooting this weekend that killed four people. Lieutenant William Jessup says police have not identified a suspect yet in the shooting early yesterday on a north side street. Police say more than 100 people were on the street when shots were fired, some possibly from a party. Two other people were also injured in the incident. WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - A 22-year-old man seen in a YouTube video with his father as they shocked each other with a stun gun has been sentenced to two years in prison. Paul Crowell, of North Prairie, pleaded guilty to possession of an electric weapon for an incident that occurred January first. Crowell's father, Paul Dupey, is scheduled to be sentenced August sixth.
Illinois News
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Officials say the final two Mississippi River navigation locks that were closed to barge traffic because of flooding have reopened. The locks were in Clarksville and Windfield in Missouri. A lock on the Kaskaskia River near Chester (Illinois) was closed today. CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's 10-year $1.6 billion plan for improving the city's public housing is way behind schedule. A Chicago Tribune investigation says the city has completely only 30% of the teardown and rebuilding process more than eight years into the project. WILMETTE, Ill. (AP) - Officials in Wilmette say the musical "Ragtime" can now go ahead. That's a week after they canceled its showing at an outdoor park theater. Wilmette Park District officials say they were concerned about potentially offensive language in the musical about turn-of-the-century America. BUTTE, Mont. (AP) - Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton say they'll help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week. Obama campaign spokesman Jen Psaki says the Democratic nominee-in-waiting and Clinton will hold three fundraisers.
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