CEDAR RAPIDS – Successful bidders carried home pieces of history from an auction on Sunday, Nov. 5, at Ushers Ferry Historic Village. Ann Cejka, program coordinator for the city-owned site, said items on the auction block had not been on exhibit since 2008, when Ushers Ferry lost 16 of its buildings during the flood that […]
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Ethanol and diesel from derailed train l...
UPDATE: This information was sent from the DNR, with the discovery of a second leaking ethanol car. Here is more sent Wednesday, May 22, 2013: CHARLES CITY – The Canadian Pacific Railroad’s attempts to recover three ethanol cars and three locomotives east of Charles City were hampered by soggy, unstable ground Tuesday night.