News Headlines for Afton, Iowa

37 injured in Iowa fireworks misfire (CNN.com)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday.

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37 Hurt in Iowa Fireworks Accident (Time Magazine)
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in a northern Iowa town, sending a fireball skidding down a street

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Floods delay, but don't derail Waterloo's downtown Vision Iowa projects (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
WATERLOO --- Record flooding has heaped delays on the city's already-overdue Vision Iowa projects.

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Iowa Agriculture Briefs: 2 electric co-ops receive ag loans (The Des Moines Register)
Two Iowa electric cooperatives have received $15 million in loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.

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Iowa Cubs: Rookie Soto playing with All-Star quality (The Des Moines Register)
Iowa Cubs catcher Geovany Soto and batting coach Von Joshua often hung around the batting cage last season at Principal Park.

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Iowa Cubs: Cruz’s blast ends Iowa win streak (The Des Moines Register)
Oklahoma City, Okla. - Nelson Cruz’s line-drive, three-run home run to center field in the seven inning erased a 3-2 deficit and gave Oklahoma the lead for good in a 7-3 Pacific Coast League victory over the Iowa Cubs on Saturday night.

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Border areas create residency issues in Iowa (Quad-City Times)
For many of Iowa’s local government workers, the only residency requirement they face is having to live in the state, according to Iowa law.

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Buffalo, Iowa, celebrates its 175th birthday (Quad-City Times)
BUFFALO, Iowa — This small town of 1,300 on the northern banks of the Mississippi River can claim to be the “first settlement in Scott County.”

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Dubuque helps to define Iowa's stance on residency requirements (Quad-City Times)
Iowa’s law pertaining to residency for public employees may seem cut and dried, but legal battles over key phrases such as “critical municipal employees,” “civil service” and “reasonable distance” have helped shape policies over where local government workers can live.

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Accident At Iowa Fireworks Display Hurts 37 (Hartford Courant)
A Fourth of July fireworks shell misfired in northern Iowa, sending a fireball skidding down a street into a crowd of spectators and injuring 37 people, officials said Saturday.

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