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A Vinton farmer has pleaded guilty to a charge of illegally employing three illegall aliens at his dairy farm.

Charges filed against teen driver in fatal What Cheer collision

Gragg was driving a minivan when authorities say he hit Smith

The Keokuk County Attorney’s Office has filed a pair of charges against a 15-year-old driver accused in a fatal vehicle-pedestrian accident in What Cheer in September. Adam Gragg, who turns 16 on Thursday, faces charges of violating the conditions of a minor school license and leaving the scene of an accident. The license violation was [...]

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Charging decision could come next week in fatal What Cheer pedestrian accident

15-year-old driving minivan, hit woman walking in street Sept. 2

The Iowa State Patrol is planning to meet with the Keokuk County attorney next week to discuss its findings and possible charges in a fatal vehicle-pedestrian accident in What Cheer last month. What Cheer resident Christine Smith, 36, died Sept. 2 after being hit by a minivan in the small Keokuk County community. Adam Gragg, [...]

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What Cheer woman killed in crash 2

Joan Grimm, 77, of What Cheer, died Monday afternoon in a collision north of What Cheer, the Iowa State Patrol said. Grimm was driving west on Highway 22 a few minutes after noon when she made a “partial stop” at the Highway 22 intersection, then pulled into the path of a pickup driven north by [...]

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Rumble at What Cheer 5

If you read Wednesday’s “Ramblin’ ” column in The Gazette about David Haupt, a Cedar Rapids anesthesiologist who wrote the “What Cheer Rumble” for its debut performance this weekend during the “Sousa Returns to Iowa” concert at the What Cheer Opera House, you know all about David. I didn’t have room to talk about the [...]

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