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  • News / Weather snow plow

    Parking restrictions and weather emergency declared for storm

    City officials declared weather emergencies, snow routes and invoked parking restrictions in effect for the most-recent snowstorm.

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    Malfunctioning airline seats blamed on spilled soda, coffee

    An American Airlines spokeswoman said spilled soda and coffee clogged the mechanism that locked seats to the aircraft floor.

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    Arsenal Drill Simulates Terrorist Attack

    More than 40 volunteer actors helped emergency responders on the Rock Island Arsenal practice dealing with a simulated terrorist attack….

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    Arsenal to hold emergency drill Thursday morning

    The Rock Island Arsenal scheduled a full-scale emergency drill for Thursday morning, August 30, 2012. People in the area may…

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    Iowa increasing penalties for failing to yield to emergency vehicles

    Drivers who violate Iowa’s “Move Over” law face new steeper fines and penalties starting July 1, 2012.

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    Phone outage impacts Dubuque 911 service

    UPDATED: Emergency calls to 911, rerouted after a phone service outage in the Dubuque area, were restored to normal operations Tuesday afternoon, June 12, 2012.

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    Bizarre 911 calls

    Burlington area police say too many people have been calling 911 for some pretty bizarre reasons.

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    ‘Butt Dialing’ and ‘Pocket Calls’ burden 911 operators

    A “pocket dial” mistake can result in an unwanted phone call, annoying for the recipient and potentially embarrassing to the caller.

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    911 outage reported in Clinton County

    Emergency 911 telephone service was disrupted for parts of Clinton County, Iowa on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.