Articles Tagged: Marengo

One person died Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash south of Marengo, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

After manning multiple kitchens and managing several restaurants in Cedar Rapids, a crew of three new owners are bringing new food and service to a restaurant of their own.

It’s been repaired, reimagined several times since 1896

Heavy rain Monday and Tuesday is expected to cause minor flooding this week in Marengo, which has been at the center of Iowa’s drought in recent summers.

One person was killed Monday morning and two others were injured in a crash east of Marengo, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.

A second worker injured in a 2022 explosion at a Marengo plant is suing the company, C6-Zero, and other defendants, including a politically-connected consulting firm that vouched for the company with state regulators.

Zach Bott is the creator of Fireside Winery — one of Iowa’s most popular wineries — and is known for a diverse range at both of his wineries, primarily using northern climate grapes grown on their properties.

Army ROTC cadets from Iowa, ISU, run the pigskin from Iowa City to Ames

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has sued C6-Zero for $1.5 million the state paid toward environmental cleanup and equipment replacement after a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo.

A Marengo company whose employees were injured in a fiery blast last December has failed to pay a nearly $96,000 fine for workplace safety violations.

The company C6-Zero would be fined $95,711 — which is nearly $35,000 less than originally proposed — for worker safety violations stemming from a Dec. 8 explosion and fire at an Iowa shingle recycling plant

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will oversee further cleanup at a Marengo explosion site after state officials struggled to enforce deadlines for removing contaminated water and soil.

The EPA said the company broke federal law by not giving safety data sheets to first responders and not issuing an emergency notice after the explosion that injured nine employees — at least two seriously — and caused a fire that took Eastern Iowa firefighters 18 hours to extinguish.

A Tama County man suffered severe burns on one-third of his body in a Dec. 8 explosion at the C6-Zero plant, where he worked as a contractor, according to a lawsuit filed in Iowa County.

Design will go out to bid in 30 to 60 days