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cthompson@messengernews.net GOWRIE — Curves along an otherwise straight stretch of road between Harcourt and Gowrie have caused numerous single-vehicle crashes throughout the course of Greg Benson’s career as a firefighter. And that’s why he’s advocating that they be removed. “We’ve been to a lot of wrecks over there with our Jaws of Life,” said Benson, a retired Gowrie fire chief who was a volunteer firefighter for 47 years. “There’s been one fatality that I know of.” The curves are located along Iowa Highway 175 near Kansas Avenue. The bend in the road was to accommod...