Meteor flashes across Iowa night sky spurring wide search
Eyewitnesses from Wisconsin to Illinois describe a bright green meteor breaking into three orange tailed pieces over Interstate 380 near Center Point and Iowa City. Motorists and a Toronto to Winnipeg pilot report the spectacular event prompting a roadside search for ground impact.
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Ihe Gazette
Stewart Ollila
Interstate 380
Center Point
Toronto
Winnipeg
Waterloo
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Illinois
Iowa
Iowa City
Hospital chaplains may add confidences to medical records
Dayna Leichty of Little York Illinois learned that what you say to a hospital chaplain can become part of a patient or family member’s medical record depending on the hospital. Leichty described trusting conversations with a chaplain during her 10 month old’s treatment at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
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Jami Brinton
KCRG
Owa City
Dayna Leichty
Little York
Ill
University of Iowa
Leichty
Sport complexes court Perfect Game USA expansion
Cedar Rapids based Perfect Game USA plans expansion with high technology sport complexes. The company will move hub status to Kissimmee Florida or Cobb County Georgia while keeping Cedar Rapids operations. Founder Jerry Ford says headquarters for tournaments could be in Atlanta or Florida as growth accelerates.
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Dave DeWitte
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Perfect Game USA
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Kissimmee
Fla
Cobb County
Atlanta
Florida
Jerry Ford
Ford
Matt Goiffon
Hawks
Braves
Georgia
Sports Complex Proposals for Cobb and Osceola Countys
In Cobb County Georgia a $72 million public private sports complex is proposed featuring 16 full size baseball diamonds, hotels and a retail center. Kissimmee Florida plans a $50 million 150 acre multiuse complex with 24 baseball diamonds. Perfect Game USA operates scouting events and publishes player statistics to identify talent.
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Cobb County
Atlanta Metro
Kissimmee
Fla
Orlando Metro
Group moves to save Sinclair smokestack
Cedar Rapids Historic Preservation Commission votes to save the 160 foot smokestack at 1600 Third St SE instead of other site buildings. FEMA may fund up to 200000 for mitigation, with Preservation Iowa and other groups required to sign a memorandum of agreement before restoration.
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Sinclair Smokestack
Cindy Hadish
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair Meatpacking
Historic Preservation Commission
Third St. SE
Jon Thompson
Amanda McKnight
Federal Emergency Management
Preservation Iowa
Commission
FEMA
Sinclair
Oak Park Chimney Corp
Forest Park, Ill
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