Quake rattles Iowa as 5.2 tremor shakes region
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake centered in southeastern Illinois rattled Eastern Iowa at 4:37 a.m. Friday. UNI geology associate professor Kenneth DeNault says major quakes in Iowa are extremely remote and notes the 1906 San Francisco quake anniversary.
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Illinois
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Housing inspector checks Time Check property on First Street
Cedar Rapids Housing Services inspector Al Pan segrau surveys a Time Check district property on First Street NW on Thursday. The report warns that if trash remains, the city will clean and remove the waste, then pursue enforcement actions against the owner.
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Inspectors and police team to map NEAT cleanup blocks
In Cedar Rapids, the Neighborhood Enhancement Action Team NEAT, with inspectors and police, visits blocks to identify cleanup areas. Mercy Medical Center housekeeper Therese Donley laments rising costs and fears over neighborhood changes while showing her cared-for home on Third Street NW.
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Mercy Medical Center
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Donley
Third St. NW
Four contenders named for Iowa City city manager post
Four men vie for the Iowa City city manager job in a second-round search. Carl M. Metzger has led Ankeny since 1985. Michael A. Lombardo, 43, has consulting work since 2006 after serving Allegan County administrator. A. J. Johnson, 51, has led Muscatine since 1989. Paul Beecher, in his 50s, previously Kingman Arizona manager 2005 to 2007 and recently did consulting while recovering from hip surgery.
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Iowa City
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Ankeny
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Allegan County
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Muscatine
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Kingman
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Sisters share donor kidneys from same person
Two Iowa sisters on the transplant waiting list at University Hospitals in Iowa City received kidneys from the same donor last weekend. Karen Parizek, 52, of Lone Tree, and Elaine Behrens, 59, of Wilton, learned both were slated to get transplants after hours of uncertainty. Behrens, a Durant teacher, began dialysis two years ago following kidney failure caused by high blood pressure.
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Lone Tree
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Iowa City
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