Plane crash forces landing near Fairfax injures two
A light single engine plane crashed during a forced landing near the intersection of Stallman and Morgan Grove roads northwest of Fairfax shortly before 9 p.m. The plane flipped, resting upside down southeast of the intersection. The two occupants, a man and a woman, were taken to a Cedar Rapids hospital and were conscious. Further details were not available.
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Stallman
Morgan Grove
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Mount Mercy Professor to Discuss Race Relations
Edy Parsons, assistant professor of history at Mount Mercy College, will give a free talk on racial and cultural relations between Chinese and Anglo Americans. The presentation titled Facing the Aliens: How Chinese and Americans Viewed Each Other, 1870s-1940s, starts at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in Basile Hall Flaherty Community Room on the Mount Mercy campus.
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Edy Parsons
Mount Mercy College
Flaherty
Basile Hall
Mount Mercy
Corrie Parents To Speak At Iowa Book Signing
Cindy and Craig Corrie will discuss Let Me Stand Alone The Journals of Rachel Corrie at a 7 30 p m event in the University of Iowa US Memorial Union Hawk Eye Room The 23 year old Rachel Corrie from Olympia Washington was killed in 2003 when an Israeli army bulldozer struck her during a protest The Corries have Iowa ties and Rachel mentions Iowa in the book.
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University of Iowa
Cindy
Craig Corrie
Rachel Corrie
US Memorial Union Hawkeye Room
Wheelroom
Olympia
Wash
Corries
Iowa
Cedar Rapids street sweeper crews reclaim curb grime in winter work
Doug McArtor and a Pelican sweeper tackle grit along a northeast Cedar Rapids street. The machine removes topsoil like debris from curbs while load-alls haul away brown material for reuse as construction fill.
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Edar Rapids
Elgin Pelican
Doug McArtor
Cedar Rapids
McArtor
Pelican
Bowling Street
42Nd Street
Community drive helps keep Vinton hospital viable
Brent Barrows returns as outside consultant to raise 1.75 million dollars as part of an 8.1 million upgrade for Virginia Gay Hospital in Vinton Iowa. Volunteers led a prior 1.25 million effort in 1989 90, with longtime resident Keith Mossman and others crediting community support for the hospital s survival and expanded services.
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Vinton Hospital
Inton
Brent Barrows
Vinton
Yrareapgvi
Virginia Gay Hospital
Iowa City
Keith Mossman
Keith
Hugh
Trail links planned to connect Cedar Rapids Iowa City area
Plans to connect Linn and Johnson counties with a regional trail network progress slowly. Johnson County leadership identifies missing links, bridges, and land purchases needed to start construction and aims to complete the four phase project in coming years. Linn County awaits Iowa DOT approval to begin its portion.
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West Overlook Road
Dubuque Street
Liberty City Limits
Sugar Bottom Road
Solon
Ely
Linn County
Rettig
Johnson County Board of Supervisors
Iowa City
Officials map trail link from Cedar Rapids to Solon
In May 2006 Linn and Johnson counties planned to draft connected trail networks linking Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. In August 2006 they picked a preferred route running southeast from Cedar Rapids to Ely, then Solon, before turning southwest toward North Liberty.
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Linn
Johnson Counties
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Johnson County
Ely
Solon
North Liberty
Newstrack outreach details from The Gazette.
Newstrack outlines contact options for readers to reach The Gazette newsroom. It lists Monday bylines and provides mailing address P O Box 511 Cedar Rapids Iowa 52406 phone numbers (319) 398 8254 and 1 800 397 8212 and email news gazcomm com.
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the Gazette
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
News
Gazcomm.com
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Carrie
Iowa Life
Jim Slosiarek
Dave Rasdal
Ramblin
Newstrack
Johnson, Linn Counties
Janelle Rettig
Johnson County Trails Advisory Committee
Ola Farm
Randy's Carpets & Interiors
Second Street
Coralville
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