Gas leak prompts Coralville apartment evacuation
About 40 residents were evacuated after a car struck a gas meter at 2551 Holiday Rd. Sunday. Firefighters and Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co. crews repaired the meter and residents were allowed to return home after about an hour. no injuries reported.
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Coralville
Gary Kinsinger
Holiday Rd
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co
Woman in fair condition after Johnson County crash
A North Liberty woman, Mary Swihart, 32, remained in fair condition at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a two car collision on Saturday. Swihart’s westbound vehicle was struck by a northbound car driven by Sarah Beaves, 26, who failed to stop at a stop sign. Beaves was not injured.
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North Liberty
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Johnson County
Mary Swihart
North Dubuque Street
North Liberty Road
Swihart
Sarah Beaves
Sixth Avenue closure in Hiawatha for sewer project
A sanitary sewer construction project will shut down Sixth Avenue in Hiawatha for about a month starting today. Local traffic can use Emmons Street but Sixth Avenue from Blairs Ferry Road will be closed. Bowker Mechanical Contractors of Cedar Rapids leads the work and expects completion in about 20 working days if weather allows.
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Sixth Avenue
Hiawatha
Emmons Street
Blairs Ferry Road
Bowker Mechanical Contractors
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo officer hurt as riot attempt erupts on Logan Avenue
Waterloo police say officer Michael McNamee was injured when 18 year old Lamar Outlaw attacked him during a late night disturbance. Outlaw faces riot willful injury and assault charges. Four others were arrested for riot interference and related acts with more arrests possible.
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Waterloo
Logan Avenue
Lamar Trenedale Outlaw
Michael McNamee
McNamee
Outlaw
Allen Hospital
Corey Anthony Parker
Anita Louise King
Willie Outlaw Sr
Willie Outlaw Jr
Rural Washington child hit by pickup critically injured
A rural Washington 2 year old was in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after being struck by a pickup backing from a driveway around 3 45 p m Saturday. Randy Jess Buck was airlifted to Iowa City. The driver Charles Bixby 30 of rural Washington. Incident under investigation.
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Washington
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Randy Jess Buck
Washington County Public Safety Center
Buck
Charles Bixby
Saviors Group restores old cemeteries in Iowa
A Clayton County group and 10 volunteers repair pioneer grave sites in Elkader and nearby cemeteries. They glue broken headstones, straighten leaning stones, and rebury settled graves, citing neglect as the main issue and linking revival efforts to Iowa’s Sesquicentennial.
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Saviors Group
Iowa
Marlene Lucas
Clayton County
Lown
Tom Amling
Clayton County Cemetery
Elkader
Amling
Andrew J. Sloan
Platt
Clayton County Cemetery Restoration Committee
Clay ton County Cemetery Restoration Committee contact
For more information about the Clay ton County Cemetery Restoration Committee, contact Tom Amiing, Route 1, P.O Box 211a, Elk port 52044, 245-2179. Please turn to page 68 for Saviors.
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Clayton County Cemetery Restoration Committee
Tom Amiing
P.O
Elkport
Saviors
Honor in memory of parents who survived Nazi camps
Steve Horowitz, son of Holocaust survivors, interprets his upbringing as a teacher at Coe and Mount Mercy Colleges. He named two children after his parents Jacob and Veronica and a third Jordan from grandparents. He recalls parental lessons, views Schindler's List with mixed feelings, and notes a desire for Jewish representation in Holocaust films.
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John Kirsch
Gazette
Steve Horowitz
Horowitz
Coe College
Mount Mercy College
Jacob
Veronica
Jordan
Auschwitz
Nic
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