Malcom Man Killed, Two Injured in Poweshiek County Crash
A 19-year-old Malcom man, Marty Hall, died when a car driven by 17-year-old Charles Clementi of Brooklyn left Old Highway 6 near Victor and rolled over. Tim Miller, 16, also of Brooklyn, and Clementi were thrown from the vehicle. Miller remained in stable condition and Clementi was in fair condition after transfers to Grinnell Regional Medical Center and Blank Children's Hospital, respectively.
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Malcom
Victor
Poweshiek County
Marty Hall
Old Highway 6
Iowa State Patrol
Hall
Charles Clementi
Brooklyn
Mike Hicks
Clementi
Tim Miller
Miller
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Blank Children’s Hospital
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids Garbage Amnesty Injuries Reported Two Workers
Two Cedar Rapids city workers were injured Friday during a garbage amnesty effort in unrelated incidents. Mark Jones, head of the Solid Waste and Recycling Departments, said he had few details and could only confirm one worker was burned by a sulfuric acid residue and transported from a fire station to a hospital.
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Mark Jones
Jones
Waukon Police Probe School Threat Note
Police and school officials in Waukon are investigating a note found in a junior high girls restroom that threatened general harm to the school. Officer Phil Young said authorities expect to identify the author before May 17, with classes continuing as usual. Principal Arnie Snook echoed the timeline while declining details.
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Phil Young
Waukon
Young
Arnie Snook
Snook
Oxford I-80 crash leaves man airlifted to hospital
A single vehicle on Interstate 80 near Oxford rolled over and ejected a man who was airlifted to University Hospitals. The crash shut the highway for about 20 minutes with traffic backed up to Coralville. The Illinois-registered car was totaled and officials seek cause.
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University Hospitals
Oxford
Iowa
Coralville
Illinois
Sex offender Oberbroeckling moves to Lowden address
Cedar County sheriff reports convicted sex offender Herbert H. Oberbroeckling now lives at 907 Hall Ave in Lowden under public notification. The 57 year old, white male, 5 ft 8 in, 198 pounds, gray hair, brown eyes, has a rose tattoo and two phrases on upper arms. Convicted of sodomy in Linn County in 1991 involving a girl under 13. deemed high risk to reoffend by the Division of Criminal Investigation.
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Lowden
Cedar County
Cedar Rapids backs gun safety pledge amid national push
Cedar Rapids Mayor Lee Clancey joined 190 cities in signing a gun-safety pledge from the Communities for Safer Guns Coalition. The pledge calls for thoughtful consideration in police handgun purchases and could affect future buys, though no current purchases are affected. John W. Johnson of Iowans for the Prevention of Gun Violence says the council will hear more on the pledge as political sensitivity remains.
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Johnson
Clancey
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Waterloo
U.S. Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Andrew Cuomo
Indian Creek prairie seeding at Cedar Rapids nature center
Volunteers spread prairie grass seed at the Indian Creek Nature Center in Cedar Rapids to repair damage from last year’s sewer line construction. Twenty pounds of seed cover half an acre, with plants visible in about six weeks and full prairie maturation in roughly five years.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
Cedar Rapids
Mark Pingenot
Tiffin sitter charged in Iowa City child injury case
Cheri Lyn Gahan a 28 year old Tiffin sitter appeared in Johnson County District Court on charges of felony child endangerment and assault after allegedly breaking a four month old boy's femur on March 7 and delaying medical care by 36 hours. A no contact order and a ban on caring for children under six were issued while the case proceeds.
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Gahan
Gerard
Deborah Minot
Johnson County
State Department of Human Services
Cedar Rapids amnesty sends over 1000 appliances to Wisconsin center
Cedar Rapids has moved more than 1,000 white goods to the Wisconsin recycling and salvaging center as of Wednesday, with eight semi-truckloads already removed. Two more semis were loading appliances from the Bluestem Solid Waste Agency storage area as city crews continue pickup and disposal.
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Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Timmerman
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Nationwide Coalition
Doug Neumann
John W. Johnson
Iowans For the Prevention of
Turer Smith & Wesson
Cuomo
Smith & Wesson
Indian Creek
Tiffin Sitter
Redbird Run
Gazette
Dan Luedert
Cheri Lyn Gahan
Tiffin
Moor
Kieler
Kieler Is
Wisconsin
Iowa Border
Dubuque
Monona
Wis
Madison
Bluestem
Moor’s
Solid Waste Agency
Jennifer Ryan
East Central Iowa Council of Governments
Ecicog
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