Two-Car Crash Kills Iowa City Woman on I 80
An Iowa City woman Courtney McCammond 23 died when her westbound car crossed the median on I 80 in Poweshiek County striking a sport utility vehicle. The other driver Mark Mizerski 41 died in Des Moines hospital. Passengers from both vehicles were hospitalized with varying conditions.
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Iowa City
Poweshiek County
Courtney McCammond
W. Benton St
McCammond
University Hospitals
Mark Mizerski
Lincoln
Neb
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Mizerski
Scott McCammon
Robert Mizerski
Iowa Methodist Hospital
John Mahaney
Michael Harm
University of Iowa professors receive education grant to train workers with disabilities
The U S Department of Education grants over 250000 for two University of Iowa education professors to develop graduate courses. John Nietupski and Sue Hamre-Nietupski will train teachers in curriculum and instruction to support students with severe mental disabilities into the workforce. The three year program underwrites their degrees as part of the initiative.
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U.S. of Education
University of Iowa Education
John Nietupski
Sue Hamre-Nietupski
U of I College of Education
Hamre-Nietupski
Cedar Rapids House Fire Suspected Suspicious
Cedar Rapids Fire Department investigates an early Sunday house fire at 511 Ninth Ave SE. The vacant home caught fire around 7 23 a.m. No injuries were reported and firefighters deem the cause suspicious.
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Cedar Rapids
Ninth Avenue SE
Ninth Ave. SE
Solon Cyclist Improves After Bicycle Crash
Ryan Beeson, 19, of Solon, listed in fair condition after a bicycle collision with a van on Ely Road near Solon. Wade Mulford, 18, also from Solon, treated for minor injuries and released. Jimmy Keller, 32, of Solon, driver of the van, not injured. Beeson was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. initial report had him in stable condition.
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Ryan Beeson
Solon
State Patrol
Beeson
Wade Mulford
Ely Road
Johnson County Road
Jimmy Keller
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Mulford
Keller
Center Point Youth Shot In Accident Remains In Serious Condition
An 18 year old, Jeremy Cassidy, was shot by 16 year old Todd Holub while cleaning a .22 caliber handgun at Holub’s Center Point apartment. Cassidy was transported to St Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids for treatment.
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Center Point
Jeremy
T.J.” Cassidy
Todd Holub
Holub
Cassidy
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Wellman Heritage Days Mark Park Event This Saturday
The Wellman Heritage Days festival will start at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Historical Park 718 Seventh Ave. The program includes site tours old time games and music with an ice cream social from 5 p.m. Donations support the Wellman Heritage Society sponsor.
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Wellman Heritage Days
Seventh Ave
The
Wellman Heritage Society
Two Cities Unite Along Reopened Lisbon Mount Vernon Link
A bicycle path reconnected Lisbon and Mount Vernon, signaling growing shared identity. Mutual services include the Lisbon Mount Vernon Ambulance Service since 1973 and the Southeast Linn Community Center offering transport and meals to residents from both towns.
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Uoverivan
Mount Vernon
Mike Beimer
Lisbon
Southeast
Linn
Highway 30
Enduring identities curb Iowa town mergers into one Mount Lisbon
In Iowa, towns Lisbon and Mount Vernon resist a merger into Mount Lisbon despite talk of consolidations. Former city administrator Mindy Greer notes identities would endure to the world’s end, while Melcher-Dallas shows mergers occur for economic reasons but may not boost efficiency.
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Douglas Neumann
Mount Lisbon
Lisbon
Mount Vernon
Mindy Greer
Marion County
Melcher
Dallas
Rock Island Railroad
Jo Ann Strack
Iowa League of Municipalities
Iowa
Strack
Mike Beimer
Seed of idea grows flowers in Iowa farms
Dick Shepherd, theater manager at the State Theater in Washington Iowa, tends lilies and gladiolas on a 25 year family plot near Ainsworth. He markets at southeast Iowa farmers markets while keeping his night job. Local horticulturist Dan Cooper notes horticulture rose since the 1980s farm crisis with high value crops boosting income.
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Ainsworth
Dick Shepherd
State Theater
Washington
Iowa
Shepherd
Oregon
California
Florida
Dan Cooper
Cooper
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