O Avenue Closure and Safety Guideline Update in Cedar Rapids
The Traffic Engineering Department closes O Avenue NW at 16th Street today for two days to install an emergency water tap. Cedar Rapids adopts FAA alcohol rules for emergency pilots and mechanics, shortening prework abstinence to eight hours, affecting nine city workers at St. Luke's Hospital. Bruce Western headlines a Cedar Rapids Municipal Band concert at 8 p.m. in Cherry Hill Park with a program including I Feel October in the Air and Saxophrenia. repeat showings follow Sunday at Bever Park and Ellis Park.
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O Avenue NW
16Th Street
Cedar Rapids
Federal Aviation Administration
Lara Summerwill
City Safety and Health Service
St. Luke's Hospital
Summerwill
Council
J.D. Smith
Public Safety
Gazette
Smith
Bruce Western
Cherry Hill Park
Morgan Jones
Western
Coloine
Hartley
Jewell
Sibelius
Fillmore
Koffman
Lowden
Agapkin
Gould
Sousa
Kennedy High School
University of Iowa
Kenwood Park United Methodist Church
Bever Park
Ellis Park
Pedestrian Struck At Coralville Intersection Identified
Police identified the critically injured pedestrian as Dennis Martin Peterson 45 of unknown address after a 9 30 p m collision at First Avenue and Highway 6 in Coralville. The driver was Kevin W Rinehart Coralville. The accident remains under investigation.
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Coralville
Dennis Martin Peterson
Barry Bedford
Peterson
First Avenue
Highway 6
University Hospitals
Kevin W. Rinehart
10Th Ave
Montford Trial Fails To Tie Suspect to March 17 Shooting
In Cedar Rapids trial testimony on the March 17 killing of Kevin Eatman and Kevin Carlos Montford, witnesses could not confirm Montford’s involvement. Store employees heard a disturbance and a gunshot as a group of black men fled the Hy-Vee area, while two other suspects await extradition.
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Gazette Couns
Carlos Montford
Montford
First Avenue East
Cedar Rapids
Kevin
Kevin Eatman
Chicago
D. Eatman
Eatman
First Ave
Second Avenue
Eddie Appleton
Harvey, NL
Vanice T. Heath
Iowa
Heath
Linn County
Jerry Vander Sanden
Carol Offerman
McDonald’s
Offerman
Kevin Boots
Scott Miller
Fate and faith bind unlikely foster care adoptees
Dimitri Pink, after 18 years in foster care across 29 addresses, is adopted by his Washington High School art teacher Spencer Pink. The two met in 1993 and completed the adoption on June 9, enabling a stable home in Anamosa. Dimitri, set to graduate next spring, plans to attend the Kansas City Art Institute.
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Brad Hahn
Gazette News Inter
Dimitri Pink
Washington High School
Spencer Pink
Spencer
Dimitri
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Spence
Pink
Kansas City Art Institute
Opposition could slow Cedar Rapids charter plan
Iowa State University political science professor Jack Whitmer told the Cedar Rapids Charter Commission that success hinges on people, not government form, urging members to give the majority proposal a chance. He warned that a few members opposing the plan could derail the viable alternative to the current 1908 commission system. Resident Sylvester Grady echoed calls for a new form of government during public comment.
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City Hall
Repu
Iowa State University Political Science
Jack Whitmer
Whitmer
Cedar Rapids
Commission
Bev Mitchell
Sylvester Grady
Two stolen bikes pull off as Cedar Rapids man in critical condition
Gregory A. McCleary, 36, remained in critical condition after a motorcycle crash on Stoney Point Road NW near Cherry Hill Park. Two suspects fled a state trooper, one arrested on felony theft and driving while suspended, the other at large. McCleary is a printer at J A Printing Co. and father of two.
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Rick Smith Lazette
Cedar Rapids
Gregory A. McCleary
Eastview Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fied
McCleary
Chuck Bendlage
Stoney Point Road NW
Cherry Hill Park
State Patrol
Bradley A. Phillips
Deborah Dr. SW
Mona
Linn County
Phillips
Linn
Scott Cadwallader
J & A Printing Co
Blairs Ferry Rd
Marc Chase Sr
Cedar Rapids Honda
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East Iowa Journal
O Avenue
Winneshiek
Mabel
Minn
Winneshiek County
Charles O. Starks
Starks
Decorah Fairgrounds
Mabel, Minn
wWrcease
Chase
Dick Hogan
Kreak
Anamosa House
Mark Antony
Julius Caeser
Tiuns
Dinate
C.R. Charter
Fylowa
Charter
C.R. Man
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