Robins Man Charged With First Degree Stalking
Benjamin L. Davenport, 18, of Robins, Iowa, is charged with first degree stalking for sending an eight page letter to Laura Bean in violation of a no contact order. Davenport also faces prior stalking and harassment charges from March 1994. he remains jailed in Linn County on a $10,000 bond.
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Robins
Benjamin L. Davenport
Robinwood Dr
Laura Bean
Davenport
Bean
Linn County
Iowa City Priest Pleads Not Guilty to Forged Prescription Charges
Rev. Daniel Mackey 46, a Marengo priest, pleads not guilty in Johnson County District Court to four counts of using forged prescriptions. Pretrial conference set for Nov. 30 with trial starting Dec. 11. He previously faced seven counts this year and pleaded innocent to those as well.
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Marengo
Iowa City
Johnson County
Daniel Mackey
Mackey
Fall Riverbank Art Fair accepts 75 exhibitors at Union grounds
The Arts and Craft Center at Iowa Memorial Union opens registrations for the Fall Riverbank Art Fair on September 10. Space is limited to 75 exhibitors with an August 21 deadline. For information call (319) 335-3399.
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Iowa Memorial Union
Fall Riverbank
The
Arts and Craft Center
Vinton Opposed Low Level Flight Corridor Plan
Dale Ahlquist of the National Airspace Coalition warned about a proposed low level flight corridor by the Iowa and Wisconsin Air National Guard. He told about 200 people that four times louder F 16 jets would disrupt northeast Iowa from Finley Wisconsin through Vinton. He said DoD already controls about 40 percent of air space and questioned the need for new corridors to justify funding and training.
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Iowa
Wisconsin
Call of the Colors guide seeks fall events
Cedar Rapids Gazette invites towns to submit fall celebrations for its Call of the Colors calendar covering October and November. Send event name date time location description and contact details to Mary Sharp by August 25. Include a phone number for the contact.
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The
Gazette
Call of the Colors
Mary Sharp
Cedar Rapids Gazette
P.O. Box
Cedar Rapids
Friend Witness Ties Montford to Night Club Murder Case
In Linn County Court testimony on Thursday Carlos Montford, 19, of Cedar Rapids, was alleged to have been near the scene three blocks away at 11 p.m. on March 17 asking a cab for a ride after Kevin Eatman was shot. Christina Saylor said Montford, wearing a white jumpsuit, asked to see her daughter and left before the cab arrived. Prosecutors say Montford aided and abetted first degree murder in Eatman’s death. co-defendants Vanice Heath and Eddie Appleton are also charged and awaiting extradition.
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Gazette Courts
Kevin Eatman
Carlos Montford
Linn County District Court
Cynthia Saylor
Montford
Christina
Christina Saylor
Cedar Rapids
Eatman
Chicago
First Ave
Second Avenue SE
Batman
Wisconsin
Iowa
Eddie Appleton
Harvey, Ill
Illinois
Tayo Washington
Iowa couple nurtures a lifelong love and harvests
Ollie and Anita Jewell, aged 83 and 80, worship hard work in a three acre garden and orchard near Edgewood and Littleport. They married in 1933 and built a life from farming, tending strawberries and tomatoes, with apples peaches pears and grape vines thriving around their home.
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Ollie
Anita Jewell
Fines Proposed in Trench Collapse That Killed Two Men
State safety inspectors seek 2888 in fines against Graham and Son Trucking of Alburnett after a June 9 trench collapse killed Chad Hendryx and Roger Parker. Donald Graham died days later and Douglas Kuehl Jr. will fill his council seat.
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Steve
Graham
Esther Graham
Donald Graham
Alburnett
Douglas Kuehl Jr
Joe Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Renovation of Effigy Mounds Center Begins Next Week
A $1.5 million renovation at Effigy Mounds National Monument visitors center near Marquette will take about 10 months. The project doubles lobby space, adds offices, a conference room, storage, lighting, a peaked roof and elevator, with artifacts shown in trailers during construction.
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Rita Seymour
Iowa
Marquette
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Karen Gustin
National Monument
Allamakee County
National Park Service
Effigy Mounds
Ozark National Scenic Riverways
Missouri
Perry’s Victory International Peace Memorial
Ohio
Gustin
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Art Fair
Vanice Terrell Heath
Edgewood
Anita
Littleport
Alton
Littleport High School
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
Alburnett Company
By Dale Kueter
Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Bureau
Division of Labor Services
Allamakee
Clayton
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