Firearms fire and house blaze leave two homeless with pets dead
Police traced Odell J. Henderson to a Friday night shooting in the 1400 block of Washington Avenue SE. He also admitted involvement in a July 22 shooting on 17th Street SE and was charged with two terrorism counts. In Cedar Rapids a second incident left a mother and her son homeless after a fire at 1557 C Ave NE. Four cats and a lizard died from smoke, two cats and a dog were saved, and Red Cross provided shelter. The fire’s cause is under investigation.
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Odell J. Henderson
Washington Avenue SE
Henderson
B Ave
Linn County
17Th Street
Cedar Rapids
C Ave
Leonard Drake
Anita Tatro
Drake
Tatro
American Red Cross
I-80 crash in Johnson County injures Fix family
A Saturday I-80 collision near the Oxford interchange injured three people from the Fix family of Muscatine, including 7 month old Carli. Kim Fix and Scott Fix were taken to University Hospitals with varying conditions. The crash involved two semis driven by John E. Smith and Matthew Rowe and a minivan. Rowe rear ended the van causing the chain reaction.
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Johnson County
Oxford
Iowa State Patrol
Fix
Muscatine
Kim Fix
Scott Fix
Carli Fix
John E. Smith
Parkersburg
W.va
Matthew Rowe
Tukwilla
Wash
Smith
Rowe
Cornell College Gets $265000 Mellon Grant for Virtual Dissection Center
Cornell College receives a $265 000 grant from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation to create a Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning. The three year project will fund faculty development student stipends pilot funding an education technology specialist and involve more than half the faculty through projects linked to about a third of courses.
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Cornell College
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Cornell
Eastern Iowa voters voice frustration with political process
Across Anamosa Manchester Independence Vinton Marengo Iowa City Tipton and Cedar Rapids residents express dismay at how politicians address issues with little focus on core concerns. Voters discuss taxes abortion health care and desire for less mudslinging in the 1996 presidential race and Senate contest.
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Fter
Iowa
Anamosa
Manchester
Independence
Vinton
Marengo
Iowa City
Tipton
Cedar Rapids
Bill Clinton
Bob Dole
Tom Harkin
Jim Ross Lightfoot
Harkin- Lightfoot
Larry Kahl
Family Foods
Kahl
Neil Matthias
Voter Opinions On Tax Reform And Policy
A sampling of Iowa residents voices tax reform and government fairness. Jeff Hotchkiss Cedar Rapids calls for closing loopholes while Tyrone Martin-Bey Iowa City urges a national sales tax to cut debt. Leo Boddicker Newhall says support depends on performance. Melanie Guilford Anamosa offers cautious consensus.
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Finish Line
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Central City
Dole
Thompson
Matthias
Marcia Intorff
Delhi
Intorff
Lynn Ochiltree
Andy Bristow
Ochiltree
Jeff Hotchkiss
Tyrone Martin-Bey
Salesman
Leo Boddicker
Newhall
Melanie Guilford
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