Cedar Rapids Teen Dies From Morning Car Crash
The most seriously injured survivor Matthew Hoagland died Saturday at Mercy Medical Center. He was 17, a Metro High School student from 2140 C St SW. Services are Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church. Officer reports Eric Bieber, 17, also died hours after the crash. Driver Michelle Monroe 17 and passenger Nicole Wisely 17 remained in fair condition. The car left the road striking a tree stump on J Street SW near 7:30 a.m. Alcohol found but not deemed alcohol related.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Medical Center
Matthew Hoagland
Hoagland
Metro High School
Hus Memorial Presbyterian Church
Eric Bieber
Michelle Monroe
Nicole Wisely
J Street
Blairs Ferry Road Closure Planned For Three Days
Beginning at 9 a.m. Monday Blairs Ferry Road NE between 12th and 13th avenues will be closed for three days. A detour for passenger vehicles will route along 13th Avenue Bowler Street 10th Avenue back to Blairs Ferry. Trucks are prohibited from using the detour and should seek alternative routes.
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Blairs Ferry Road
12Th
13Th Avenues
13Th Avenue
Bowler Street
10Th Avenue
Blairs Ferry
Epworth Town Days Delayed by Weekend Storms
Epworth postponed Town & Country Days due to Saturday thunderstorms and moved events to today. A dedication of the new gateway at 11 a.m. leads to a noon parade, with games entertainment a box lunch social and a street dance in Tower Park. Epworth population 1462 in Dubuque County.
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Epworth Town & Country
Tower Park
Epworth
Dubuque County
Three Eastern Iowans stabbed in early Saturday fight in Iowa City
In the Old Capitol Town Center parking ramp, three men were stabbed around 2 15 am. Angel Garcia 18 and Adrian Garcia 22 of Fort Madison were charged with three counts of willful injury and were captured after leaving the scene. Victims Keelan Driscoll 20 of Parnell Joseph Fedderson 19 of Dubuque and Brandon Koch 19 of Williamsburg were injured. a knife was recovered.
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Brandon Koch
Williamsburg
Garcias
Iowa City
Mike Brotherton
Johnson County
University Hospitals
Union approves three year contract at Eagle Ottawa plant
About 175 members of Local 7827 in Waterloo ratify a new three year agreement with Eagle Ottawa. The deal includes cost-of-living wage increases, improved retirement and health care benefits, and an extra holiday. No strike occurred as talks extended the old contract by one week. Eagle Ottawa, based in Michigan, supplies automotive leather for models including the Cadillac Escalade, Honda Odyssey, and Ford F-150.
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Eagle Ottawa
Waterloo
Allied Industrial Chemical and Energy Workers International
Cedar Rapids bids for stadium funding with SFMG lead
Harry Howell III cannot vote in the Aug 15 special election to raise a four year 30 cent per thousand levy for a new 14 million Veterans Memorial Stadium. His Cleveland based firm Sports Facilities Marketing Group signed by Cedar Rapids Baseball Club Inc, seeks at least 2 million in naming rights to support construction. Howell notes SFMG has contacted about 40 companies with positive feedback as the local business community backs a new stadium.
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Howell
Veterans Memorial Commission
Veterans Memorial Stadium
SFMG
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland Browns
Cedar Rapids Ballpark Levy Question on Stadium Vote
The special election asks voters if Cedar Rapids should erect and equip a Veterans Memorial Stadium and establish a 30 cent per thousand levy for four years to fund the project. If approved, the levy would raise about $1.2 million annually for construction and related costs.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
A. Sarah Else
William Quinby
Citizens For the Stadium Committee
Family keeps Iowa State Fair camping tradition alive
Fred Behaunek, 83, has spent 37 consecutive years camping at the Iowa State Fair with his family since 1963. This year Nadine Behaunek’s death last September tests the ritual, but daughter Cindy Becker vows the streak will continue with support from relatives and the next generation, including a 15 month old great granddaughter.
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Fred
Nadine
Cindy Becker
Watkins
Nadine Behaunek
Son Dan
Fred Behaunek
Belle Plaine
Dan Behaunek
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Hiawatha
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By Pam Hinman
the Gazette
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Veterans Memorial
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club Inc
Wally Krouse
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club
George Heinlein
Heinlein Shrock
Kansas City
Rockford Road
Elle Plaine
Des Moines
Cindy
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
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