Drowning of Lauren Johnson Near Guttenberg Island Marina
Lauren Johnson, 24, of rural Vinton, drowned in the Mississippi River about two miles north of Guttenberg near Island Marina. Witnesses said he fell from his boat while docking around 6 45 p m and his body was recovered about 8 15 p m according to the Clayton County Sheriff’s Department.
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Lauren Johnson
Vinton
Mississippi River
Guttenberg
Island Marina
Clayton County
Minnesota man dies in Lansing area crash
Matthew Peter Danielson, 38, of Spring Grove, Minnesota, was killed in a one vehicle crash about four miles north of Lansing on Highway 26. His southbound car left the road, struck a bridge, went airborne and landed in the west ditch.
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Minnesota
Lansing
State Patrol
Matthew Peter Danielson
Spring Grove
Minn
Three Cedar Rapids residents arrested after gun waved from vehicle
A passing vehicle's occupants waved a handgun at a bystander on the First Avenue bridge prompting a police chase. Sean Shannon 18 was charged with drunken driving license violation and carrying concealed weapons along with two others. Two handguns were seized. A teen shot near Five Seasons Mobile Home Park later Sunday survived after treatment. Four bar employees faced alcohol sale violations after an underage test by plainclothes officers.
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First Avenue
Second Avenue
First Street
Sean Shannon
12Th St. NE
John C. Williams
Sixth Ave
Marion
Lonnie Vandamme Jr
Bowling St
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons
Jonathan
Iowa City woman charged in disorderly house case
Iowa City police charged Roberta Lucielle Linnekamp 55 of 114 N Gilbert St No 7 with keeping a disorderly house after loud music drew officers to a 9 25 a m Saturday incident. She allegedly stamped a parked car and an officer with a rubber stamp, facing counts of running a disorderly house criminal mischief and assault.
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Iowa City
Roberta Lucielle Linnekamp
N. Gilbert St
No. 7
Linnekamp
Volunteers restore historic Platt Cemetery near Colesburg
Volunteers led by Merlin and Ruth Leick along with their son Ron cleaned Platt Cemetery on Highway 3 2.5 miles east of Colesburg clearing brush leveling ground and seeding grass. They repaired toppled stones and reset markers with glue as Lavern Lammers and others joined the effort expanding the 18 to 20 marked stones to about 35 now standing with more on the ground.
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Mariene Lucas Gazette
Olesburg
Platt Cemetery
Highway 3
Colesburg
Merlin
Ruth Leick
Luxemburg
Ron
Merlin Leick
Lavern Lammers
Colesbury
Lansing Brothers Construction
Tom Amling
Elkport
Marlene Lucas
Pratt
Delaware County
Ruth
Restoration effort revives Pioneer cemetery for Sesquicentennial
Tom Amling and the Clayton County Cemetery Restoration Committee repair Platt Cemetery as part of Iowa’s 1996 Sesquicentennial plan. Volunteers cleared weeds, found a fourth Civil War veteran, and tilled the lot to restore the grave sites for Memorial Day visits by families like the Leicks.
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Clayton County Cemetery Restoration Committee
Iowa
Amling
Platt Cemetery
Andrew J. Sloan
Osada project aims to convert Cedar Rapids warehouses
The Metro Area Housing Program plans to revitalize warehouses bounded by Ninth and Tenth Avenues and Second and Third Streets in Cedar Rapids into affordable housing. The project name Osada derives from a Czech word meaning settlement.
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Metro Area Housing Program
MAHP
Cedar Rapids
Metro Area ‘Housing Program
Monroe
Osada
Witwer Grocer Co
Lonnie
SoHo style housing revival planned for Cedar Rapids downtown
MAHP plans to transform the Witwer Grocer Co. warehouse area into affordable artist lofts near downtown Cedar Rapids. The project aims to create a cultural corridor along Third Street with government support to house workers earning eight to nine dollars an hour, addressing downtown after hours vacancy and life.
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Renaissance Group
Lee Clancey
Cedar Rapids
New York
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East Iowa Journal
Etna Ht Thae
Tom Amting
P.O. Box
Arnold Lueken
Colony Township
Ramona
Chicago
Churchill
Hawkeye
Sth
Henderson
Witwer Warehouse
Old Monroe School
Gazette Map
C.R. SoHo
Downtown
Czech Village
Clancey
Herb Stone
Stone
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