Buchanan County voters weigh jail bond issue plan
Independence voters decide Tuesday on a 45.25 million bond to build a new 17 000 square foot jail and law enforcement center adjoining the courthouse. A previous 4.2 million bond failed. concerns include school bonds and tax impacts. An open house is set Saturday to inspect jail conditions.
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Gazette Independence
Buchanan County
Bill Wolfgram
Independence School Board
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Cassidy Flowers obituary notes school ties and loss on birthday
Cassidy L Flowers nine year old Iowa City girl died in a Washington County crash on her birthday when a minivan collided with a semi on Highway 218 near Riverside. Her father Thomas Flowers was hospitalized while truck driver Rick Gerot was uninjured. Cassidy had been headed to fourth grade at Shimek Elementary and educators remember her as friendly and people oriented. Services are at 7 p.m. Saturday at Gay Ciha Funeral Home.
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the Gazette
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Oaklawn Ave
Thomas Flowers
Riverside
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University Hospitals
Rick Gerot
Ainsworth
State Patrol
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Appeals court upholds 1976 Cedar Falls murder conviction
A federal appeals court affirmed four murder counts against Jerry A. Mark of California for killing his brother, his brother's wife, and their two children in Cedar Falls in 1975. The ruling follows claims that DNA evidence was withheld at trial and that the state should retry or release him. Mark, a law graduate, has long fought his life sentence at Iowa State Penitentiary amid multiple appeals.
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Fort Madison
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Iowa Court of Appeals
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8Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Toledo motel clerk robbed and shot in 3 am robbery
Dennis Arm strong, 23, of Tama, a clerk at Designer Inn & Suites in Toledo, was shot in the leg during a 3 am robbery and remains in fair condition. The shooter fled in a dark vehicle, description unavailable, with an undetermined cash amount. Police and the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation follow multiple leads.
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Tama
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Highway
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Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
Lotteries Drawn for August 16 Across Iowa and Illinois
Iowa Lottery results show 12 14 16 24 25 for Cash Game and Pick 3 Midday 2 1 5. Evening Pick 3 80 6. Pick 4 Midday 04 15. Evening 0 7 7 0. Illinois Little Lotto numbers 24 26 28 30 34 60H jackpot listed as $4 trillion.
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Regional Roundup Details Waterloo Shooting and Iowa Trials
Police investigate a Waterloo shooting that wounded 19 year old Shavonna Dufauchard as she talked with friends near West Seventh and Wellington. She was hospitalized with non life threatening leg injuries and the motive remains unclear. In Tama Linn coverage, first degree murder trial for Luis Guzman Perez moves to Linn County due to publicity concerns, with trial set for September 17. Also, Cedar Falls reports Damon Gray Jr 29 died after a crash at Boulder and Maplewood drives. sheriff say high speed erroring driver failed to stop at a stop sign.
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Linn
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Marshalltown
Joshua Wohlman
Garwin
Kevin O'Hare
Tama County
Thomas Koehler
Cedar Falls
Damon Gray Jr
Boulder Drive
Maplewood Drive
Gray
Sartori Hospital
Brandon driver and passenger hurt in semi crash
Roger Palmer of Brandon, 70, and Lavonne Palmer were injured when a semi-trailer struck their pickup north of Urbana on Interstate 380 around 6 p.m. The vehicles went into the east ditch. Palmer was flown to University Hospitals in Iowa.
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Cedar Rapids
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Walnut
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Brandon
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Benton County
Ron Tippett
University Hospitals
Iowa
Missing Dubuque woman Sta cy Lundberg sought
Dubuque police are seeking 24 year old Sta cy Lundberg missing since Tuesday afternoon. Police say her husband last saw her leaving home for a walk. She is described as 5 feet 6 inches, 120 pounds, blue eyes, blond hair, wearing jeans and a red tank top.
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Dubuque
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Lundberg
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