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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 2000
Page
13
Cedar Rapids police extended investigations into the Friday night robbery at Papa es Take & Bake located at 408 Edgewood Rd NW. Officers reported the incident occurred about 9 30 p m and provided no details on possible stolen items or additional information.
Nine grain cars derailed on the west edge of West Liberty, Iowa, early Saturday. No injuries and no hazardous materials were involved. The five remaining cars and three locomotives stayed on track as investigators seek the cause. The 70-car train had picked up grain at Newton and Iowa City and was bound for Peoria, Illinois.
Search crews recovered the last two bodies of the Boscobel family missing since last week in the Wisconsin River. Jade Bingham 10 and Brenda Zink 31 were found downstream from Woodman boat ramp while Zink’s sons Travis 14 and Robert Jr 9 were recovered earlier. Funeral services are pending in Boscobel.
Authorities report Calvin Iven Lee, 50, of rural Aurora died in a Friday afternoon rollover crash about four miles east of Strawberry Point on 370th Street. Lee was alone in the pickup, according to the Clayton County Sheriff's Department.
Firefighters from Waukon Waterville and Lansing battled a blaze that began in a storage shed owned by Gayle Burroughs and spread to a connected body shop and home about a mile west of Waukon. Two firefighters were treated for heat and smoke exposure. Burroughs wife escaped. The Burroughses and their son are staying in a mobile home.
Iowa DNR probes pollution after manure and sour milk contaminate a half mile of an Otter Creek tributary near Hazleton in Buchanan County. In Ames a 14 inch water main break released about 1.5 million gallons, flooding Skunk River and causing fish die off before a repair by 6:30 a.m.
Local historian questions Tipton’s claim as the first west of the Mississippi to provide free education. He cites William J. Petersen’s 1952 study noting Bloomington Township's 1851 school and argues Tipton’s 1856 high school claim may be overstated.
Marion officials consider an urban revitalization plan similar to the 1970s effort. The MEDCO led proposal would grant tax exemptions to commercial and industrial owners who improve property and meet design criteria. Residential areas along the corridor would not qualify. A 7 p.m. Thursday City Council meeting in City Hall basement is set to discuss the plan.
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