Weekend violence shocks Iowa City bars downtown
Iowa City police faced unexpected violence Friday and Saturday nights near the University of Iowa. Officers report a hostile downtown atmosphere with spitting and a fight among about 30 people at the Union Bar. Blood alcohol levels ran as high as 0.30 for many young patrons, while alcohol underage tickets, public intoxication charges, and assault tickets were issued as officers scramble to restore order.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Mike Brotherton
Denise Shaffer
Union
E. College St
Kevin Baily
Baily
Shaffer
Brotherton
Fire Department
Linn County Board of Supervisors expansion question posed
TELUS reports a non scientific sample of public opinion on whether Linn County should grow from three to five supervisors. Responses collected via CITYLINE call in system today ask if expansion is desired with a 5 p.m. deadline.
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Cityline
Linn County Board of Supervisors
TELUS
Iowa Local Government and School Board Meeting Schedule
A dense list details today and regional meetings across Linn County and neighboring counties. It includes city council, board of supervisors, planning and zoning, and school board sessions at various times, venues, and locations such as Cedar Rapids, Marion, Tipton, Decorah, Independence, and many more. The schedule also notes farmers markets, a Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic, and recent birth notices from Mercy and St. Luke's hospitals.
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Linn County
First St
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Springville
Linn County Board of Health
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Albumett Community School Board
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N. 10Th St
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County Home Rd
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Allamakee
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Monona
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Brooklyn City Council
Keota
Keystone Area Education Agency Board of Directors
Elkader
Decorah
Norway
Oelwein
Tama
Toledo
Civic Center
TriCounty School Board
Thornburg
Vinton-Shellsburg
Vinton
Noelridge Farmers Market
Collins Road
Council Street
Lottery numbers and jackpots listed for Iowa Illinois games
Sun Aug 20 draws show Illinois Pick 3 1 46 Pick 4 Evening 0 8 7 6 and Powerball 10 13 17 23 36 with Powerball 23 and a $10 million jackpot. No winner, prior jackpot $12 million. Iowa Cash 4 Life numbers 50 74 79 82. Tips and subscriptions offered by phone.
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Iowa
CASH
Hawkeye Carnival welcomes UI freshmen at Hubbard Park
Iowa City UI freshmen, many with siblings, enjoy a sunlit Hawkeye Carnival in Hubbard Park as Weeks of Wonder introduces new students to UI services and peers. Students share jokes about roommates while facing first year jitters and hope for free food and social guidance from upperclassmen.
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Lisa Livermore
Iowa City
New University of Iowa
Hubbard Park
John Gould
Jeremy Kriegel
Slater
Mark Pille
Pille
Allan Pille
Elaina Livings
Livings
Taft Christian
Christian
Former Cedar Rapids museum director stays busy in the arts
Donald Doe, former director of the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, has stayed active in the arts since resigning amid controversy in February 1999. He has articles in arts magazines, teaches American art history at Mount Mercy College, and explores a possible future position in the art world while continuing writing and teaching.
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Donald Doe
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Cedar Rapids Museum
Doe
Fumes at Oscar Mayer Foods Sickened Davenport Workers
Authorities search for source of chlorine-like odor at the Oscar Mayer Foods Corp plant in Davenport after a bleach based cleaner caused about half of the 95 workers on the Lunchables production line to be affected. More than 40 workers were hospitalized, then treated and released, with many back at work by day’s end.
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Davenport
Oscar Mayer Foods Corp
Cathy Perny
Perny
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