Trial Set in Allamakee County for Gonzalez Murder
The first-degree murder trial for Gerardo Quiroz Gonzalez, 23, opens today in Allamakee County District Court. He is charged in the Jan. 15 death of Francisco Javier Costilla, 23, of Postville, who was shot in his apartment, with investigators saying the weapon was a small caliber handgun.
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Gerardo Quiroz Gonzalez
Allamakee
Gonzalez
Francisco Javier Costilla
Postville
Allamakee County
Costilla
Cedar Rapids clerks cited for selling tobacco to minor
Seven Cedar Rapids store clerks were cited for violating Iowa law after selling cigarettes to a youth volunteer accompanied by a police officer. The arrests covered Hy-Vee locations at 1556 First Ave NE and 3235 Oakland Rd NE Amoco at 2824 First Ave NE Kwik Shop at 2904 Center Point Rd NE Drug Town at 1440 32nd St Citgo at 3326 Center Point Rd NE and Kevin's Citgo at 3333 First Ave SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
First Ave
Oakland Rd
Amoco
Kwik Shop
Center Point Rd
32Nd St
Citgo
Kevin's Citgo
Memorial Drive SE Closure for Utility Work Begins
Memorial Drive SE between Mount Vernon Road and Dalewood Avenue will close starting today at 7 a.m. for utility work. The closure is expected to last about 1% weeks. Drivers should seek alternate routes.
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Memorial Drive
Mount Vernon Road
Dalewood Avenue
Calamus woman dies in I-80 crash near West Branch
Janeen E. Morehead 22 died Sunday night after her westbound car left the I-80 north ditch near West Branch, over corrected, crossed the median and was struck broadside by a eastbound truck driven by Terry Huston 27 of Urbandale. Huston wore a seat belt and was not harmed. Morehead also wore a seat belt.
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Calamus
West Branch
Janeen E. Morehead
Iowa State Patrol
Morehead
Terry Huston
Urbandale
Huston
Waterloo appoints acting police chief from long-time captain
Waterloo Mayor John Roof named Capt. Tom Jennings acting chief of police. Jennings, with 25 years in the department, will maintain cooperation with other agencies begun by outgoing Chief Bernal Koehrsen, who seeks disability retirement in October after more than a decade as chief. Koehrsen now teaches criminal justice at Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls.
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Iowa
Waterloo
John Roof
Tom Jennings
Jennings
Bernal Koehrsen
Koehrsen
Ellsworth Community College
Iowa Falls
Linn County approves waste plant conditional use permit
Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission voted five to one with one abstention to recommend Endres Processing of Rosemount Minnesota for a conditional use permit for the 21.58 acre site at 3800 Buffalo Ridge Road north of Viola. The proposal drew objections over odor truck traffic and air particulates from nearby residents while the plant employs 75 people and operates 24 hours. The issue now proceeds to the Linn County Board of Adjustment on August 29.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Planning and Zoning Commission
Endres
Rosemount
Minn
Linn
Buffalo Ridge Rd
Viola
Leon Endres
Stickle Feeds
Andres
Duke Dusheck
Prairieburg
Dusheck
Ken Kemper
Finn Rd
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids road work prompts traffic control plan
Road construction on 42nd Street NE and Edgewood Road causes one lane traffic and delays up to 30 minutes. With Xavier High Kennedy High and Wright Elementary starting, a police officer directing peak traffic may be assigned to ease the congestion affecting AEGON and Toyota commuters.
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Pam Hinmanazette
Cedar Rapids
42Nd Street
Edgewood Road
Dave Elgin
Elgin
Ellis Boulevard
Xavier High
Kennedy High
Wright Elementary
AEGON
Toyota
Jeff Henderson
Xavier
Kennedy
Ing
Teacher Suzette Ehrle Ready to Welcome Students at Harrison
Suzette Ehrle, a 27 year old fourth fifth grade teacher, returns to Harrison Elementary in a temporary two classroom building. She invested about 300 of her own money to improve the room and will teach a combined class of about 25 students on a two year cycle focusing on history this year and science next year.
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Edar Rapids
Suzette Ehrle
Harrison Elementary
Suzette
Harrison
Lisa Ernst
Wilil
Marengo
Iowa Valley High School
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Suzette Ehrie
Harrison Elementary School
Appeal Upheld for Fired Papa John's Worker Brad Clark
The Employment Appeal Board sided with assistant manager Brad J. Clark against Papa John's Pizza. Clark admitted kicking a 7 inch hole in a wall during lunch hour in November 1999 at the Center Point Road NE shop in Cedar Rapids.
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Rick Smith
Jazette
Cedar Rapids
Brad J. Clark
Papa John’s Pizza
Clark
Center Point Road NE
Board Rules Clark Unemployed After Jobless Claim
Iowa Employment Appeal Board upheld an administrative judge’s ruling that Clark, fired after a three month stint, should receive jobless benefits. The board found his actions amounted to inadvertent errors rather than misconduct and rejected the employer’s appeal.
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Clark
Menonatie
Lynette Donner
Donner
Iowa Employment Appeal Board
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