Cedar Rapids Mayoral Hopeful Volz Launches Campaign
Insurance agent Jon Volz 57 launched a bid to unseat Cedar Rapids Mayor Lee Clancey at a Saturday event at Veterans Memorial Park. Volz urged preserving the memorial by funding projects with savings, limited his donations to 25 dollars, and pledged council openness including televised public comment.
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Jon Volz
Lee Clancey
Volz
First Ave
Veterans Memorial Park
Memorial Park
Clancey
Iowa
Paul Pate
Fire injures man in Cedar Rapids home blaze
A northeast Cedar Rapids man was injured in a house fire at 4251 E Ave NE. The front of the home burned as witnesses watched. Responders pulled a 54 year old man from the residence and performed CPR before he was taken to St Luke's Hospital and later transferred to University Hospital in Iowa City.
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Cedar Rapids
E Ave
St. Luke’s Hospital
University Hospital
Iowa City
Light weekend rain totals across Cedar Rapids and Iowa City
Rainfall across parts of Eastern Iowa over Friday and Saturday totaled less than an inch. Cedar Rapids recorded 0.16 inches Friday and 0.64 inches Saturday while Iowa City measured 0.18 inches Friday and 0.23 inches Saturday according to KCRG TV9 Weather Lab.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Kcrg-Tv9
Rain triggered manure overflow at Sunrise Dairy near Blairstown
The Iowa DNR probes an overflow at a 2,600 head Benton County dairy southeast of Blairstown after heavy rain. Two emergency catch basins released water into Coon Creek, with berms set up to prevent further flow. Ammonia levels rose near the dairy, then declined downstream along the creek.
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Department of Natural Resources
Benton County
Blairstown
Sunrise Dairy
Coon Creek
Iowa River
DNR
Environmental Protection Division
Cedar Falls man hospitalized after guardrail crash on highway ramp
Lyman Mulford, 59, of Cedar Falls, drove west on Highway 57 and struck the exit ramp guardrail onto Highway 218 shortly after 2 a.m. He was not wearing a seat belt and was taken to Allen Memorial Hospital in Waterloo. Conditions unavailable. charges pending.
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Black Hawk County
Iowa State Patrol
Lyman Mulford
Cedar Falls
Mulford
Allen Memorial Hospital
Waterloo
Water Damaged Books Restore After 1996 Iowa Flood
Elizabeth Dunbar reports on Jane Meggers and the Iowa State Historical Society restoring flood damaged books after a 1996 disaster. A burst May 23 1996 pipe flooded 2000 volumes, triggering a four year restoration project costing 134 300 dollars and highlighting the value of disaster planning.
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Wsberope
Owa City
Jane Meggers
State Historical Society
Iowa
Historical Society
Meggers
Society
Iowa City
State Historical Society of Iowa
Village farmers in Transylvania gain traction after post-Communist reforms
Joseph Brisben of Iowa reports that Janosfalva, a 400-person Transylvanian village, has built a strong cooperative economy with 30 tractors and 10 combines. The Iowa City Unitarian Universalist Society funds projects, aiding villagers who now grow crops, raise livestock, barter goods, and diversify with new jobs. The partnership aims to sustain growth beyond farming.
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Brisben
Iowa City
Securities Corporation of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Romania
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