Tainted meat reports in Iowa doubled over last year
State health officials report 116 E coli infection cases in Iowa through Monday, almost double the 64 reported by this time last year and 60 in 1998. Most illnesses tied to home or family meals, with one restaurant-related cluster in Scott County.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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Scott County
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Linn County
Johnson County
Quinlisk
Polk County Health Department
E. coli cases linked to ground beef raise hospitalization risk
Officials warn that grinding meat in large plants blends cattle, increasing exposure across regions. Iowa hospitalizations include a 33 year old Johnston patient in critical condition with kidney damage. cause unnamed. Experts urge careful hygiene, noting young children are especially at risk.
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Johnston
Blank Children’s Hospital
Blank
Judge sentences Taylor to prison over Alford plea
Taylor receives up to five years in prison plus a 750 dollar fine and 200 dollar civil penalty after an Alford plea. Judge Patrick Grady ordered confinement citing offense severity and the need for accountability. Taylor was remanded to custody for transfer to Oakdale and likely placement at Mount Pleasant for sex offender treatment.
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Thomas
Patrick Grady
Taylor
Grady
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Carol Clemens
State
Linn-Mar candidates discuss $16 million bond issue
Linn-Mar school board candidates Erik Miles and Bob Crawford spoke at a Linn-Mar Education Association forum about a proposed 16 million dollar bond to add four classrooms to each elementary and build a new school. They favor local standards and year-round schooling if facilities permit, and noted bonds would near tax levy limits. Miles and Crawford live in Cedar Rapids and Marion respectively and run consulting and market research firms.
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Linn-Mar
Erik Miles
Bob Crawford
Linn-Mar Education Association
Miles
Crawford
Cedar Rapids
Normandy Dr
Indiana Creek Circle
Registry relocates Linn sex offender list in Iowa towns
Gazette reports under state offender registry notices two high risk sex offenders moved into southwest Cedar Rapids and Central City. Paul Leeroy Kessler, 63, lives 72 Oklahoma Ave. SW, convicted of third degree sexual abuse, with past child sex offense, 5 foot 10, 155 pounds, blue eyes, brown hair, black cat tattoo. Mikel Robert Kent, 49, lives 5411 N Alburnett Rd, Central City, convicted of Lascivious acts with a child in 1996 and two counts of assault with intent to commit sexual abuse in 1992, 5 foot 11, 220 pounds, blond hair, blue eyes, Indian and leopard tattoos, both labeled high risk to reoffend.
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Cedar Rapids
Central City
Paul Leeroy Kessler
Oklahoma Ave
Kessler
Mikel Robert Kent
Alburnett Rd
Kent
Linn County
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