Extreme Arctic Cold Grips Eastern Iowa With Deep Freeze
The National Weather Service warns of strong winds and single digit temperatures as Arctic air blasts into Eastern Iowa. Temperatures may fall to zero or below by Monday with wind chills to 25 below. Snowfall ranges from 1 inch to over 6 inches, and freezing rain caused slick roads and multiple accidents.
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Iowa
National Weather Service
Bill Nichols
North America
Nichols
Readers Vote for Top Stories in Eastern Iowa
Voters are invited to pick the top news stories of the past year across Eastern Iowa. Cast ballots on page 9B or online at gazetteonline.com. Ballot appears in this week’s Gazette. return deadline is Friday.
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Iowa
Gazette
Gazetteonline
Experimental aircraft lands safely after engine trouble near Cedar Rapids
An experimental aircraft en route to Storm Lake diverted to The Eastern Iowa Airport after reporting engine trouble over Center Point at 2:20 p.m. The pilot, originating from Maquoketa, was guided by air traffic control to the Piedmont Hawthorne terminal where the plane landed safely at 2:25 p.m. No injuries were reported.
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Storm Lake
Iowa
Ron Harrelson
Police and Fire Department
Center Point
Maquoketa
Harrelson
Linn County
Sheriffs Department
Piedmont Hawthorne
Linn County Compassionate Friends to Light Candles Tonight
Linn County chapter members join worldwide in lighting candles for one hour starting at 7 p.m. Families will light candles at home with friends and relatives. New Zealand initiates the candle lighting. For details call Julie Skeesick at 365-5158 or 1-877-969-0010.
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Linn County
Compassionate Friends
New Zealand
Julie Skeesick
National Organization
Explosion in Olds destroys home. two children escape unharmed
Two children were inside a house in Olds when an estimated 9:30 p.m. Friday blast caused by an LP gas buildup sparked by an electric flare gutted the structure. Fire Chief Duayne Hultquist said the crawl space gas ignited, leaving the home a total loss in the northern Henry County town of about 200.
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Olds
Duayne Hultquist
Henry County
Spirit Lake man acquitted of toddler death charged with perjury
Jesse Wendelsdorf, 26, was arrested in Dickinson County on a perjury warrant after admitting under oath to a court hearing in Algona that he helped fake a kill story. The perjury charge follows his acquittal in the death of 2 year old Shelby Duis and relates to testimony given by his friend Julie Ballantini. Perjury carries up to five years in prison and a $5000 fine.
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Spirit Lake
Shelby Duis
Jesse Wendelsdorf
Dickinson County
Heidi Watkins
Kossuth
Kevin van Otterloo
David Skilling
van Otterloo
Wendelsdorf
Algona
Joseph Straub
Watkins
Julie Ballantini
Ballantini
Cedar Rapids bond issue questions outline $46 million plan
Readers asked about a Cedar Rapids school bond proposal for $46 million to fund district projects. Officials explain that passage would authorize general obligation bonds repaid over 20 years via property taxes, with owner of a $100,000 home paying about $48 yearly, and interest totaling about $25 million over two decades.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Steve Graham
Shive-Hattery Inc
Doug DuCharme
Cedar Rapids school district bond plan seeks 46 million
Voters will decide on a May 20 bond issue to fund improvements across Cedar Rapids schools. The plan covers heating and cooling, plumbing, electrical upgrades, and the construction of a new elementary school plus arts additions at Jefferson Kennedy and Washington high schools.
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Cedar Rapids Community School
DuCharme
Kennedy High School
Jefferson, Kennedy
Washington
Kennedy
Susan McDermott
Mary Wilcynski
Jefferson
Franklin
McKinley
Roosevelt
Wilson
Bill Ding toy revival led by Ed Stuhr at Stuhr Enterprises
Ed Stuhr, president of Stuhr Enterprises Inc. of Wilton, aims to relaunch the Bill Ding balancing clown toy line. The 4%-inch figures with interlocking notches were popular in the 1930s and 1940s and could be stacked for 1,001 balancing stunts.
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Ilton
Bill Ding
Ed Stuhr
Stuhr Enterprises Inc
Wilton
Bill Ding Toys
Letts High School
University of Iowa
Monsanto
Muscatine
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