Fire Destroys Rural Center Point House During Remodel
Rural Center Point saw a house gutted by fire Tuesday evening as the new owner Russell Kress Quasqueton returned from town. Fire Chief G L Jeffery said a wood stove started the blaze with the roof burning before firefighters arrived. The cause remains under investigation with a suspected chimney connection.
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Center Point
G.L. Jeffery
Russell
Kress
Quasqueton
Jeffery
United Way campaign misses goal but tops last year
United Way of East Central Iowa reports about 2.97 million raised in 1986, roughly 4 percent below its 3.11 million goal but higher than 1985. Campaign chair John Knapp credits volunteers and new agency memberships with the gains despite economic hardship.
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United Way
Vanessa Shelton
Zette
United Way of
East Central
Iowa
John N. Knapp
Knapp
Fifth Ave
Health and Human Service
American Cancer Society
American Heart Association
United Way Board For
Mercy Home Health Care
Nawn
Double murderer Nowlin plans post conviction challenge
George Nowlin, serving life for the 1974 Cedar Rapids teen killings Maureen Connolly and Michael Servey, is housed in a Wisconsin federal facility. Court filings reveal his plan to seek post conviction relief, with attorney James Norris appointed if indigent. Nowlin previously served at Fort Madison Iowa Penitentiary and has since been moved to federal custody, including assignments in California Kansas and Pennsylvania.
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George Nowlin
Cedar Rapids
Wisconsin
Linn
Keystone
Nowlin
Maureen Connolly
Jones County
Michael Servey
Palisades- Kepler State Park
Linn County
Oxford
Wis
James Norris
Norris
William Thomas
Iowa
Fort Madison
the Gazette
Paul Hedgepeth
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Hedgepeth
California
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Sewer pact awarded for Cedar Rapids rehabilitation project
Cedar Rapids City Council awarded Dave Schmitt Construction Co. a $19,281 contract for sanitary sewer rehabilitation in the Sixth Street and 16th Avenue SW area. Schmitt’s bid was 17 percent below the $23,391 estimate for work on 14 leaking manholes, to begin in spring.
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Dave Schmitt
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