Cedar Rapids men arrested in credit card theft ring
Two Cedar Rapids men, Robert Gonzales aged 35 and Juan Soto aged 29, were arrested after a monthlong Cedar Rapids Iowa City area probe into stolen credit cards. Police say they used 10 stolen cards to buy merchandise over $8,000 and recovered several thousand dollars in goods during a search of their residence at 5145 Johnson Ave SW Apt 1.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Robert Gonzales
Juan Soto
Johnson Ave
Apt. 1
Open school gyms offer kids break options over holiday
Cedar Rapids Recreation Department opens public middle school gyms during the holiday break with hours at Wilson and Harding 9 am to 3 pm and Franklin 9 am to 3 pm, McKinley Roosevelt Taft 10 am to 4 pm. Open on Thursday and Monday, closed Friday. Call Ambroz Recreation Center at 286-5731 for details.
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Cedar Rapids
Ambroz Recreation Center
Sign-up Under Way for Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival
Applications due Feb 3 for organizations wishing to participate in the 2008 Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival set from June 26 to July 6. Forms are at the festival office 226 Second St SE or via contact Janet Wilhelm at 365-8313 or www freedomfestival com eventapplication.
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Freedom Festival
Second St. SE
Janet Wilhelm
Freedomfestival .Com
Judge Nixes Summary Judgment in Pearson Explosion Suit
District Court judge on Tuesday denied summary judgment in a negligence suit filed in March 2000 against Alliant Energy and IES Utilities over the Lone Tree explosion that killed Robert and Mary Pearson on October 29, 1998. The judge found issues of fact on whether gas transmission was abnormally dangerous. Police report a later home invasion robbery at 210 Douglas Ct in Iowa City where three men robbed two residents and fled with cash and stereo gear.
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Alliant Energy
IES Utilities
Robert
Mary Pearson
Lone Tree
IES
Pearsons
Kristin Hibbs
Hibbs
Iowa City
Douglas Ct
DNA to impose fishing limits on Mississippi River walleye
The DNA plans to cut the walleye and sauger bag limit nearly in half and implement a 21 to 27 inch slot limit. It also proposes halting winter fishing in tail waters below at least one dam to protect dwindling stocks. Fisheries biologists warn of stress from pressure changes on released fish. Local angler Jack Kepler opposes tail water closure, favoring bag and slot limits. The DNR cites winter pressure as a key cause of sauger mortality.
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John Pitlo
Mississippi
Jack Kepler
Cedar Rapids
Guttenberg
Kepler
DNR
Civil War themed Christmas Ball brings home-schooled students together
About 130 area home-schooled students and family members attended a Civil War theme Christmas Ball at Francis Marion Intermediate School. Organizer Anna Allen, 18, led four dance classes teaching era dances and etiquette while sewing a cream silk dress. Tom Ertz notes it was the first school dance for Marion Home School Assistance Program.
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Anna Allen
Cedar Rapids
Joseph Allen
Francis Marion Intermediate School
Marion
Anna
Gazette Arion
Keokuk
Allen
Carolina
Russ
Tom Ertz
Marion Home
Five year old Bethanie Tuttrup named Iowa Star Wars collector
Cedar Rapids girl Bethanie Tuttrup, five, is hailed by Hasbro as Iowa's best Star Wars collector with a collection of about 1500 items. Her father Jason, 30, built a passion that now fuels hers, with grandmother Linda guiding the effort. He values the collection at up to 20000 dollars to fund Bethanie's college costs.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Bethanie Tuttrup
Jason Tuttrup
Linda Tuttrup
Bethanie
Hasbro Toy Company
Iowa
Darth Vader
Padme
Summit View
Jason
Hasbro
Iown
Anamosa Prison Avoids Drastic Food Cuts Tactics
Anamosa State Penitentiary avoids severe food reductions seen elsewhere after budget cuts. The facility trims meals by serving one dessert daily and swapping milk for fountain drinks at times. It aims for self sufficiency through summer gardens and on site bread baking while monitoring portions and limiting second helpings.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Anamosa State Penitentiary
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