Fire kills mother and 2 year old son in rural Iowa home
Sandra Keyes 26 and her son Joshua 2 died in a Thursday morning house fire at a two story farmhouse east of Whittier on County Home Road. The blaze started in the attached garage per preliminary state fire marshal findings. Stephen Keyes, Miranda 5, and Michael 8 escaped as investigators from the fire marshal's office and Linn County Sheriff's Office probe the origin and cause.
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Adam Lowenstein
Springville
Roy Marshall
County Home Road
Whittier
Marshall
Mike Hiles
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Sandra Keyes
Douglas and
Barbara Lint
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar High School
Wal-Mart
Joshua
Snowy Cedar Rapids Trail Walks Refresh Winter Fun
Veterinarian Sheree Beam and friend Donna Harris from Cedar Rapids walk with a collie and three keeshon den dogs on the Sac and Fox Trail after a fresh snowfall. The scene captures Iowa winter weather and outdoor activity.
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Sheree Beam
Donna Harris
Collie
Keeshonden
Sac and Fox Trail
Cedar Rapids
Weather warms as arctic cold fades in Eastern Iowa
Cleanup ends as temperatures rise and snow melts across Eastern Iowa. Officials note easing travel hazards with a warm weekend ahead. Skaters and sledders enjoy Indian Creek Nature Center and local rinks while roads improve after two days of winter weather.
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James Q. Lynch
National Weather Service
Dan Smith
Indian Creek Nature Center
City sells squad cars for taxicab use to Chicago Motors
Iowa City plans shift from police use to taxicab service as seven squad cars are sold to Chicago Motors Inc for 40370 dollars. The firm terá plans to resell them globally as taxis while the city buys five new squad cars for 101115 dollars to replace aging vehicles used about 18 months or 70000 miles. Cedar Rapids police auctions may also send cars to taxi use, per Captain Terry Moyle.
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Iowa City
Chicago
Steve Atkins
Chicago Motors Inc
Anis Ghaniwala
Chicago Motors
Ghaniwala
United States
Russia
Germa
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Winebrenner Ford
Atkins
Cedar Rapids
DeVries Eyes Hawkeyes Rival After Alamo Bowl Vent
Iowa defensive tackle Jared DeVries may channel frustration at the Hawkeyes' foe after the Alamo Bowl trip to San Antonio Texas. Eastern Iowa sees light snow slow shoppers. later pickup. A plane crash near Bernard on April 29 kills three. oil pressure failure cited. Rare orange throat darter group found in Indian Creek by two DNR researchers last summer.
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Iowa
Bernard
Indian Creek
Department of Natural Resources
Nite Express goes inactive due to debts
Cedar Rapids youth drum and bugle corps Nite Express formerly Emerald Knights will not field a corps in 1997 due to a debt estimated at 150000 to 160000 dollars. The unit may return in 1998 while bingo operations continue and the Tournament of Drums is planned for 1997.
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Corps
Second Ave
Tournament of Drums
Corps Board of Directors
Thibodeaux
Emerald Knights
Ately
Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation
Nite Express
Drum Corps International
Orlando
Fla
Grant Wood
Iowa
Clinton
FCC approves high definition television rollout in major markets
The FCC clears a plan to deliver movie quality signals with sharper pictures and digital sound. The rollout could begin in 1998 in top markets like New York Los Angeles Chicago with broadcasters using two nets during a transition. Prices for new digital sets may exceed existing models by about one thousand to fifteen hundred dollars.
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Washington
York
Los Angeles
Chicago
Federal Communications Mission
America
FCC
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