Rabies risk looms as dog hunt unfolds at Hy-Vee Iowa City
A Hy-Vee employee faces possible rabies shots after a dog on a leash bit him while loading a delivery van at the First Avenue store. The dog, described as small and long haired possibly a Shetland sheepdog, remains at large with a caller urged to provide information to 338-9758. Meanwhile Ziyi Dai, a 29-year-old ISU graduate student, is charged with willful injury after stabbing his wife Cao Dai in a Black Engineering Building hallway. The victim was treated and released, and the knife was recovered. Dai is jailed on a 60,000 cash bond.
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Iowa State University
Ziyi Dai
Cao Dai
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Dai
China
United States
Story County
Salvation Army Red Kettle Drive Exceeds Goals in Des Moines
The Salvation Army reports $220,000 raised in Des Moines during this year’s red kettle campaign, more than double last year’s $103,000. After years of shortfalls the charity nears its 2001 fundraising target, with city coordinator Nelson De La Vergne noting higher giving as the economy remained weak.
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Salvation Army
Des Moines
Nelson de la Vergne
New London Woman's 15-Year Prison Sentence Suspended
Judge suspends a 15 year term for Jennifer Lynn Brown 24 convicted of vehicular homicide and serious injury by vehicle. Brown killed Phillip Bigger of Oquawkwa Illinois and seriously injured his wife Pauline in a June 1999 car crash near New London Illinois.
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New London
Illinois
Jennifer Lynn Brown
Phillip Bigger
Oquawkwa
Pauline
Cedar Rapids historian ranks Sept 11 impact above local races
Cedar Rapids historian Jon Davis says Eastern Iowa readers view Sept 11 as the defining national event, more significant than a local sales tax referendum or mayoral race. He notes the attacks will shape history, airport security, and school awareness, while local ballot items fade with time.
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James Q. Lynch
Azette
Iowa
New York
Washington
Cedar Rapids
Jon Davis
Davis
History Center
Year 2001 Top Iowa News Highlights
Readers and staff at the newsroom shared a list of top stories from 2001. Key items include Sept 11 impact on Eastern Iowans, a fatal Old Capitol House fire, political races in Cedar Rapids, a survivor trapped five days in a wreck, stock and corporate changes at McLeod USA, a murder case involving baby Chelsea and Nicole Plum, state budget cuts, a murder conviction in Iowa City, a Cedar Rapids arrest, and census data showing an aging and more diverse Iowa with redrawn districts. Lindsay Thomas of West Union lost portions of both legs after five days trapped in her wrecked car in April.
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Newsroom
Jonathan Memmer
Iowa City
Youssef Hmimssa
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lindsay Thomas
West Union
Thomas
North Fayette High School
Mason City
Top Eastern Iowans stories of 2001 dominated by 9-11 response
Gazette readers voted the September 11 attacks as the top 2001 story in Eastern Iowa. The year featured Cedar Rapids mayoral change, Lindsay Thomas surviving five days in a wreck, and ongoing war impact. The compilation notes patriotism, relief efforts, and local political shifts.
Reader pursues prosthetics degree at North Seattle CC
The reader attends North Seattle Community College and aims for a prosthetics and orthotics degree. McLeod USA, with about 1,400 workers in Cedar Rapids, faced a stock drop from over $22 to 27 cents a share and undertook job cuts, a stock split plan, and sale of its dial-up unit to shore up finances.
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McLeod USA
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
McLeodusa
Forstmann Little & Co
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