Belle Plaine fire death ruled self immolation by resident
State investigators say 68 year old Claire M Allee started the January 24 house fire at 610 Seventh Ave Belle Plaine as a planned death by action. Wauters 89 who owned the home escaped unharmed while Alice Wauters in failing health used a wheelchair.
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Claire M. Allee
Allee
Alice Wauters
Seventh Ave
George Howe
Belle Plaine
Alice
Wauters
Three men charged in hammer attack in Cedar Rapids
Ralph Johnson 26 Shawn Johnson 29 and Tim M Brown 18 were charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after attacking a 29 year old Chicago man in an alley between Second and Third Avenues SE. The victim was struck from behind with a hammer and cash was taken. All three remain in Linn County Jail in 3000 bail each.
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Ralph Johnson
D Ave
Shawn Johnson
F Ave
Tim M. Brown
B Ave. NE
Second
Third Avenues SE
Chicago
Linn
Marion registered offender turns self in
David Dempster a 45 year old sex offender listed at 481 Ida Dr Marion turned himself in to police Monday two days after a raid that netted six arrests for misdemeanor drug or paraphernalia charges and disorderly house. He was charged with keeping a disorderly house and released after a court appearance. Dempster was previously convicted in 1992 of third degree sexual abuse.
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Marion
David Dempster
Ida Dr
Steve Glenn
Dempster
Glenn
Linn County
No Huisentruit link seen in Blom interview
Police said convicted sex offender Donald Blom is not a viable suspect in the 1995 disappearance of Iowa anchor Jodi Huisentruit. Mason City investigators talked with Blom at Carlton County Jail in Minnesota and found no current link to the case.
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Donald Blom
Kathryn
Katie” Poirier
Iowa
Jodi Huisentruit
Mason City
Huisentruit
Blom
Carlton County
Minnesota
Mike Halverson
Ice arena dream becomes Cedar Rapids reality for Melissa Erbes
In 1988 Melissa Erbes named among 25 winners in The Gazette public service contest 25 Ways to Improve Cedar Rapids. Her idea for an indoor ice rink helped spark the Cedar Rapids Ice Arena opening and the city gains a USHL team the RoughRiders.
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Melissa
Cedar Rapids
RoughRiders
Silver Bullets
Armstrong's
Linn-Mar High School
University of Iowa
Taryn
Dorian
Hamilton College
Melissa Erbes
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids group withdraws new bank charter plan
A Cedar Rapids group withdrew its state charter application for a proposed new bank after road blocks and higher capital requirements. The effort followed the Carlisle bank closure and FDIC seizure on January 14. Investors had funds in Hartford Carlisle Savings Bank, which FDIC closed the next day.
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Cedar Rapids
Carlisle Bank
Iowa
Dirk Thierer
FDIC
Citizens Bank
Spectrum Bancorp of
Omaha
Neb
Teacher crafts bone flutes in Decorah history class
In Decorah Iowa Per Olin a Swedish archaeologist and instructor leads a Scandinavian handcraft class at Luther College and Vesterheim Museum showing students how to make bone flutes from emu bones and other tibias He emphasizes living history over preservation alone and notes bone flutes have global reach and simple construction.
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James Q. Lynch
Iowa
Bureau
Decorah
Per Olin
Olin
Luther College
Vesterheim
Tibet
Nepal
Harley Ressal
Luther
Derek Finholt
San Antonio
Molester pledges no harm if he's released
Alvin Hummel, a thrice convicted sex offender, testified in Johnson County District Court that he would do all in his power to avoid harming children. The state seeks civil commitment to a sex offender program at Oakdale. a jury is to decide if he is a sexually violent predator and should be committed. Judge David Good presides as evidence resumes after opening statements.
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Iowa City
Alvin Hummel
Johnson County
Hummel
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
David Good
Iowa
Virginia Barchman
Barchman
Christopher Cooklin
Des Moines
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