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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1998
Page
7
In Black Hawk County early Sunday one person was arrested and another treated for pellet wounds after a standoff at 840 Central Ave Evansdale. Roger Becker 45 was arrested by the Black Hawk County Tactical Unit at 6 31 am and faced multiple charges with bond set at 102000.
Eastern Iowa escaped heavy weather while Cedar Rapids logged 21 inches of rain at the airport and a snow dusting. Humboldt County saw 5 inches, with 2 to 4 inches elsewhere in north central Iowa. Patchy fog and 15 to 25 mph winds affected travel. No major ice threats. slick spots possible where water pooled. A two-vehicle crash near Dunkerton sent two people to hospital.
The Clayton County Board of Supervisors accepted a low bid of 15292 dollars from Metal Culverts of Jefferson City Missouri for metal maintenance pipe to be used by the county Secondary Roads Department.
Albert Monroe Efner former editor and publisher of the Ottumwa Courier died Saturday at 91 Efner began in newspapers as a Linotype operator at the Fairfield Ledger and joined the Ottumwa paper in 1928 rising to editor and publisher He retired in 1971
Two 16 year old boys from Alburnett were charged with criminal mischief after allegedly smashing rural mailboxes with a baseball bat in the 2200 block of Paris Road near Central City. They reported being chased by a man and were released to their parents. Names were not released.
Allan Mallie, Linn County Pork Producers president, opened a $200000 hog confinement in 1996 with an Oklahoma-sourced sow unit via Clarence Co-op. The automated, closed building cuts labor, speeds growth, and reduces manure impact, while a 1 mile radius notice keeps neighbors informed.
A schedule of key U S economic releases and meetings from Monday to Friday. The Commerce Department will report December personal income and new home sales, plus December construction spending and January leading indicators. The Federal Reserve begins a two day FOMC meeting with release of consumer credit for December.
Jon Read, a former Kenwood Elementary physical education teacher, now owns Read Photography at 1800 42nd St NE Cedar Rapids. He built the studio with his father, operates with 14 staff, photographs seniors to grandchildren, and has won multiple state and national awards while serving on the Professional Photographers of Iowa board.
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