Cedar Rapids approves Home Depot at Target site
The Cedar Rapids City Council unanimously approved zoning changes allowing Home Depot to redevelop the 4501 First Ave. SE site after Target relocates to Su perTarget on Blairs Ferry Road NE by May. The new 96,000 square foot store includes an 18,700 square foot garden center and is slated to open January 2003, with 160 to 180 jobs created. Neighbors protested potential hill cutting. city requirements include retaining wall berm fence and trees to reduce noise.
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Hiker killed in the Philippines to be buried in Grinnell
Services set for Brian T. Smith 41 killed near Mount Pinatubo by gunmen believed to be communist guerrillas. Sigfied Whitman injured while hiking with Smith January 30. Smith, a former Grinnell resident, lived in Sitka Alaska and taught English in Asia. Graveside rites at Hazelwood Cemetery Grinnell at 10 a.m. Wednesday. visitation 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at Smith Funeral Home.
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Ex Easter Seals leader charged with theft in Iowa
Martha Wittkowski 44 of Pleasantville former president of the Iowa Easter Seals chapter was charged with five counts of first degree theft. Audit found over 230000 missing from the capital campaign leading to her dismissal January 7. She is held in Polk County Jail with 65000 bond per count.
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Pleasantville
Wittkowski
Polk County
Driver escapes chase in Cedar Rapids crash
A driver, James A. Miller 28 of West Des Moines, led police in a brief Cedar Rapids chase ending in a collision with James Floyd 27 of Garrison. Miller, in serious condition, fled a Des Moines halfway house after a work-release term for first-degree theft. Floyd was in fair condition.
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St. Luke’s
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Department of Corrections
Fred Scaletta
Scaletta
Mian pleads not guilty in attorney stabbing case
Cedar Rapids Robert Northrup 60 pleaded not guilty in a written arraignment for willful injury and carrying weapons after stabbing Linn County Assistant Attorney Harold Denton in the courthouse on January 18. Denton was attacked on the stairs between the second and third floors. Northrup remains jailed.
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Iowa meth convictions rise 20 percent in Northern District
U S attorney Charles W Larson said the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force logged 123 major drug trafficking convictions in the Northern District of Iowa for the year ending Sept 30 2001, up 20 percent from the prior year. Nebraska was second with 111.
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Iowa
U.S
Charles W. Larson
Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force
Tampa tanker commander indicted in crewman's death
Master Gilbert C. Thurston of the S S Trinity owned by Sabine Transportation was indicted for misconduct negligence and inattention relating to the May 18 2000 death of pumpman Frederic Albert Cambra Jr during tank cleaning. The case cites dangerous gas exposure and failure to ensure safety measures before crew entry. If convicted Thurston faces up to 10 years and a 250000 dollar fine.
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Milestones Birth Announcements in Sunday's Gazette
New parents invited to share a newborn photograph and birth announcement in the Milestones section of the Gazette on Sunday. For details call 368-8873 or 1-800-397-8212.
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