Five hurt in Toddville head on collision
Five people were injured in a head on crash south of Toddville around 10 a.m. Tuesday. David Andrews of Toddville and Timothy Gunderson of 112 Fourth St NW. passengers Shannon Gosgriff Kristy Gilligan and Holly Achey, all of Cedar Rapids area, were hospitalized at Mercy Medical Center. Gunderson charged with failure to have control.
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Toddville
Linn County
Second Ave. Sec
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
Gosgriff
Andrews
Mercy
Gunderson
Delaware County approves 1 percent local option tax in several towns
In Tuesday's election four more Delaware County towns and unincorporated areas join seven communities that adopted the 1 percent local option tax in August. Hopkinton Ryan Dundee Dyersville and the county's unincorporated areas voted yes while Edgewood rejected the measure 35 to 37.
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Delaware County
Manchester
Masonville
Colesburg
Delaware
Delhi
Earlville
Greeley
Hopkinton
Ryan
Dundee
Dyersville
Dubuque County
Edgewood
Belle Plaine man pleads guilty to kidnapping and burglary
Matthew Moran 29 pleads guilty to second and third degree kidnapping and first degree burglary in Tama and Benton counties. He faces concurrent prison terms up to 50 years and will be sentenced March 9. Authorities say he entered a Belle Plaine residence on November 21, forced three victims into a car at gunpoint, and took them to a rural Chelsea residence where the woman was sexually abused.
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Belle Plaine
Matthew Moran
Tama
Benton
Moran
Chelsea
Marion Wacky Winter Olympics Set for Saturday
About 20 Marion-area business teams compete at 10 a.m. in the fourth annual Wacky Winter Olympics at Marion Square Park. Sponsored by the Marion Chamber of Commerce small business committee prizes awarded in unusual outdoor events. Call 377-6316 for information.
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Marion-area
Marion Square Park
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Call
Cedar Rapids Council OKs four-agency HR consolidation plan
Cedar Rapids plans to merge four agencies into a single Human Resources Department saving the city an estimated $100,000 annually. The plan, backed by the council, faces salary-setting questions for key posts as other reorganizations await approval.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
Hurley Bassett
J.D. Smith
Russian professor makes the most of a nine month stay in the United States
Shavkat Kary-Niyazov, a Moscow State University mathematics instructor teaching at Kirkwood Community College, travels with his wife Katya and children across the United States. They log thousands of miles in a borrowed 1979 Ford LTD while absorbing culture and visiting cities, festivals, and landmarks. The family has toured Chicago Des Moines Amana Iowa City Cedar Rapids the Grand Canyon Yellowstone Florida and more, spending about $2,000 on trips and stretching his teaching salary.
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Tom Fruehling
Kary Niyazov
Yale University
Kirkwood
Chicago
Des Moines
Iowa
Vinton
Amana
Iowa Capitol
Sears Tower
Coralville
Science Station
Oklahoma
Florida
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Moscow State University
Kary-Niyazov
Shavkat Kary-Niyazov
Kirkwood Community College
United States
Ford Ltd
Katya
Timur
Dinara
Cedar Rapids
Kary-Niyazovs
Sillick trial moves toward jurors in Linn County
Closing arguments end and jury deliberations begin in the Linn County District Court first degree murder trial of Brian Sillick. Prosecutors say Sillick understood right and wrong while defense argues cocaine induced psychosis eliminated intent.
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Douglas Neumann
Brian Sillick
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Sillick
Tammi Wilson
Houston St. NE
Leonard Welsh
Welsh
Curtis Fredrickson
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Fredrickson
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Barker murder trial moved venue to Scott County
Scott County jurors will try 15 year old Robert Barker for the Sept 25 Cedar County shootings that killed William Isabel 49 and Brett Wood 27 on Isabel land near Atalissa. Judge Bobbi Alpers granted the change of venue to Davenport in Scott County with Barker held on 600000 dollar bond.
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Jazette Stall
Scott County
Robert Barker
Cedar County
Bobbi Alpers
Davenport
Barker
William Isabel
Brett Wood
Isabel
Atalissa
New Liberty
Lee Beine
Brad Norton
Lowdon
Polk County
Suit filed over alleged past sexual abuse by former Marion administrator
A Marion man known as John Doe sues in District Court for unspecified damages alleging sexual abuse by Gerald Edwards, a former Marion school administrator now in Wisconsin. The Marion Independent School District and Hawkeye Area Council, Boy Scouts of America, are named as defendants, with abuse on school and Scout property alleged from 1967 or 1968 to 1987.
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Dick Hogan
Marion
John Doe
Gerald Edwards
Richland Center
Wis
Doe
Marion Independent School District
Hawkeye
Gants
Matt Novak
Novak
Linda Robbins
Irvine & Robbins Law Firm
Cedar Rapids
Scout
Les Marquart
Marquart
Edwards
Doc
Wisconsin
Boy Scouts
Michael Irvine
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Eavery
David Grinde
Paul Perry
Dan Rogers
van Zimmer
Polk
By Dave Gosch
Alpers
Norton
J.E. Tobey III
Scott
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