Winter storm brings heavy snow across region
A National Weather Service advisory extends into Tuesday morning with a winter storm watch for areas north of I 80 and east of I 35. Freezing rain this morning will switch to heavy wet snow this afternoon and continue into Tuesday. Snow totals reach 4 to 8 inches, with locally higher amounts as temperatures stay in the low 20s and single digits, then warm to mid 30s by the weekend.
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Health care forum weighs UK lessons for Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette forum on health care coverage rescheduled to 7 p.m. at Beems Auditorium Cedar Rapids Public Library. Ted Townsend St Luke s Hospital CEO will discuss UK health system insights from a recent trip with panelists Darlene Schmidt Dr Timothy Kresowik and Tom Erceg. Don Nickerson named U S Attorney for Southern District of Iowa in 1994 by Clinton.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
United Kingdom
Darlene Schmidt
Community Health Free Clinic
Cedar Rapids
Timothy Kresowik
University of Iowa
Don Nickerson
Des Moines
Iowa
U.S
Southern District of
Bill Clinton
Pianist Weiler accompanies life at Cedar Rapids Marriott
Joy Weiler, a long time pianist at the Cedar Rapids Marriott, performs popular tunes from Sinatra to Elton John on a black Kawai grand in the hotel lobby. She describes a steady stream of passersby enjoying her background melodies in a bustling setting.
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Meredith Hines-Dochterman
Gazette Edar Rapids
Joy Weiler
Sinatra
Weiler
Barry Manilow
Elton John
Billy Joel
George Gershwin
Cedar Rapids Marriott
Collins Rd
Marriott
Cedar Rapids
Joy Weiler a Cedar Rapids pianist lauded as hotel music staple
Joy Weiler a longtime piano player at the Cedar Rapids Marriott is praised for blending background music into hotel life. A musician since sixth grade she began on a Hammond B 3 organ and served as show organist for the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo for 23 years.
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Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
Joy Weiler
Cedar Rapids
Weiler
National Dairy Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Midwest
Arthur Godfrey
Ken Curtis
Iowa author Michelle Edwards turns rejection into book deal
Iowa City author and illustrator Michelle Edwards, 53, celebrates Cricket magazine passing on her trial piece The Gravel Road Gang and plans a book from the story. Her prior works Chicken Man and Stinky Stern Forever earned major awards and wide classroom use, with Chicken Man selling over 50 000 copies.
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Iowa City
Michelle Edwards
Spider Magazine
Cricket Magazine
Michelle
Cricket
Stinky Stern
Center For Children’s Books
West Branch
Stinky Stern Forever
Upstate
New York
Iowa
Extreme Makeover home for Shawn Kibe family built in 2006
The Extreme Makeover team completed a house for Shawn Kibe Amy Kibe and their three sons in 2006 marking a high profile local construction project.
Makeover wins new rural home for Kibe family in Gladbrook
Steve Gravelle reports the Kibe family in rural Gladbrook received a 3,410 square foot home built by 2,000 volunteers for Extreme Makeover while enjoying a Caribbean vacation. Shawn Kibe shares the move from Waterloo to farming life, noting the family bonds and current farming costs amid rising corn prices.
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the Gazette
Kibe
Gladbrook
Shawn Kibe
Kibes
Hubbell Homes
Des Moines
Shawn
Amy
Kody
Blake
Christian
Country Living
Waterloo
Community Rebuilds Home After Tama County Fire
Shawn Kibe Amy Kibe and three sons lost their rural Tama County home near Gladbrook to an electrical fire around Christmas 2005. Ty Pennington of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition arrived, and seven weeks later the family received a new home. Hundreds attended the official unveiling in September 2006 as the show aired a month later.
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Shawn
Amy Kibe
Tama County
Gladbrook
Ty Pennington
ABC
Newstrack Focuses on Local Newsmakers This Monday
The Gazette continues its weekly Newstrack series highlighting local newsmakers and events. The feature appears every Monday and invites readers to contact the newsroom with tips or updates.
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