Grinnell Woman Killed In Poweshiek County Crash
Margaret Phelp, 69, of Grinnell died after her northbound car on Highway 146 near Grinnell collided with a vehicle driven by 20 year old Denny Ray Beal of Newton who failed to stop at a stop sign. Beal was treated and released.
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Grinnell
Poweshiek County
State Patrol
Margaret Phelp
Highway 146
Denny Ray Beal
Newton
Beal
Phelp
Grinnell Hospital
Water pipe bursts flooding Brandywyne Apartments
Cold weather likely caused a water pipe to burst at Brandywyne Apartments in Cedar Rapids. A 12:54 p.m. pipe failure flooded two lower-level units. crews shut the line and removed water by 1:30 p.m. No injuries were reported.
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Brandywyne Apartments
12Th Ave
Wayne Reuter
Cedar Rapids
Wehner named construction adviser for Iowa City schools
The Iowa City school board will consider hiring Roland C. Wehner as construction adviser to the district. The Wehner firm would review documents change orders and shop drawings and conduct site visits as a per diem consultant. The Irving Weber Elementary project remains under district oversight.
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Iowa City School Board
Roland C. Wehner
Wehner
Iowa City
Wehner, Pattschull and Pfiffner
Irving Weber
Jerry Palmer
Cedar Falls UNI to partially open RO TH residence hall campus
The University of Northern Iowa will partially open Residence on the Hill RO TH during the spring semester. Five connected buildings form the complex with one apartment block and one suite building gradually accepting students while the common building also opens. Full occupancy is planned by fall.
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State Board of Regents University System
University of Northern Iowa
ROTH
Toledo 2 robbery suspects arrested
The Tama County Sheriff's Department arrested two men, Jared Alvin Kupka of Toledo and William Wright McKinley of Traer, on Sunday morning and charged them with third degree burglary for allegedly stealing automotive parts from Ira Sojka on December 11. They are to appear in Tama County Court this morning.
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Tama County
Cruising Alaska Inside Passage film at Effigy Mounds
A film detailing Alaska's Inside Passage will screen at Effigy Mounds National Monument as part of the Winter Film Festival. Showings are 11 am to 4 pm Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm Sunday January 16, and 1 pm Monday January 17. The event accompanies a ranger hike at 1 pm and highlights Ketchikan Sitka Glacier Bay.
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Alaska
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Inside Passage
Ketchikan
Sitka National Historic Park
Mist Fjords
Glacier Bay National Park
Allamakee County
Monument
Marquette
Highway 76
Longhorn cattle find a home in Scotch Grove Iowa
Bill McDonough and David Flannagan keep five Texas Longhorns near Scotch Grove and promote the breed among Iowa farmers. They note calm behavior, easy calving, and premium prices, with local interest from neighbors and the Iowa Texas Longhorn Association.
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Texas
Marlene Lucas
Cotch Grove
Scotch Grove
Bill McDonough
McDonough Real Estate
Jones County
David Flannagan
Monticello
David
Longview Fiber
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Bill
Marvin Waterhouse
Manchester
Waterhouse
Debbie O’meara
J&r Farms
North English
Gazette
McDonough
Martin Luther King Jr Jubilee Day remembered in Cedar Rapids
About 150 people attended the Fourth Annual Martin Luther King Jr NAACP Jubilee Day Celebration at Shekinah Glory Missionary Baptist Church Cedar Rapids featuring choirs and a video of I Have A Dream Judge James Levi Jr received the King Award for his embrace of King s teachings Cedar Rapids NAACP leader James Lewis and guest speaker Gary Lawson emphasized King as a modern civil rights symbol and a call to daily remembrance and leadership Tapping on the torch left by King attendees urged ongoing progress and community guidance.
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Darain Metzwanzette
Martin Luther King Jr
NAACP
Shekinah Glory Missionary Baptist Church
10Th St. SE
Cedar Rapids
King
Thomas Levi Jr
James Lewis
The
Times
Gary Lawson
Iowa Commission On the Status of
Lawson
Gies
Lewis
Cedar Rapids Naacp
Linda Topinka
Dr. King
Iowa
Commission On the Status of
Martin Luther King
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