Extreme Cold Across Eastern Iowa Brings Slips and Frostbite
Frigid conditions and plummeting wind chills kept residents indoors Friday after Thursday snow. Cars refused to start, doors froze shut, and water pipes broke. Ten people treated at St Luke’s Cedar Rapids. similar injuries at Mercy Cedar Rapids and University Iowa City. One frostbite case at Mercy, one heart attack in Muscatine County. Cedar Rapids highs around 1 degree, lows minus 10, wind chills minus 65. Warmup expected to 11 with near zero overnight.
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Jeremy Olson
Gazette News
Iowa
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Kathy McFarland
Mercy Medical Center
University Hospitals
Iowa City
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Muscatine County
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Iowans Roar As Nation Freezes With Arctic Talk
Gazette highlights Iowa’s winter pride as readers compare cold snaps across the country. Barrow Alaska officials note extreme wind chills and a historic alcohol ban amid brutal conditions.
City plans mixed use for last Iowa City lot
City planners back a mixed use approach for the 37 000 square foot downtown site near the Holiday Inn and Pedestrian Mall. CenterSpace originally priced at 16 1 2 million could be adapted to include retail and public space with council direction due within a month.
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Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Karin Franklin
City Planning and Development
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Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce
John Beckord
Chamber
Beckord
Radio Host Anthony Weller’s Vasectomy On Air Canceled
A Low a City radio personality Anthony Weller had his on air vasectomy canceled. Details on 1B.
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Lowa City
Anthony Weller
Prairieburg ballroom owner ponders rebuild after fire
One year after the Prairieburg ballroom burned, the land’s new owner contemplates a reconstruction. The owner weighs options for the site and potential plans for the former venue.
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Mount Vernon Considers Mellon University Campus by Will
Mount Vernon may host a second college as Frederic Will plans a small on line campus for Mellon University connected to the Edwin Mellen Press. The project targets about 100 international students with offices in Grand Turk and aims for U S accreditation under a British license.
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Lonnie Zingula
U.S
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Chicago
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Will
Mel
Len
Caribbean
Grand Turk
Mellen University
Edwin Mellen Press
Turks and Caicos Islands
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Palestinian elections loom as violence flares in West Bank
In the final hours before the vote Palestinians mourn Hamas gunmen killed at an army roadblock near Jenin. Three militants died and a soldier was wounded as Israel seals the West Bank and Gaza to protect polling. Arafat praised the election as a milestone and Hamas urged a turnout under 50 percent measured against 1,013,235 registered voters.
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EL Bireh
West Bank
Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Israel
Autonomy Council
Palestinian Authority
Samiha Khalil
Jalameh
Hamas
Carter
Gaza Strip
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