Arson Blazes Strain West Branch Fire Response
West Branch residents blame arson for a spate of field and brush fires that have prompted a state wide open burning ban in Muscatine County. Firefighters struggled against sub freezing temperatures as Cedar County reports exceed 300 acres burned and sheriffs investigate alongside the State Fire Marshal.
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Gazette West Branch
West Branch
Craig Jeffries
Jeffries
Alyssa Pagels
Pagels
Dick Stoolman
Muscatine
Cedar County
Muscatine County
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Court rules city workers immune in helicopter crash case
Iowa Supreme Court on Thursday ruled three Cedar Rapids city employees are immune from Lynch's negligence suit arising from a June 1997 police helicopter crash that injured him. The ruling extends immunity due to disability and pension benefits under Iowa law.
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Gazette Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Kevin Lynch
Lynch
John Saddler
Joseph Cerrato
Alan Gross
Linn County
Iowa
Michael Streit
Supreme Court
Aviation Department
Rabies death in Cedar Rapids linked to bat bite, CDC says
The CDC reports a fatal rabies case in Cedar Rapids, Ronald Buckley, 20, likely contracted from a bat bite three to eight weeks prior. Buckley had no recollection of a bite and no bat infestation was found at his home. the affected bat species is native to Linn County.
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Cedar Rapids
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Buckley
24Th St. NE
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Iowa Public Health Department
Lil
St. Luke's
Teale
Linn County
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