Iowa City Woman Targets in Early Morning Car Assault
An Iowa City woman reports being grabbed and sexually assaulted by a Hispanic man in his 40s after being pulled into a dark two door Monte Carlo or Cutlass Supreme around 2 am on Hollywood Boulevard. Two other men were in the car. she was treated at Mercy Iowa City and released. Call (319) 356-5275 with information.
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Iowa City
Hollywood Boulevard
Lakeside Manor
Mercy Iowa City
Police
Robber Strikes Countree Store Twice in Crawfordsville
A man robbed the Countree store in Crawfordsville at about 6 30 p m Saturday, displaying a gun and taking unknown cash. The same store was robbed three weeks earlier on January 4 at about 6 30 p m with a gun. The suspect wore a blue ski mask, blue sweat shirt and blue jeans.
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Countree
Crawfordsville
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff's Department
Marion school board reviews bids on bonds for construction
The Marion Independent school board meets at 7 p.m. to review bids for 2.425 million dollars in bonds funding a 7.97 million construction program. Proceeds will fund additions and improvements at Starry, Washington, and Marion High, with smaller projects at Emerson and Vernon. A public hearing on the 1998-99 start date, aiming for August 24, is also on the agenda.
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Starry
Washington
Marion High School
Emerson
Vernon
S. 15Th St
Marion
Cedar Rapids Board Meets for Midyear Report and Recognitions
Cedar Rapids administrators will present a midyear report at a 4 30 p m work session and a 7 30 p m regular meeting at the Educational Service Center boardroom. Lynda Black will be named National Elementary Art Educator of the Year. Becky DeWald and students will receive Barn Route 13 a watercolor gifted by Joe Messner in 1977. A Martin Luther King Jr video from Washington High School will be shown.
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Cedar Rapids
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Lynda Black
Taylor
Pierce
Becky DeWald
Joe Messner
Virginia Ringland
Jon
Craig
Washington High School
El Torito taco shop owner lives dream of independence
Adalberto Solis, 34, left IBP and Swift & Co. plants to open El Torito in downtown West Liberty on Oct. 15. He credits festival exposure and a friend for lessons, saved startup costs, and a taco focused menu with homemade salsas and from scratch prep seven days a week.
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Solis
Rigoberto Garcia
Garcia
Columbus Junction
IBP
Crawfordsville
Marshalltown
Swift Packing
Adalberto Solis
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Muscatine
School panel weighs keeping Louise Fitzhugh novel Sport
A Cedar Rapids school committee panel recommends keeping Sport by Louise Fitzhugh on elementary library shelves despite objections from Mike and Donna Weaver who found the opening pages harsh and profane. Parents opposed to instruction can request alternatives or withdrawal, while the panel also suggested warnings for The Fear Place and considered other book challenges.
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Mike Weaver
Lew Finch
Sue Reider
Karen Tousey
Sport
Carmen Adams
Milo Rigaud
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Major economic events lined up for coming week
A busy week features December existing home sales by NAR at 9 a.m. Monday, a Treasury bill auction at 1 p.m., and Q4 employment cost index at 7:30 a.m. The Conference Board releases consumer confidence at 9 a.m. Monday, followed by two year notes auction at 1 p.m. Wednesday brings December durable goods at 7:30 a.m. and five year notes at 1 p.m. Local business groups host meetings with speakers Judy Fitzgibbons and Fire Chief Brad Gorman.
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National Association of Realtors
Treasury
Labor Department
The
Conference Board
New York
Commerce Department
Cedar Rapids
American Business Women's Association
Shoney's
Blairs Ferry Rd
Judy Fitzgibbons
St. Luke’s Nutrition Center
Cedar Rapids Executive Association
Ashley's
Towne Center
Joseph
Brad’’ Gorman
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Senate
Freddie Mac
Mountains shape Iowa Interstate president Doug Christy
Iowa City based Iowa Interstate Railroad president Doug Christy, 42, says mountains give perspective and a desire to teach. He left CSX after 20 years to lead 180 employees across 600 miles of track from Chicago to Omaha, seeking a meaningful daily impact and outdoor balance.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Doug Christy
Iowa Interstate Railroad
Cascade Mountains
Washington
Christy
Aliceann
Iowa Interstate
CSX
Chicago
Yreah
Penn State University
Conrail
Pennsylvania
Iowa
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