Woman dies in Cedar Rapids house fire
A woman in her fifties died after a Sunday afternoon house fire at 363 26th Ave SW in Cedar Rapids. Firefighters pulled her outside for CPR but she did not survive. The fire primarily damaged the living room and caused smoke throughout the home. The cause remains under investigation with initial signs pointing to no common factors with other weekend fires. The house abuts Asbury United Methodist Church and was owned by the church foundation. Red Cross and Salvation Army assisted on scene.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
26Th Ave
Fire Department
Greg Buelow
Marion Jones
Jones
Buelow
Asbury United Methodist Church
American Red Cross
Salvation Army
George Bockenstedt
Charles and
Jacqueline Schmidt
Elder Lane
Schmidts
Eighth St
Chris Pyle
Pyle
Steve.gravelle
Gazcomm.com
Jonathan D. Woods
the Gazette
Birthday party ends with arrest in Iowa City
Austin J. Schmidt 20 hosted a birthday party at 14 N Johnson St when police found four kegs and $303. He faces bootlegging and keeping a disorderly house charges after a false stabbing report led officers to arrest him around 1 a.m. The incident involved about 50 guests and supplied cups at $5 each.
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Carla Keppler
Gazette
Iowa City
Austin J. Schmidt
N. Johnson St
Schmidt
Hiawatha Upgrades Emergency CPR Devices for Ambulances
HIAWATHA Iowa The city ambulance service will acquire two battery powered CPR devices one for each ambulance The council approved paying 28678 for the equipment which provides consistent uninterrupted chest compressions The devices include a back board head restraint and a cross chest strap to aid compressions Chief Nesslinge notes that hard fast pumping is essential but risky in moving ambulances with unrestrained paramedics The St Luke s helicopter already uses a similar device and a few Iowa towns have units Hiawatha s 50 member volunteer fire department has 10 paramedics and handles eight to twelve CPR calls annually
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Iowa
Hiawatha
Mike Nesslnge
Nesslnge
St. Luke’s
West Des
Friendship first step in helping teen problems
Rich Van Pelt from Compassion International spoke to about 40 teens at First United Methodist Church in North Liberty about being a good friend. He urged unconditional love, recognizing limits, and speaking up to prevent harm from drugs and danger.
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Carla Keppler
Gazette
North Liberty
Rich van Pelt
Pelt
Denver
First United Methodist Church
van Pelt
Compassion International
Alison Doak
Nick Hilmer
Cedar Rapids Board to hear on new curriculum and budget
Cedar Rapids school board will receive a progress report on an elementary social emotional behavior based curriculum. They will also hold a public hearing on Kennedy High asbestos removal and consider requesting 1.65 million in modified allowable growth for next year amid flood related losses. The meeting starts at 5 p.m. in the ESC Kingston modular room 305.
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Kristina Andino
Cedar Rapids
Kennedy High
Modular
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