St Luke’s Hospital false ethylene oxide leak alarm
St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids evacuated its basement after detection equipment signaled an ethylene oxide leak near 8:30 p.m. The fire department haz mat unit and hospital decontamination team spent two hours surveying the area and found no leak.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Laurie Raney
St. Luke’s
Cedar Rapids
RAGBRAI Yes to Coralville Marengo Overnight Stops
Coralville and Marengo will host overnight riders on the RAGBRAI route from July 23 to 29 ending in Muscatine. Marengo is an overnight stop for the first time on July 27, while Coralville hosted riders in 1995 and 2001 on July 28. The Des Moines Register announced the host sites.
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Marengo
Des Moines Register
Muscatine
Gold warms to memory in Iowa as record January looms
State Climatologist Harry Hillaker weighs Iowa's January readings from 130 sites including Cedar Rapids and Des Moines airports. Early trends show the month near the top warmest on record with the warmest since 1990, as average daily temperatures run well above normal.
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Iowa
Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Harry Hillaker
National Weather Service
Hillaker
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Iowa City
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January Warm Spell Sets Iowa Records at Airports and Cities
A January of unusual warmth across Iowa topped records in places like the airport starting 1953 with 31.1 degrees and Onawa at 65, while Waterloo logged a frigid minus 1 and Estherville stayed below 40. Cedar Rapids peaked at 53 and Iowa City reached 56 with lows in the teens.
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the Gazette
Steve Duke
Cedar Rapids
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Iowa City
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Hillaker
Estherville
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Onawa
Palo couple jailed for animal neglect and farm limits
Olin and Wendy Andrews of Palo were sentenced to 10 days in jail and probation with limits on their livestock after dozens of animals including more than 60 horses were seized from their farm on March 2. Judge Robert Sosalla said the neglect was clear though done with good intentions and expressed no remorse.
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the Gazette Olin
Wendy Andrews
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The
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Cedar Rapids
Olin Andrews
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Linn County
Robert Sosalla
Andrewses
Sosalla
Angie Wilson
UI leaders push for input in next UI president search
University of Iowa community leaders press for a faculty driven search process for the next UI president as the Regents consider leading the search. The Friday meeting seeks to strengthen campus roles with a committee to be chaired by a faculty member and include faculty staff and students. Skorton leaves for Cornell. Regents plan discussion in Ames.
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Iowa City University of Iowa
Regents
Richard le Blond
David Shorton
Skorton
Cornell University
Lone Memorial Union
Illinois Room
Ames
University of Northern Iowa
Robert Koob
Michael Gartner
Des Moines
UNI
Mark Kresowik
Gartner
Kresowik
Gen X couple leaves Colorado for small town life in Olin
Kendra and Jay Dixson, both 33, move with two children from Fort Collins to Olin Colorado. They seek a cheaper, laid back life with strong community ties, telecommute for Hewlett Packard and run a diverse background of work in Colorado. RAMBLIN', PAGE 8B.
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the Gazette
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