Fireworks Impress Crowd At Freedom Festival Finale
The Freedom Festival ended with a spectacular fireworks show despite two heavy rain bursts. Executive director Nancy Hedges Wendler praised the display as fabulous and noted a full crowd on May's Island, with contingency plans guiding attendees to sheltered areas and parking ramps.
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Nancy Hedges Wendler
May’s
Wendler
Iowa City man seeks probation with Hope House condition
Adam Musser, 24, convicted in four trials of four counts of criminal transmission of HIV, seeks reduced sentences. In motions filed last week he asks the court place him on probation with Hope House in Coralville as a specific condition of supervision.
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Iowa City
Adam Musser
Musser
Hope House
Coralville
Holiday government offices close as cities run reduced service
Government offices statewide close for holiday with no mail delivery except express. Cedar Rapids garbage follows normal schedule while Iowa City and Coralville routes shift to Tuesday. Buses run in Cedar Rapids but not in Iowa City or Coralville. Parking meters not enforced in Cedar Rapids or Iowa City. most city libraries closed.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coralville
Five-star barn at Shover dairy near Delhi
Larry and Nancy Shover run an 80 milk cow dairy on 1080 acres south of Delhi, Delaware County, with three employees. They weathered milk price lows since 1978, crediting focused cow care and long term herd health while marketing campaigns urge dairy intake and bone strength.
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Duane Crock
the Gazette
Larry and
Nancy Shover
Delhi
Shover
Marlene Lucas
Gazette Elhi
Larry
Delaware County
Nancy
Larry Shover
Columnist Carl Hogendorn’s family keeps North English memory alive
In North English the Hogendorn legacy endures as 95 of 112 descendants rode in a sesquicentennial parade and a library room was dedicated to Carl Hogendorn. The longtime columnist and publisher died in 1986, leaving a 53-year tract of contributed memories in Main Street Musings.
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Carl
Kris Lacina
Lone Tree
Carl Hogendorn
North English Record
Honore Johnston
Davenport
April Rouner
Iowa City
Dave
Waukon
Lenny
Toledo
Denise Naughton
Waterloo
Leslie Slaubaugh
Wellman
Civil lawsuit moves ahead in Iowa teacher case
A civil suit filed by two former North Linn High students against teacher Bernard Rowland and the North Linn school district proceeds toward a jury trial in Cedar Rapids on Aug. 23. The plaintiffs claim negligent endangerment and supervision, while Rowland counters with libel and malicious prosecution claims.
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North-Linn
Bernard Rowland
North Linn
Cedar Rapids
Cody Stanton
Kenny Michels
Rowland
Linn County
Staton
Michels
North Linn High Se
Troy Mills
Stanton
Wapsipinicon River
Parkview Tap
Elgin
Stanton’s
Iowa
Iowa Board of Educational Examiners
Michael Lindeman
Follow-up on Newsmakers Highlighted This Monday
The Gazette continues coverage of prominent public figures and events with a Monday follow-up, outlining recent developments and next steps. Readers are invited to send inquiries to the newspaper's Cedar Rapids office or editor Doug Beach for further details.
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