Wasp nest fire damages southwest Cedar Rapids home
A tenant using lighter fluid to burn wasp nests ignited a fire that damaged a home at 187 18th Ave. SW. The blaze rekindled, spreading from the wall to the second floor. Federal disaster aid tops $2 million for Iowa recovery after June floods. About 1,200 residents had registered for FEMA help. A Cedar Rapids storm also sparked minor fires and cut short the Freedom Festival concert.
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Cedar Rapids
18Th Ave
Fire Department
Dave Koch
Iowa
Allamakee
Benton
Buchanan
Cedar
Clayton
Clinton
Delaware
Des Moines
Dubuque
Fayette
Henry
Jackson
Jones, Lee
Linn
Louisa
Muscatine
Scott
Winneshiek
FEMA
Cedar Ids
Brent Long
Long
Carter Street
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa baby body case may go to state Supreme Court
Buena Vista County authorities pursue a baby death case after remains found in a Storm Lake recycling center bin. A dispute over releasing pregnancy test results as medical records prompted the district to resist a judge's order, possibly elevating the issue to the Iowa Supreme Court.
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Iowa Supreme Court
Buena Vista County
Phil Havens
Storm Lake
District of Greater Iowa Inc
Jill June
Suspect sought after bank robbery in Swisher Iowa
Johnson County detectives pursue a Black man in his 20s after he forced a female employee to open Exchange State Bank at 6 45 a m. He fled with an undisclosed cash amount in the employee's van, later found near Western in Linn County. The employee was unharmed. Deputies say a second vehicle may have picked up the suspect. Police solicit tips to FBI or Johnson County Sheriff.
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Erin Jordan
The
Gazette Swisher
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
Exchange State Bank
Sheriffs Department
120Th Street
Duane Lewis
Western
Linn Coun
Cedar Rapids
Shueyville
Lewis
Johnson County Sheriff's
Lyle Smith
10Th Street
Highway 965
North Liberty
Smith
University Hospitals
Iowa City
FBI
Johnson County
Cousins bake a difference for cousin with cancer
Three Iowa cousins under Caring Cousins Inc raised funds for Steven Horak of Olin with 65 dozen kolaches and 50 apple pies. They presold to family and neighbors, surpassing a $500 goal and collecting over $800 to cover medical expenses.
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the Gazette Edar Rapids
Caring Cousins Inc
Steven Horak
Olin
Amber
Allison Melchert
Mount Vernon
Shelby Novak
Cedar Rapids
Betty Horak
Allison
Morgan
Horak
Grea
United States
Czechoslovakia
Gazette
Christina Burke
Amber Melchert
Michigan used Domino's jet in presidential search
The University of Michigan paid about 20000 dollars to Domino's Inc to use a private jet while interviewing University of Iowa President Mary Sue Coleman and another candidate for Michigan's presidency. The trips covered four regents and two candidates, with one round trip for Coleman costing 5205 dollars. The jet aided a rapid confidential search praised by officials.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Domino's Inc
University of Iowa
Mary Sue Coleman
Michigan
Iowa
Detroit News
Coleman
Cedar Rapids
Detroit
Laurence Deitch
Michigan Search Committee and Board of Regents
Albuquerque
N.M
Des Moines
Domino
David Brandon
Michigan Board of Regents
Deitch
Pioneer Iowa judge Lynne Brady remembered for courage
Cedar Rapids mourns Lynne Brady first woman in Iowa 6th Judicial District. She died at 55 after a brain tumor diagnosed four years earlier retired July 28. Brady faced early opposition, earned justice from 1973 district appointment and 1985 as district judge, valued for fairness and legal acumen. Survived by husband Theodore Neuhaus and relatives.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Lynne Brady
Iowa
6Th Judicial District
Donna Sorensen
Iowa City
Brady
Linn County
Harold Denton
Sorensen
Osage
Northcentral
University of Northern Iowa
Drake University Law School
Denton
Theodore Neuhaus
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Linn Johnson
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Cousins
Allison Meichert
Domino’s Jet
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