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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 2000
Page
11
Don F. Kirchner aged 72 of Riverside was killed when his car left Highway 92 near Rose Hill and rolled into a ditch. He was ejected. no other vehicles were involved. Rose Hill lies about 10 miles east of Oskaloosa in eastern Mahaska County.
Wilfredo Paul Rodriguez, 31, of 1205 Laura Dr, lot 128, was arrested in southeast Iowa City after a car chase involving Muscatine and Johnson counties. Deputies deployed stop sticks to halt Rodriguez near Scott Boulevard and Highway 6 shortly after midnight.
Firefighters battled a late Friday blaze that devastated the Apostolic Faith Temple with no injuries reported. Investigators remained on the scene Saturday as church members gathered nearby. Pastor Rev. Shawn Baldwin expressed shock at the house of worship burning.
A sport utility vehicle crashed into a pole in Des Moines as occupants tossed firecrackers. Teondra Wells 17 is in serious condition at University Hospitals Iowa City. Shawnta Everett 15 died. Other injured include Tanya Whitaker 22 Tyson Wells 22 and Doug Wells 14. Okeitha Nelson 19 is in fair condition.
The Iowa Arts Council opens applications for Arts Projects on Millennium Trails seeking community centered art projects along Iowa trails. Projects may receive up to 9000 dollars in federal funding and a Sept 15 deadline applies for interested applicants.
James Kochan, 24, of La Crosse Wisconsin, was found unresponsive in the pool at the Country Club Motel in Okoboji around 4 a.m. Paramedics failed to revive him. he died at Dickinson County Memorial Hospital. An autopsy was to be performed in Sioux Falls.
Timeline tracks Bluestem board and advisory actions from June 1999 to June 2000 over condemnation of Hennessey and nearby properties for a landfill. Key events include offers, court filings, injunctions, compensation awards, appeals, and eventual abandonment of condemnation. The sequence names Hennessey Don Stickle & Sons C and H Properties Bruening Rock and others, with multiple judges and dates.
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency board reconsiders future disposal with a local landfill or alternative tech driven system. Executive director Dave Hogan says income from tonnage fees funds recycling and education, while neighbors oppose site plans and a court fight seeks $2.5 million back from a condemned Cedar Rapids property.
Local historian Mark Hunter notes John Dillinger and Homer Van Meter robbed an Indiana arsenal on April 13 1934 then briefly lingered near Cedar Rapids along Mount Vernon Road. Questions linger about whether Dillinger stayed at the Evening Star Tourist Camp or visited local shops before heading to Michigan.
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