Drowning of 4 year old at Union Grove State Park
Four year old Marshalltown boy Austin Donohue drowned Wednesday at Union Grove State Park during a family trip south of Gladbrook. He was found submerged in the park swimming area after disappearing around 4 p.m. and died after CPR was performed. An autopsy will be done. investigation continues.
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Tama County Sheriffs Department
Marshalltown
Union Grove State Park
Austin Donohue
Marshalltown Medical
Austin
Sheriff's Department
Grinnell Driver Speed Tied to Fatal Crash
Grinnell police say Ona Jones lost control of her car in Poweshiek County last Monday night and hit a house an air conditioning unit a sidewalk light and two trees before stopping. Jones died Tuesday at Grinnell Regional Medical Center from internal injuries. She was not wearing a seat belt and the air bag deployed. Witnesses reported speeds of 35 to 40 mph in a 25 mph zone.
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Mike Birmingham
Ona Jones
Grimnell
Poweshiek County
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Birmingham
Eldridge State Patrol veteran dies at home
Douglas Parish a 20 year veteran of the Iowa State Patrol died at his Eldridge home Thursday. Investigators say death appears self-inflicted with an autopsy pending. Parish served as assistant district commander for Division 12 in Stockton and previously trooper in Des Moines.
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Iowa State Patrol
Douglas Parish
Eldridge
Quad Cities
Division of Criminal Investigation
Parish
Stockton
Des Moines
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Newhall bank robber surrenders after manhunt
Matthew Hajek 39 turned himself in at Linn County Sheriff Offices Cedar Rapids after a daylong chase linked to a Wells Fargo heist in Newhall. A federal charge alleges the Wednesday robbery yielded about $3 000. Police tracked his car to a Newhall residence where bags similar to the taken sacks were found.
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Hajek
Linn
Douglas Russell
Newhall
Palo
Highway 94
Tan Grace Sacks
Water found on Cedar Rapids stadium site during construction
Crews at Cedar Rapids new baseball park site discovered water bubbling to the surface while grading for the 14 million project near Veterans Memorial Stadium. Officials认为 the flow could be a spring or drainage from adjacent areas and expect engineers to redirect it with minimal extra cost.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Doug Neumann
Neumann
Veterans Memorial Facilities
Gary Craig
Craig
Eighth Avenue
Principal denies charges at hearing in Des Moines
In Des Moines, La Porte City principal Mike Whittlesey faces accusations of inappropriate touching of two boys. He admits some contact occurred but claims one boy lies and the other incident is misreported. Whittlesey, on paid leave, has 15 years as an elementary teacher and administrator. A hall incident involved a boy, his sister with a cast, and their mother present.
Elderly nun finds joy in a lifelong garden
Sister Mary Laetitia Konecny 95 tended a garden at Sacred Heart Convent in Cedar Rapids for over two decades. Health limits her visits this summer, but memories of Moravian gardens and a worm of teaching linger as fellow nuns care for the blooms.
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Mary Laetitia Konecny
Mount Mercy College Hill
Sacred Heart Convent
Sisters of Mercy
Laetitia
Moravia
Cedar Rapids
Killian’s
Sister of Mercy
Anamosa
Delwein
Decorah
Evansdale
Waterloo
Charles City
Ames
Clarion
Immaculate Conception
St. Matthews
St. Wenceslaus
All Saints
Queen of Angels
Mount Mercy College
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Sister Laetitia
Dave Rasdal
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