Drowning Probe After Farm Pond Canoe Capsize near Cascade
Jones County authorities investigated a canoeing accident at a farm pond five miles southeast of Cascade. Two men fishing in a canoe capsized at 6:45 p.m. One man was rescued by a bystander and treated at Mercy Health Center, while the other body was recovered around 8 p.m. Names were withheld pending relatives’ notification. Cascade lies about 25 miles southwest of Dubuque.
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Jones County
Cascade
Greg Graver
Jones County Sheriff's Department
Graver
Mercy Health Center
Dubuque
Former Linn County official released on parole
Michael Strope, 43, former Linn County facilities manager, was released Monday afternoon from the Iowa Medical and Classification Center Oakdale on parole. He pleaded guilty in March 2000 to stealing about 180000 over three years from Linn County and received concurrent 10 year and five year prison terms. He returns to the community under parole agent Marjorie Washburn.
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Linn County
Michael Strope
Marjorie Washburn
Strope
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Washburn
Northeast Cedar Rapids break in ends without injury
A man forced entry into a 21 year old woman's apartment in the 300 block of 31st Street NE Monday before 5 30 am demanding sex. The woman resisted and he fled. He brandished a large hunting knife but did not injure her. A full suspect description was not available.
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Cedar Rapids
Bernie Walther
31St Street
Walther
Williamsburg Man Killed in Poweshiek County Collision
Gary Lee Chipman 58 of Williamsburg died in a head on crash on County Road V-13 when a van crossed the center line. Doris Gretz 47 of Montezuma was extricated from the van and hospitalized in serious condition.
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Iowa
Poweshiek
Gary Lee Chipman
Williamsburg
Iowa State Patrol
Doris Gretz
Montezuma
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Des Moines
Vision Iowa review underway for Marquette McGregor plan
The Vision Iowa board found the proposal merit but has questions to resolve. A public private partnership seeks 6.1 million of Vision Iowa funds for a 25 million project including Trail of Two Cities, golf course, winter recreation, activity center and a hotel along the Mississippi River corridor.
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Marquette-McGregor
Judkins
Vision
Iowa
Marquette
McGregor
Mississippi River
Effigy Mounds National Monument
Pikes Peak State Park
Yellow River State Forest
Vision Iowa
Michael Gartner
Iowa U set record with 277.9 million in outside grants
University of Iowa reports a budget year ending June 30 with 277.9 million in external grants and contracts, 10.3 percent above last year and surpassing the prior record. Federal funding dominates at 170.6 million, including 137.6 million from Health and Human Services.
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Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
Donald Garnett
Cedar Rapids School Board Delays Open Records Policy
Cedar Rapids board delays formal policy on handling public records requests amid criticism of nonresponse. President Ron Olson says a written document will be created. July discussion precedes August consideration. ALOT members allege Open Records Law violations and seek an out of court settlement. potential lawsuit cited.
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Cedar Rapids
Olson
the Gazette
Iowa
ALOT
Intersections cause laughs and civic notes across Iowa
Readers share humorous street name overlaps from Cedar Rapids to Maquoketa and Dubuque. Mentions include Marion and Wheeler in Joliet, Beep Beep Wiley Boulevard near Coyote Road, John Hinckley on a Cedar Rapids corner, and Clinton Avenue with Court Road in Iowa City.
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Emily Marion
Cedar Rapids
Amanda Wheeler
Dixon, NL
Joliet, Ill
Marion
Wheeler
Loyola University of Chicago
Sharon Rodriguez
Wiley Boulevard
Williams Boulevard
Coyote Road
Wiley Coyote
ISU
Mike Deupree
33Rd Avenue
Coyote
Sharon Weekly
Walker
Prairie Drive
Buffalo Court
Dan Koch
Mechanicsville
Johnson Avenue
Hinkley Avenue
Harry Foster
Marengo
Williams
Jefferson
Clinton
Iowa City
Clinton Avenue
Court Road
Johnson County
Gary Tigges
Iowa
Gary
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Steve Bohr
Bowman Woods
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Jim Goeke
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Reagan
Christine Gust
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