Toby Keith Delivers Crowd-Pleasing Eastern Iowa Concert
Toby Keith and the Easy Money Band played to a sold out crowd at the Great Jones County Fair in Monticello. The show featured hits like Im Just Talkin About Tonight and Wish I Didnt Know Now, with audience participation and patriotic moments. Keith cracked jokes about Afghanistan and ABCs Peter Jennings, and his tribute song Courtesy of the Red White and Blue electrified fans as flags lit the arena.
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St George’s Mediterranean Festival Shares Culture and Food
Cedar Rapids event at St George’s church invites the public to sample hummus baklava meat pies breads and cabbage rolls while exploring Orthodox Christian culture. Volunteers prepared 12 hours daily for two months producing thousands of meat pies shish kebabs and garlic sauce.
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Cedar Rapids
St. George’s
Nick Abouassaly
Cottage Grove Ave
Abouassaly
Nicole Daoud
Daoud
Dubuque nuns to receive peace and freedom award
Dorothy and Gwen Hennessey of Dubuque's Sisters of St. Francis will receive the Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award from the Diocese of Davenport in October. The sisters served six months in Pekin for protesting at the School of the Americas and are among the award's 33rd and 34th recipients.
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Desmond Tutu
Quad-City
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Cedar Rapids considers repurposing ice arena for basketball use
Parks official Wade Wagner urges marketing the ice arena and exploring converting half the facility to ball courts to boost revenue as the city faces 650 000 annual debt payments through 2019. Complications include council pushback and donor funded setup amidst ongoing river rescue and public safety discussions.
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Cedar Rapids
Wade Wagner
Wagner
Jesup Man Charged With Assaulting Two Girls
Justin Jay Krusemark, 24, faces eight misdemeanor charges after alleged Fourth of July assaults on two girls aged 10 and 14 in Independence. He is accused of towel snapping causing bruising and of repeatedly pulling down the 14-year-old's shorts. A preliminary hearing is set for Aug 5.
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Gazette Independence
Jesup
Justin Jay Krusemark
Krusemark
Independence
Linn County to stage smallpox emergency drill in Cedar Rapids
Linn County agencies will test the community response to a simulated smallpox outbreak this week. The drill involves the Emergency Operations Center hospital staff and nurses and doctors with participation from state health services, the Iowa National Guard, and other agencies. It will be conducted at the Veterans Memorial Building operations center and not open to the public.
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