Plane makes emergency landing on Iowa City street
A small biplane flown by Ron Miller of Florida made an emergency landing on North First Avenue in Iowa City Wednesday afternoon. Miller, delivering a plane from Grinnell to Long Island, N.Y., swerved to miss a van, hit two signs, and stopped in the road with no injuries. Corrine Walker and Loretta Gronewald witnessed the event as ACT workers called 911 and Miller noted the damage is repairable.
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New York
GazetteOnline.com
Cleanup to Begin at Iowa Steel and Iron Works Sites
Cedar Rapids city crews will excavate the top six feet at the former Iowa Steel site and three feet at the Iowa Iron Works site on 12th Avenue SE by August to remove contaminated soil. Rathie Construction Co. bid about $42,000, well under the engineer's estimate, with completion by Sept. 30 and a final state confirmation letter to follow.
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Iowa Steel, Iron Works
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids City
Iowa Steel
Iowa Iron Works
12Th Avenue SE
Third Street
New Bohemia Arts and Entertainment
12Th Ave
Richard Luther
Rathie Construction Co
Marion
Iowa
Department of Natural Resources
Luther
Howard R. Green Co
Cedar Rapids
Quality Chef Co
Sinclair
Kidney-seller claim bubbles up in fringe Obama birth tale
Lucas Smith of Cedar Rapids reappears in a Worldnet Daily post claiming a Kenyan birth certificate proves Obama was born in Kenya. The 1998 Linn County forgery and 2000 theft convictions are noted. Smith was released from prison in 2002 after an earlier kidney sale scheme failed.
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Lucas Smith
Cedar Rapids
Obama
Smith
Barack Obama
Kenya
Worldnet Daily
eBay
Worldnet
Oswego
N.Y
Lucas D. Smith
Linn County
Department of Corrections
Fight on Ped Mall Leaves Man Unconscious in Iowa City
Iowa City police investigated a early morning assault on the Pedestrian Mall. A white male in his early 20s, about 5 5 and brown hair, accused of tripping the victim and causing a severe head wound. The injured man was hospitalized. Crime Stoppers offers up to 1000 dollars for tips.
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Iowa City
East College Street
University of Iowa
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