Armstrong in Demand During Iowa Visit Highlighting Cancer Support
Seven time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong visits Iowa for RAGBRAI events and a Senate cancer research hearing. Iowa County Cancer Board leader Jane Dietrich notes limited access to Armstrong and praises cancer survivors and local donors including Tanger Factory Outlet Center for Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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Iowa
Lance Armstrong
Jane Dietrich
Iowa County Cancer Board
Armstrong
Marengo
Newton
Ragbrai
Dietrich
U.S. Senate
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Coralville
Iowa County
Tanger Factory
Williamsburg
Reeorch
Cedar Rapids superintendent pledges plan for sales tax
Cedar Rapids School Superintendent Dave Markward said a more defined plan for local option sales tax revenues would be in August, focusing on whether the tax would run 10 years. He spoke after criticism from Carol Martin at a Monday board meeting amid a district review of a December election for a 10 year 1 percent tax.
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Cedar Rapids
Dave Markward
Markward
Carol Martin
Gazette
Boil Order Issued After Contamination Found in Monticello
Monticello residents must boil drinking and cooking water after fecal coliform was found in water from an exterior tap at one home. State law requires boiling until a follow up test confirms safety. Nearby homes tested clean and further test results were expected today.
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Gazette
Monticello
Jones County
Herman
Windy RAGBRAI leg tests riders from Ida Grove to Audubon
On a windy 77 mile Mount Vernon style ride under 90 degree heat, riders battled a relentless head wind. Bob Algoe of Anamosa joked about preferring root canal to the wind as Pasafari hosted a fundraiser for Live Strong. Ninth year is resurrected for Ben Anhalt and Ben Irvine who reunite to cook gourmet grub for the event.
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Sigourney
Ida Grove
Audubon
Bob Algoe
Anamosa
Pastafari
Live Strong
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Cedar Rapids Washington
Ben Anhalt
Ben Irvine
Anhalt
Massachusetts
Irvine
New York City
Campbell Reports on RAGBRAI Ride Diaries This Week
KCRG-TV9 sports director John Campbell features RAGBRAI daily updates. The Gazette tracks his ride diaries each morning and notes riders exhausted under shade. Audubon welcome marked progress with bikes rolling in and the journey continuing to Waukee.
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Kcrg-Tv9
John Campbell
Channel 9
Campbell
The
Gazette
Iowa Illinois lottery results and big jackpot
Monday draw summary lists Cash Game numbers 14 18 19 32 34 and lottery picks 3 0 5 9 2 1 7 and 4 8 8 2 6 0 2 8. Illinois Little Lotto 15 25 29 31 39 and Lotto 9 19 21 26 29 with a $3.75 million jackpot.
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Iowa
Illinois
Apparent Mississippi River drowning reported near Muscatine
Wapello and Louisa County authorities investigate a man found unconscious in the Mississippi River after a tip about 11 a.m. He was taken to Muscatine Unity Hospital where he was pronounced dead. An autopsy is planned.
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Wapello
Louisa County
Mississippi River
Muscatine Unity Hospital
Trooper Returns to Duty After Minor Iowa Crash
Iowa State Patrol trooper Jonathan Degen, 40, of Williamsburg, returned to work the day after a high speed chase ended with his cruiser hitting Luz Garcia’s SUV in Iowa County. Garcia, 41, of Chicago, remains jailed in lieu of 52000 bond on eluding and stolen vehicle charges.
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Marengo
Iowa
Jonathan Degen
Williamsburg
Jim Saunders
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Degen
Luz E. Garcia
Chicago
Garcia
Anamosa Hay Fire Wreaks $100000 Damage
Anamosa area farm along Fremont Road saw a hay storage building burn Sunday night with about $100 000 in losses. Owner Don Stickle says over $60 000 in hay and $40 000 in the building were destroyed and not insured. Fire Chief Jeff Swisher cites spontaneous combustion as the cause and says responders let the fire burn out.
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Anamosa
Fremont Road
Don Stickle
Stickle
Jeff Swisher
Swisher
Fort Atkinson man injured in Oelwein area crash
Adrian Zbornik 71 of Fort Atkinson was hurt when his car failed to stop at an intersection and collided with Michael Brandt's car near Highway 3 and Fayette County Road V-68 about six miles northwest of Oelwein. Zbornik was taken to Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo. condition not released.
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Adrian Zbornik
Fort Atkinson
Michael Brandt
Fairbank
Highway 3
Fayette County
Zbornik
Brandt
Fayette County Sheriffs Office
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Gazette, News Services
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Waukee
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Uiodanceia.com
Michele Ann Burke
Thurs
Center Point Road
KFC
Mississippi
Cedar Rapids, Marengo
Wapelloe
Liberty Bank
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