25 Ways to Improve Cedar Rapids Contest Opens
The Gazette invites ideas to enhance Cedar Rapids culture recreation and education. Friday is deadline for submissions 200 words max with one idea per entry. Include name age occupation address and daytime phone. Fifty top ideas to be published Sunday Sept 2 winners receive gift certificates and a commendation. RJ Boars Barbecue on First Ave SE to close after today business hours.
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Cedar Rapids
the Gazette
RJ Boars
First Ave
Chad Sneed
Sneed
Quad Cities
Keota Woman Wounded in Eye Shot Treated in Iowa City
Keota resident Lynn Marie Ray, 42, remained in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after being airlifted from Lake Belva Deer near Sigourney. Investigators seek motive as sheriff's deputies consider a personal safety related wound whether intentional or accidental.
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Keota
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Lynn Marie Ray
Lake Belva Deer
Sigourney
Keokuk County
Keota Man Dies After Rural Keokuk County Crash
Kenneth Francis Hahn aged 69 died after his vehicle left a dirt road and collided with a feed truck driven by Michael Heisdorffer aged 54. The crash occurred about 1 p.m. Friday in rural Keota and Hahn was airlifted to University Hospitals.
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Keota
Keokuk
Kenneth Francis Hahn
Michael Heisdorffer
Hahn
Robins Pair Held in Indiana Extradition Bid
Two Cedar Rapids men, Jason Linderkamp aged 19 and Rick Gaskill aged 22, are in custody in Veedersburg Indiana awaiting extradition to Linn County. They were arrested after a police stop of a reportedly stolen car leading Robins Police to file second degree theft charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Indiana
Linn County
Robins
Jason Linderkamp
Rick Gaskill
Veedersburg
Ind
Cedar Falls Woman Serious After Cerro Gordo County Crash
Leah Buck, 21, of Cedar Falls remained in serious condition Saturday at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester Minnesota after her vehicle went off Highway 18 near Mason City. The car skidded onto the shoulder and back onto the road before leaving the highway again, entering the north ditch and striking an embankment before flipping onto its top.
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Cedar Falls
St. Mary’s Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Cerro Gordo County
Iowa State Patrol
Leah Buck
Mason City
Buck
Charles City teen pleads guilty to second degree robbery
A 17 year old Charles City resident pled guilty in Cerro Gordo County District Court to second degree robbery for a Mason City bank robbery. Heather Harris and Robert Weaver both of Charles City faced first degree robbery charges related to the March 9 U S Bank armed robbery in Regency Square Harris also pled guilty to a lesser charge. Sentencing is set for Sept 7. Second degree robbery carries up to 10 years in prison.
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Charles City
Mason City
Cerro Gordo
Heather Harris
Robert David Weaver
U.S
Regency Square
Harris
Bus Terminal Tales From Cedar Rapids Depot
In Cedar Rapids, a crowded bus depot mood shifts from routine to weary as travelers recount long journeys. Jeanette Rickards heads to Columbia, S C after 27 hours and five transfers, while Goose plans a Fargo visit for romance and drink.
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Cedar Rapids
Jeanette Rickards
CRST
Columbia
S.C
Marble
N.C
Rickards
South Carolina
Richards
Playtime Poppy Returns as 50th Birthday Look Back
The Cedar Rapids Children’s Theatre marks nearly five decades of Playtime Poppy the corn character created in 1952 by Margaret Collins. A reunion is set for December 3 during a Cinderella performance at Theatre Cedar Rapids, inviting former Poppies, actors, and board members.
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Karen Dunnabeck
Novi
Mich
Greyhound
Ann Arbor
Cedar Rapids
Dunnabeck
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Chicago
Detroit
Children’s Theatre of
Playtime
Poppy
Edar Rapids
Gazette
Margaret Collins
Collins Radio
Arthur Collins
Children’s Theatre
Ellen Bouchard
Association
Ellen
Theatre Cedar Rapids
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