Teen led police chase at over 100 mph in stolen car
Cedar Rapids teenager Adam Miller, 17, faces two dozen charges after leading police on a chase at speeds over 100 mph in a stolen car. He was stopped on I 380 and apprehended after hiding in a residential driveway with a police helicopter spotting him. Miller is held at the Linn County Juvenile Detention Center. A second incident involved three juveniles injured on a mo-ped after failing to yield to a car at Knoll Street and Soutter Avenue SE. Authorities say charges will be filed. all injured were under 18.
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Cedar Rapids
Adam Miller
29Th St. Dr. SE
Miller
Linn County
Dean Thompson
Soutter Avenue
Knoll Street
Thompson
Knoll
Woman dies in Tama County crash near Dinsdale
Marilyn Harrison, 66, of Reinbeck, apparently fell asleep at the wheel and her car left F Avenue one mile southwest of Dinsdale around 8 a.m. Saturday. The vehicle struck a dirt embankment and she was pronounced dead at Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo after being transported from the scene.
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Reinbeck
Tama
Iowa State Patrol
Marilyn Harrison
F Avenue
Dinsdale
Harrison
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Boy Critical After Dubuque County Motorcycle Crash
An 8 year old Dubuque boy is in critical condition after being thrown from a motorcycle in a two vehicle crash Saturday on Sherrill Road. Ricky Weiland of Dubuque was treated and released. Christopher Habel of Sherrill made a left turn into the path of the northbound bike.
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Dubuque
Jake Christiansen
Mercy Health Center
Sherrill Road
Sageville
Ricky Weiland
Mercy
Christiansen
Weiland
Christopher Habel
Sherrill
Sheriff's Department
Habel
Maverick judge Eads presides over Shaw grand jury case
Johnson County District Judge William Eads, veteran of 34 years on the bench, sparked debate by ordering a grand jury to investigate the 1996 fatal shooting of Eric Shaw by a former Iowa City police officer. He defends his actions as following precedent while colleagues dispute legality.
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Johnson County
Owa
William Eads
Connecticut
Eads
Ida Grove
Grand Jury
Eric Shaw
Iowa City
Jeffrey Gillaspie
Shaw
S. Gilbert St
Joseph Johnston
J. Patrick White
Iowa
Linn County
Dorothy
Carolyn
Jennifer
Jeanne
Patricia
Lyle
6Th Judicial District
Cheryle Mitralsky
Kirkwood Community College
YMCA
White
Harold Hughes
L.W. Ward
Sixth Judicial District
Death car returns to Eastern Iowa racing lore at Newhall
A revived No. 5 sprint car once driven by Gus Schrader, who died in 1941 after a crash in Chiavanna Vile VepVit, is on display at Grovert Chevrolet in Newhall. The car, rebuilt after 1946 and again later, drew buyers like Keith Elson of Cedar Rapids who purchased it April 11 from Chuck Davis.
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Iowa
Grovert Chevrolet
Newhall
Gus Schrader
Gus
Chiavannrt
Franklin
Ind
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Offenhauser
Keith Elson
Aaron Scale Systems Inc
Cedar Rapids
Chuck Davis
Washington Island
Wis
Keith
Hawkeye Downs
Emory Collins
Downs
Collins
Schrader
California
Wichita
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Tama County
Dubuque County
Boy
Shaw Grand Jury
University of Iowa College of Law
U of I
France
Jim Affeldt
Iowa Racing
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
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