Cedar Rapids bank robber Anthony Flowers moved to Linn County Jail
Anthony Flowers, 48, transferred to Linn County Jail after Dubuque arrest Friday afternoon. He was booked around 12:50 a.m. Saturday on a U.S. Marshals hold. On the run since May 1 after escaping a Sioux Falls jail, he faces Cedar Rapids bank robbery charges from September and an August Sioux City bank robbery, with police linking him to a May 11 Cedar Rapids branch robbery. Dubuque Officer Lori Ferris arrested him while patrolling at 3 p.m. Friday.
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Anthony Flowers
Linn County
Dubuque
Flowers
U.S. Marshals’ Service
Sioux Falls
S.D
United Security Savings Bank
Edgewood Rd
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Lori Ferris
Winthrop Farm Hit by Tornado in Buchanan County
A tornado four miles north of Winthrop around 5 p.m. damaged the Tempus property with seven cattle killed, a machine shed and barn ruined, a grain bin wrecked, and two pickups plus a planter damaged. Lois Tempus pegs losses over 75000 dollars. the family has insurance. The Tempus home had minor damage and no injuries were reported.
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Buchanan County
Winthrop
Chuck
Lois Tempus
Tempus
Lois
Troy
Boy Hurt In Waterloo Parade Float Incident
A 6 year old boy was injured when a float wheel struck him during the My Waterloo Days parade in downtown Waterloo. He was hospitalized at Allen Memorial Hospital in critical condition. The event, sponsored by Community National Bank, had over 150 entries and ends today.
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Waterloo
Joe Seibold
Allen Memorial Hospital
Community National Bank
Bush seeks $50 million for Midwest flood repairs
President Bush asks Congress for an extra 50 million dollars in supplemental FY 2001 funding to aid flood damage in Iowa and the Midwest. U S Rep Jim Nussle cites the amount to replenish Army Corps of Engineers accounts drained by spring flooding.
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Bush
Congress
Iowa
Midwest
Bush Administration
U.S
Jim Nussle
Army Corps of Engineers
Oelwein Driver in Fair Condition After Two Car Crash
An Oelwein man, Todd Fisher, 27, remained in fair condition Friday at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a Thursday crash at Seventh Street SE and Highway 150. Police say Fisher ran a red light driving east on Seventh Street. His car collided with a southbound vehicle on Highway 150.
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Oelwein
Todd Fisher
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Iowa State Patrol
Fisher
Seventh Street
Highway 150
Last owner recalls Iowa Iron Works as demolition looms
Larry Cratty, former Iowa Iron Works owner, revisits the shuttered Cedar Rapids plant amid night-time scavengers stripping wiring, copper, and steel. Federal brownfield funds cover most demolition as Cratty recalls 40 years of family and worker memories, from Howard Hall to his 1984 purchase.
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Iowa
Iowa Iron Works
12Th Avenue SE
Iowa Steel
Rvenumner’s
Larry Cratty
Cratty
Cedar Rapids
Howard Hall
Iron Works
Raytheon Co
Iowa Steel & Iron Works
Ottumwa
Farmer honored for 50 year lease on Bellon farm in Fairfax
Harold Zenisek, 75, celebrated being honored on a farm southwest of Fairfax for leasing Bellon ground for 50 years since 1951. The event doubled as a surprise for Harold on the Betlons 59th wedding anniversary, with guests and a display of his life and machines.
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Airfax
Howard
Betty Bellew
Fairfax
Harold Zenisek
Harold
Betty
Allis-Chalmers
Bellon
Caroline
Mike
Frank Bellow
Solon
Ernest
St. Patrick’s Catholic High School
Howard Bellon
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