Collision at Mount Vernon Road and Highway 13 injures two
A semi-trailer from Missouri and a car collided at a four way stop near Cedar Rapids around 9 p.m. Two young men were injured. the passenger was airlifted to St. Luke's Hospital and the driver taken by ambulance. Authorities still investigated late last night as lanes reopened after about 30 minutes and deputies controlled traffic for two hours.
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Mount Vernon Road
Highway 13
Linn County Sheriff's Department
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s
Missouri
Iowa State Patrol
Suspects sought after Cedar Rapids street fight injures three
A Monday fight began at a southeast Cedar Rapids residence and spilled outside. Police found Kevin Street Laurie Dahlberg and Miranda Musialek with minor facial injuries. Three men and two women fled in a black car after a handgun was brandished. no shots were fired. Investigators seek the attackers.
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Cedar Rapids
15Th Street
Joe Cerrato
Kevin Street
Laurie Dahlberg
Miranda Musialek
Street
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dahlberg
Musialek
Cerruto
Lantern causes Cedar Rapids apartment fire
Fire investigators confirm a kerosene lantern toppled in an apartment at 629 A Ave NW starting a blaze that destroyed a northwest Cedar Rapids building. Dave Koch of the Fire Department stated no injuries occurred.
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Cedar Rapids
A Ave. NW
Dave Koch
Fire Department
Linn-Mar Board Expels Student for Policy Violation
The Linn-Mar school board voted to expel a high school student for smoking drinking and drug policy violation. The student may return at the start of the second semester in January 2002 following privacy protections.
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Linn-Mar
Quick fix to Medicare reimbursement urged by Iowa hospitals
Iowa hospital administrators and doctors told U.S. Rep. Jim Nussle they prefer a quick fix to Medicare reimbursement disparities over a full reform. They cited staffing shortages and wage gaps, noting Iowa averages about 2,985 per recipient versus 4,650 in Minnesota, risking competitive health care in the state.
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Orlan Love
Iowa
Waterloo — Iowa
U.S
Jim Nussle
Nussle
Manchester
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
House Budget Committee
Steve Richards
Algona
Minnesota
Richards
Kids play out drug trial in judge's mock courtroom
U S District Magistrate Judge John Jarvey presided over a mock drug trial with McKinley Middle School sixth graders acting as prosecutors, defense, defendant, and witnesses. The exercise aimed to teach critical thinking and public speaking, not win or lose, as jurors listened to closing arguments and the judge commented that the process mattered more than outcomes.
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Elizabeth Ku Aazette
Edar Rapids C
U.S
John Jarvey
Federal Courthouse
McKinley Middle School
Jarvey
Betsy Kutter
Betsyk
Robbery suspect held in Linn County Jail on bond hearing
Anthony Flowers, 48, tied to a string of Midwest bank robberies, is jailed in Linn County awaiting a bond hearing after escape from the Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls. He faces kidnapping, armed robbery and escape charges with possible life imprisonment.
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Linn
Anthony Flowers
Iowa
South Dakota
Midwest
Vaupit Flowers
Dubuque
U.S
Sean Berry
Flowers
United Security Savings Bank
Edgewood Rd
Sioux Falls
Edgewood Road
Berry
Iwo Jima veteran’s delayed Navy records reveal wartime service
Cedar Rapids resident John J. Brown recalls serving with the 4th Marine Division after enlisting in 1941. He participated in campaigns including Iwo Jima and Saipan and faced delayed discharge due to missing or misfiled naval records. Brown plans to attend the USS Iwo Jima christening in Pensacola on June 30 if his prostate cancer treatment allows.
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Edar Rapids
John J. Brown
Cedar Rapids
John
Pacific
Iwo Jima
U.S
Iwo
Pensacola
Fla
Navy
Pearl Harbor
McKinley High School
Great Lakes Naval Station
Chicago
Naval Hospital
Brooklyn
N.Y
San Diego
Marshall Islands
Hawaii
Saipan
Tinian
Amphibious Group Two
Norfolk
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Ray Burfeind
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Elizabeth Kutter
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SNAFU
Jacksonville
N.C
4Th Marine Division
Marines
Mount Suribachi
San Francisco
Gether
Dave Rasdal
Daver
Fyiowa
GazetteOnline
Ramblin
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