Iow a City Arts Festival draws record crowds and prizes
The Iowa City Arts Festival drew as many as 42 000 attendees weekend crowds estimated by organizers. Headliners Saturday night included Ben Lee Maura O Connell and Nickel Creek. David Young won first place for craftsmanship with mahogany cherry bubinga and maple furniture designs as print runs for his cards were needed.
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Nickel Creek closes arts fest with ambitious bluegrass experiment
Nickel Creek capped the Iowa Arts Festival with a two hour set that mixed the trio’s avant bluegrass with a Brit ney Spears cover on fiddle and mandolin. Maura O Connell and Ben Lee opened the free show drawing large crowds at Iowa Avenue and Dubuque Street.
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Lottery Results and Jackpot Notices
Sunday evening results show Iowa Illinois Pick 3 9 9 8 and Pick 4 6 8 40 with no winners. Powerball numbers 5 6 18 20 50 and Powerball 35 yielded no jackpot. jackpot rises to 60 million on Wednesday. Illinois Little Lotto 7 8 21 33 37, Hot Lotto 1 5 14 28 31 and Hot Ball 5 also listed.
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Panel weighs options for Buchanan jail upgrades
A committee formed to advise on Buchanan County Jail improvements favors a new 17 000 square foot facility south of the courthouse with a 4 to 4 5 million price tag. Remodeling or using another county jail remains possible while a bond would fund a new complex.
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Buchanan County
Sheriffs Office
Michael Ryan
Ryan
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Independence Police Department
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Waterloo woman mauled by neighbor dogs. her Yorkie killed
Waterloo resident Bernice Wasserfort, 81, was knocked down as two Staffordshire terriers burrowed under a fence and killed her Yorkshire terrier. Animal Control issued a citation to owner Monique Wolf, who kept her dogs. Wolf apologized, saying the dogs may have mistaken the smaller dog for a toy.
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Waterloo motorcyclist injured in Sunday crash
Kimberly Gerst, 28, of Waterloo, was injured Sunday morning when she lost control of her motorcycle on County Road W-35 near Michel Avenue southeast of Independence. She left the road and her bike ended in a ditch. she was hospitalized at Buchanan County Health Center in Independence and not listed as a patient.
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Minivan Crash Near Dubuque Leaves Three Hospitalized
Three people remain hospitalized after a crash eight miles south of Dubuque when John Baer 45 and his son Nicholas 10 of Bettendorf collided with a milk transport driven by Vincent Mortensen 68 of Dubuque. Mary Ann Baer 72 of Sacramento was airlifted to Iowa City hospital while two younger Baer children were treated and released.
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Postville Man Held After Sunday Fredericksburg Stabbing
In Fredericksburg Chickasaw County deputies arrested Alberto Parro 28 on suspicion of attempted murder after a Sunday stabbing that left Shawn Schultz 22 hospitalized with a stab wound to the torso. Schultz remained hospitalized at Palmer Lutheran Health Center in West Union with condition not released.
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