Jury to hear first degree murder trial of Ryan Wichhart
A jury was selected and will hear the first degree murder case of 19 year old Ryan R. Wichhart in Des Moines County District Court Burlington. Wichhart is accused of strangling 44 year old Kathi Mertens, an employee of Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services, on November 15. Wichhart's lawyers plan insanity and diminished capacity defenses.
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Ryan R. Wichhart
North Liberty
Iowa City
Wichhart
Kathi Mertens
Burlington
Mertens
Des Moines
Eastern Iowa Grants Bolster Local Transit Upgrades
U S Department of Transportation funds target Cedar Rapids Iowa City Cambus Coralville and East Central Iowa Transit with bus replacements roof repair and garage equipment. Cedar Rapids receives 630800 for four heavy-duty buses and 18000 for Co Ray Vac. Iowa City and Cambus gain 502980 and 754470 for heavy-duty buses. Coralville roofs get 24000. East Central Iowa Transit bars 46480 for one light-duty bus and 51460 for another.
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U.S. Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Coralville
Iowa Transit
Benton
Iowa
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Washington Counties
Iowa City Fire Case Ties Lighter Fluid to Blaze
Federal investigators unsealed statements from search warrants reveal accelerant ties between a March 6 2000 apartment fire at 845 Cross Park Ave and containers of Ronsonal lighter fluid found at 861 Cross Park. Marcus Q. Davis and Stephen L. Edwards are charged with malicious use of fire and await trial in Davenport.
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Cross Park Ave
Cross Park
Marcus Q. Davis
Davis
Stephen L. Edwards
Iowa City
Kurtus Miller
Laura
U.S. District Court
Davenport
UI center to study drug use in the elderly established
A University of Iowa research center will study medication safety for older adults. The Center for Education and Research on Therapeutics at UI will receive 4 million dollars over five years from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to advance the best use of medications.
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University of Iowa
The
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
Cedar Rapids to consider 1 percent sales tax for schools
Superintendent Dave Markward will present a draft of a 1 percent 10 year local option school infrastructure sales tax to the Cedar Rapids school board on June 26 as an informational item. Linn-Mar urged Linn County to place the tax on the ballot December 12, noting Cedar Rapids’ population dominance enables the request.
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Kristina Gleeson
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Dave Markward
Markward
Linn-Mar
Linn County
Decorah neurosurgeon vows life first in Iraq war care
Decorah native Dr. Hans Bakken and Army major neurosurgeon Dr. Brett Schlifka at Balad military hospital pledge to err on the side of life for severe head trauma. They use triage based on medicine not politics to save soldiers, aiding civilian medicine with new techniques.
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Getty
Hans Bakken
U.S. Army
Decorah
Balad
Iraq
Orian
USA Today
Bakken
Brett Schlifka
David Bakken
Kathy Bakken
ABC
World News Tonight
Bob Woodruff
Doug Vogt
Woodruff
Vogt
Lincoln Highway 14th annual meet to honor early cross country drive
Cedar Rapids hosts Lincoln Highway Association conference June 13 to 17 with tours of Iowa landmarks including Tama Bridge reading Lincoln Highway images. Speakers include Gregory Franzwa founder of the revived association born along the route and local history notes on Alice Ramsey the first woman to drive coast to coast in 1909.
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Edar Rapids
Alice Ramsey
Hackensack
N.J
Coe College
New York City
San Francisco
Tama’s
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
America’s Main Street
Carl Fisher
Henry Joy
Clinton
Council Bluffs
U.S
Bureau of Public Roads
Boy Scouts Across America
New
Lincoln Highway Association
Ogden
Gregory Franzwa
New Association
Glidden
Tooele
Utah
Gregory
Downtown Cedar Rapids hosts first summer farmers market
Early Saturday crowds packed Second Street SE for the downtown farmers market, drawing 40 plus vendors and buyers from regular Roundhouse sessions. Shoppers bought crafts, produce, and salsas as vendors praised strong sales, with July 1 set to bring more vendors and fresh corn.
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Cedar Rapids
Second Street
First
Fourth Avenues
Kelly Lynott
Ruth Carpenter
Riverside Roundhouse
the Gazette
Mary Goodlove
Judy Goldberg
Gordon Parker
Tim Palmer
Palmer
Goldberg
Adam
Kylie
Roundhouse
Noelridge
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Dave Rasdal
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