Stormy Iowa rainfall disrupts voting and causes minor damage
A Cedar Rapids weather system brought hail and heavy rain with warning sirens but little damage and no confirmed tornadoes. Warnings disrupted and briefly suspended voting in Linn and Johnson counties during the Democratic primary, with officials reporting minimal impact on turnout.
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Iowa
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Linn County
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Iowa City
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Elliott
Kalona
Washington County
Johnson County
Tom Stockett
Slockett
Mark Twain
Johnson County Senior Center
Swisher
Coralville
Duane Crock
the Gazette
Third Avenue
Sixth
Seventh Streets
Linn
Johnson
Starlight Cinema To Open In Independence This Summer
Independence prepares for a two screen Starlight Cinema on Swan Lake Boulevard opening in late summer. The venue will run seven days a week with matinees and late shows, targeting family audiences with G through PG-13 programming and occasional R-rated films. Ticket prices will be affordable and stadium seating provides ample leg room. The project is led by Larry and Dorothy Thompson with Beth Zelle Brandon Zelle and other family members across Jesup Sumner Waterloo.
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Independence
Starlight Cinema
Swan Lake Boulevard
Beth Zelle
Pric
Larry Thompson
Thompson
Larry
Dorothy Thompson
Jesup
Brandon Zelle
Sumner
Ben
Janna
Waterloo
Atkins woman turns 66 on 6 6 06 birthday
Atkins resident Jean Semelroth celebrated turning 66 on June 6 2006 a date some linked to the biblical mark of the beast. She planned a bingo outing at Meskwaki Casino Tama and joked that the sixes would bring luck but did not.
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Steve Gravelle
Gerette Atkins
Jean Semelroth
Satan
Semelroth
Midland Forge
Tama
Iowa and Illinois Lottery Draws Tuesday Results
Iowa Lotto numbers include 3 24 29 32 35 with no jackpot. Mega Millions draws list 5 29 35 52 53 with Mega Ball 6 and a $12 million prize. Illinois Pick 3 Midday 9 0 9 and Evening 9 1 2. Pick 4 Midday 3 9 3 1 and Evening 9 4 3 9. Little Lotto 5 18 26 30 37 6 1 48 with a $2.25 million jackpot.
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Iowa
Iowa Illinois
Waterloo woman charged for Katrina fraud in FEMA aid case
Louise Bernie Porter, 27, of Waterloo, is charged with two counts of second degree theft for falsely claiming to be Katrina victim to obtain more than 5000 dollars in property damage aid and 2300 dollars in rent aid from FEMA. She applied online as from New Orleans, received a check, and cashed it. Porter is jailed in Black Hawk County on no bond for theft and probation violation.
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Waterloo
Louise Bernie Porter
Porter
Federal Emergency Management Agency
New Orleans
Black Hawk County
Homeowners sue hog confinement operator in Iowa
Pleasant Plain Property Owners Association filed suit against James Kaska owner of a hog confinement under construction three miles north of Fairfield. More than 25 plaintiffs allege waste risks groundwater and decline in local quality of life and say site is unsuitable for a factory farm. In a separate incident Stasi, driving a vehicle registered to Larry Thibodeau Jr., was charged with driving while barred and operating without the owner’s consent aggravated misdemeanors.
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Pleasant Plain
Iowa
Pleasant Plain Property Owners Association
James Kaska
Fairfield
Homeowners’ Association
Stasi
Fayette County
Charges filed after inmate leaves residential center
Robert Joseph Stasi 25 of Oelwein was arrested after leaving the West Union Residential Facility without permission. A Fayette County Sheriff’s deputy stopped a vehicle early Sunday after receiving word Stasi had left the facility.
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West Union
Robert Joseph Stasi
Oelwein
Stasi
Fayette County
Driver hospitalized after I-80 single-vehicle crash
A 55-year-old Auburn woman, Marcene Cates, remained hospitalized Tuesday after a one vehicle crash on I 80 in Poweshiek County. She was brought to University Hospitals in Iowa City from Grinnell Regional Medical Center with injuries not disclosed. The Tuesday update provided no new condition details.
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Iowa
Marcene Cates
Poweshiek
Cates
Auburn
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Grinnell Regional Medical Center
Iowa State Patrol
Gazette, News Services
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