Des Moines Pool Tragedy Claims 2-Year-Old Visitor
Patrick Saylor Cooper of Sigourney, 2, drowned in a backyard pool in Des Moines while visiting friends in northeast Des Moines. Rescue workers found him at 6:45 p.m. and he died at Blank Children’s Hospital. The incident remains under investigation with no charges filed.
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Iowa
Des Moines
Patrick Saylor Cooper
Sigourney
Blank Children’s Hospital
Scott Rounds
Harold Glann
Oven breakdown tied to cereal recall in Malt-O-Meal plant
Malt-O-Meal officials cite an early April oven failure on a toasted oat cereal line as a possible source of a rare salmonella strain. A liquid vitamin spray may have spoiled the cereal. The recall covers up to 3 million pounds nationwide after CDC linked the cereal to 188 food poisoning cases across 12 states including Linn County. Grocers pulled Malt-O-Meal Toasty Os and Toasted Oats and other labeled brands.
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John Lettmann
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Linn County
Two Horses Rescued From Trailer After Central City Crash
Rescue crews used Jaws of Life to free two injured horses from a flipped trailer on Highway 13 near Central City. The driver Robert Cortum 22 of Coggon suffered non life threatening injuries and was hospitalized at St. Luke's. Mary Allen 43 of Central City escaped injury while traffic was diverted for over an hour.
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Central City
Bill May
Linn County
Sheriff's Department
Highway 13
May
Robert Cortum
Coggon
St. Luke's Hospital
Mau
Mary Allen
Fairfax Youth Burns From Gasoline Fire
A 16 year old boy suffered facial burns Sunday after lighting trash in a burn barrel with gasoline outside his Fairfax home. He was taken to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids and likely transferred to University Hospitals in Iowa City. Fire officials urge caution using flammable liquids.
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Fairfax
Mercy Medical Center
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Brian Stallman
Stallman
Marion School Board to Review Year-End Reports
The Marion Independent School District holds a 7 p.m. work session in the Administrative Boardroom at 777 S. 15th St. Marion to receive year-end reports from officials at all district buildings.
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Marion Independent School Board
S. 15Th St
Marion
Busy Week of Economic Events and Meetings Ahead
The coming week features a Treasury bill auction at 1 p.m. Monday and a Conrail takeover vote by the Surface Transportation Board with a July written decision. Events include Civil Rights discussion on fair housing, remarks by Alan Greenspan, and multiple local association meetings with speakers on topics from net results to Usher's Ferry history.
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Conrail
Linn County
Forest Ridge
Sierra Dr
Don Grove
The
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Linn County Fair Welcomes Justin Martin’s Livestock Passion
Justin Martin, 18 and an Alburnett High School graduate, plans to study animal science at Kirkwood Community College and continues showing cattle, hogs, and sheep as an FFA member and 4-H’er. He rises at 5:30, feeds and grooms his animals, and eyes the Linn County Fair opening July 11 for top trophies. He dates Manda Weber of Springville, the Maine-Anjou queen, while aiming to buy a farm and persist in shows beyond 21.
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Martin
FFA
Alburnett High School
Kirkwood Community College
Manda Weber
Springville
Maine
Rosie
Justin Martin
Alburnett Ffa
Central City Achievers
Linn County Fair
Central City
Eastern Iowa Fair Schedule Extended Through September
A comprehensive list of county fairs across Eastern Iowa with dates from June 26 to September 20. Listings include fair names such as Big Four Fair Postville Cedar County Fair Winne shiek County Fair Wyo ing Fair Linn County Fair Iowa County Fair Delaware County Fair Central Iowa Fair Fayette County Fair Buchanan County Fair Allamakee County Fair Louisa County Fair Keokuk County Exposition Keokuk County Fair Johnson County 4-H and FFA Fair Washington County Fair Dubuque County Fair Benton County Fair Great Jones County Fair Muscatine County Fair Tama County Fair Poweshiek County Fair Clinton County 4-H Club Show Southern Iowa Fair North Iowa Fair Mississippi Valley Fair Clayton County Fair All Iowa Fair Iowa State Fair National Cattle Congress Exposition. Contact numbers listed for each event.
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Postville
Cedar County
Tipton
Winneshiek County
Decorah
Marshalltown
Fayette County
West Union
Buchanan County
Independence
Allamakee County
Waukon
Columbus Junction
Keokuk County
Sigourney
Keokuk County Fair
What Cheer
Johnson County
Iowa City
Washington County
Washington
Dubuque County Fair
Dubuque
Vinton
Montisello
Muscatine County
West Liberty
Tama County
Gladbrook
Poweshiek County
Grinnell
Clinton County
de Witt
Oskaloosa
Mason City
Davenport
Elkader
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Waterloo
Career-driven Cedar Rapids executive shapes tech park future
Ann Kealy-Angel, 38, director of facilities at McLeodUSA, oversees construction and maintenance of the Cedar Rapids technology park on 6400 C St SW. Her background spans Northwest Missouri State University and the University of Iowa, with a move from accounting toward interior design and facilities leadership.
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Kealy Angel
Council Bluffs
Northwest Missouri State University
Northwest Missouri State
University of Iowa
Iowa
Kealy-Angel
Pioneer Office Products
Cedar Rapids
OPN Architects
Teleconnect
McLeodusa
Kevin
Alexis
Austin
George Ford
Ann Kealy-Angel
McLeodusa Inc
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Usher's Ferry
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College of Business Administration
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DVR Internet Services
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Leurnett
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