Infant near drowning in Cedar Rapids sink
Cedar Rapids police investigated a near drowning of an infant Thursday afternoon at a southwest Cedar Rapids home. Investigators see no criminal activity and treat it as an accident. Responders found the infant at 2418 9th Ave SW and began CPR. The child remained on a respirator at St Luke's Hospital with condition not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Phil Peters
9Th Ave
Peters
St. Luke’s Hospital
Police seek motel robber in Cedar Rapids cash theft
Cedar Rapids police seek a man who robbed Best Inn at 3233 Southwest Dr SW around 4 06 am taking cash from a clerk. The suspect fled before officers arrived and the case remains under investigation with few details released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Best Inn
Southwest Dr. SW
Linn County Discovery seeks club listings for Gazette issue
The Gazette will publish its annual Linn and Johnson counties newcomer guide on Sunday Aug. 13. It will include a directory of clubs lodges and organizations open to new members. Submit a brief group description meeting time contact person and phone by July 1 to Phyllis Fleming at The Gazette Cedar Rapids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Discovery
Gazette
Linn
Johnson Counties
the Gazette
P.O
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis Fleming
State Room at UI to stop lunch dinner service
The 30 year old State Room restaurant in the University of Iowa Memorial Union will end walk in dining starting July 1. It will host planned specialty dinners instead to counter a 45 percent drop in customers over 1998 and 1999 and to save about 85000 dollars annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa Memorial Union
Greg Black
IMU Food Services
Black
IMU
State Room
Proposed Cedar Rapids landfill threatens airport distance rules
The Bluestem Solid Waste Agency faces a 425 acre disposal plan near Cedar Rapids that could fall inside a six mile FAA limit if the boundary to boundary measurement favored by four congressmen is used. Distances show the landfill edge to airport edge at 4.47 miles and to runways within 6.0007 miles, prompting legal questions discussed in a closed Bluestem board meeting led by Mayor Lee Clancey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dzette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Avia
Airporttion Administration
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Aviation and Transpor
Bluestem
Lee Clancey
Bluestem Board
Tornado drill simulates Linn County disaster impact
Cedar Rapids drill run by Linn County Emergency Management Agency staged a 11 hour exercise forecasting 200 to 250 fatalities 1 500 to 2 000 injuries and 9 schools damaged. Peter Teahen Red Cross liaison noted unprepared communities pay with lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Peter Teahen
Cedar Rapids
White Sox Pitcher Cal Eldred Buys Cedar Rapids Home
Chicago White Sox pitcher Cal Eldred and his wife purchased a large home in the Bannock Bend development on Abbotsford Road SE in Linn County. The house, valued at 459,703, was recorded March 24. Eldred, 32, from Urbana, revived his career with the Sox this season after injury-plagued years with Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred
Christi
Bannock Burn
Abbotsford Road
County Recorder
Cal Eldred
Urbana
White Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Sox
Abbottsford Rd
Linn County
Woman sues Marion police over wrong address in sex offender notice
Cedar Rapids Mary Churchill seeks $1 in a suit against Marion Police Chief Harry Daugherty Officer Steven Glenn and the city. The suit claims her address was wrongly listed on a public sex offender notification to clear her name and urge better procedures. The department says the notice followed correct steps and that the offender provided the incorrect apartment number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uazette
Cedar Rapids
Mary Churchill
Marion
Harry Daugherty
Steven Glenn
Tom Riley
Churchill
S.tith St
Apt. 1
Riley
Daugherty
Marty D. Ohlhauser
Ohlhauser
Linn
Denver Dillard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iowa City
Dick Hogan
FAA
Jane Garvey
David Lee Hardage
Steve Havlik
Dan Ripley
Rick Haendiler
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Lisa Gibney
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Joan Hackbarth
Aaron Green
American Red Cross
Teahen
C.R
Milwaukee
Chicago White Sox
By Dave Gosch
Gary Hinzman
Guutenniil
Mary —Coer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!