Quiet Cedar Rapids drug raid yields marijuana and paraphernalia
Narcotics detectives and the Cedar Rapids Special Response Team searched two apartments at 1542 Bever Ave SE on Thursday seizing a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Julie Meyers, 24, was charged with possession of marijuana and released after promising to appear in court.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Ave. SE
Jeff Meligren
Police Narcotics & Vice Unit
Bever Avenue SE
Julie Meyers
Julee Crofts
Meyer
Center Point Fire Chief Links Two Rural Fires
Center Point Fire Chief Tom Mackey suspects Thursday morning farmhouse blaze east of Center Point on Iowa Road may be connected to a nearby barn fire Tuesday night. The abandoned farmhouse burned quickly after responders arrived at 1 30 a.m. with a license plate from a vehicle noted in the area. No further investigation is planned.
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Center Point
Tom Mackey
Iowa Road
Mackey
Linn County
Richard Bowers
Dunkerton School Superintendent Resigns After Seven Months
Mark Pilcher has resigned as Dunkerton School District superintendent seven months after taking the post. He cited personal reasons in his resignation letter delivered Monday to school board President Rod Platte. Pilcher, previously a Springville high school principal for seven years, leaves effective July 30 and will stay on until a replacement is found.
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Dunkerton
Mark Pilcher
Rod Platte
Pilcher
Springville
Cattle Market Spring Grove Closes, Shakes Midwest Trade
Spring Grove Live stock Market in Minnesota shut down this week, rattling Iowa and Midwest cattle trading. Barns nationwide note the impact as lenders and buyers assess unpaid cattle deliveries while others speculate on new participants stepping in. John Morken cited financial troubles as the cause, with further comments limited.
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Douglas Newmann
Spring Grove
Minnesota
Iowa
Midwest
Waterhouse
John Morken
Judge OKs Cattle Congress compromise in bankruptcy case
U S District Bankruptcy Judge Paul Kilburg approved a plan allowing National Bank of Waterloo and the Waterloo Community Development Board to begin foreclosure on National Cattle Congress property in Black Hawk County. The order bars asset liquidation or control by the bank without further court order while the unsecured creditors committee questions default status.
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Congress
U.S. Bankruptcy Court
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
The
Cattle Congress
National Bank of Waterloo
Community Development Board
Iowa professors return from Middle East study trip
Twelve Iowa college and university professors returned Wednesday night after 21 days of studying the Arab world. They met Syria’s education minister and Kuwait University officials, toured Kuwait University, and even jet skied in the Persian Gulf. The group praised Arab hospitality and noted Syria’s ancient history alongside modern technology in Kuwait.
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Middle East
Syria
Kuwait
Walker firetruck No. 2 returns to hometown parade
A 1924 Laverne f iretruck once sold in the 1950s and later traced from Boone to Spring Hill is restored by Lowell and Irene Meier in Walker. After three years of work the vehicle will star in Walker’s Fourth of July parade and remain on display with other antiques.
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Douglas Neumann
Alker
Lowell
Irene Meier
Linn County
Walker Fire Department No. 2
Lowell Meier
Walker
Meier
Boone
Spring Hill
Warren County
Des Moines
Irene
Estherville
Ilene
Dick Rummel
Monty
Jerry Wiltsey
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Mellgren
Midwest Livestock Mar
Bob Vonderhars
Cascade
Kay Vonderhars
Maquoketa
Marvin Waterhouse
Manchester
Judge OK
Cattle Congress Compromise
Tom Fiegen
Unse
Cured Creditors Committee
Paul Kilburg
U.S
Iowa Press
Mideast
By Mark Martin
Ard
Firetruck
Walker Fire Department
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