Hail splits Cedar Rapids area with bands of icy showers
East Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha saw hail piles along downspouts while airport records show no precipitation. Meteorologist Perry Baker explains hail forms in narrow bands and notes Iowa may have seen record hail this year with six inch ground accumulations near Des Moines and Indianola.
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Cedar Rapids
West
East Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
Perry Baker
National Weather Service
Des Moines
Baker
Iowa
Indianola
Motel pool incident sparks lawsuit in Cedar Rapids
Richard T. Johnson 25 sues Holiday Inn Cedar Rapids owner Brock Hotel Corp and medical providers Area Ambulance Service St Luke's Hospital doctors C R Aschoff Jon G McKelly John Troxel Mercy Hospital over alleged substandard care after a 2 a m pool incident left him permanently paralyzed. Amount sought not specified.
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Milwaukee
Cedar Rapids
Richard T. Johnson
Linn
Area Ambulance Service
St. Luke’s Hospital
C.R. Aschoff
Jon G. McKelly
John Troxel
Brock Hotel Corp
Met
Cedar Rapids Hospital Coin Inc
Sisters of Mer Hospital
Mercy Hpital
Eleven arrested for drunk driving in Linn County
Eleven people were charged with drunk driving in Linn County from Wednesday night into early today. The list includes Timothy J. Weaver 24 of 165 Oklahoma Ave SW arrested at 7 41 p m for speeding and drunk driving and 9 13 p m arrest of Robert A Graf 33 of rural North Liberty at an undisclosed location. A 16 year old Marion girl was arrested at 11 43 p m in the 2600 block of First Avenue Marion for speeding. Others include Karl Pepperling 21 of 1129 Belmont Parkway NW disobeying a traffic signal and Donald Enochson 34 of Marengo failing to dim headlights. Further arrests include Roy Swallom 23 Dwight Gottschalk 25 Herchel Siegh 32 Jeffery Smith 19 and Tony Carr 22 with varying traffic violations and drunken driving charges.
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Linn County
Timothy J. Weaver
Oklahoma Ave
33Rd Avenue
Robert A. Graf
North Liberty
Marion
First Avenue
Herchel S. Siegh
10Th Street
Jeffery C. Smith
18Th Street
Tony J. Carr
Ellis Road
Corn Damage After Early Morning Hail East of Oelwein
A 15 minute hail and rain storm east of Oelwein along Iowa Highway 3 caused extensive corn damage. Marble sized hail began at 2 20 a m and fell on fields near the Stanley Curve with over an inch of rain and up to two feet of hail in ditches. Farmers reporting losses include Larry Stork Urban Burkes Orville Kunkel Loren Becker.
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Oelwein
Iowa Highway 3
Stanley
Larry Stork
Urban Burkes
Orville Kunkel
Loren Becker
All Iowa Fair Talent Contest extends deadline and divisions
The All Iowa Fair Talent Contest deadline is extended to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 25. Entries contact the fair office or Betty Berry by phone. Two divisions exist juniors up to 12 and seniors 13 to 20. Preliminary rounds run June 28 and 29 with semis July 5 and finals July 6. A separate lawsuit in Cedar Rapids accuses Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. of failing to honor a coal contract with Arch Mineral Corp. Arch seeks damages up to 3.45 million dollars if the contract is not honored for the remaining term.
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Fair Office
Betty Berry
Mason City
St. Louis
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Northwestern States
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Marengo
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27Th Ave
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Thomas D. Pease
Grande Ave
Mount Vernon Road
Bertram Road
Dwight W. Gottschalk
Lowden
Kirkwood Boulevard
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Oko
Jewelers
Avoilette
Gordon
Westdale Mall
Edgewood Road
Crossroads Mall
Ft. Dodge @ Shop
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Mena
Stee
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Quaker State Motor Oil
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