Welding torch spark touches off Cedar Rapids apartments fire
A stray welding torch spark started a fire at noon Tuesday in two apartments at Northview Apartments on Cedar Rapids northeast side. Fire spread between units 276 and 278 up to the second floor. residents evacuated. no injuries reported. Ron Corbett and Jim Sjoerdsma share Apartment 276.
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Cedar Rapids
Northview Apartments
Richard Tebbe
Tebbe
William Daugherty
Daugherty
Cindy Christensen
Ron Corbett
Iowa House of
Homespun Big River charms with quiet country soul
In Iowa City the stage adaptation of Mark Twain’s Huck Finn travels the Mississippi with country music and gospel. Romain Frugé as Huck shines while Michael Edward Stevens’s Jim moves the heart. the simple set and river photography by Heidi Landesman underscore a sincere homespun mood.
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Helen Chadimanzette
Big River
Mark Twain
Huck Finn
mid-America
Mississippi
Hancher Auditorium
Iowa City
Jordan Bowers
Romain Frugé
Jim
Twain
William Hauptmann
Huck
Heidi Landesman
Frugé
Dale Radunz
Pap Finn
Michael Edward Stevens
Log of fires and medical emergencies by city responders
The log records incidents from Monday and Tuesday including a fire at 1261 Fourth Ave SE Apt B and an incendiary fire at 125 20th Ave SW. It also lists multiple medical emergencies at locations such as Seventh Ave and Fifth St SE 100 First Ave NE Apt 806 and 638 Grant Wood Dr SE.
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Fourth Ave
Apt. B
Seventh Avenue
Fifth Street
Mount Vernon Rd
First Ave
Apt
Grant Wood Dr
Camburn Cr
20Th Ave
Northview Dr
C St
Chandler St
Accident injures two near Center Point on Ring Road
Michael Matheny, 23, of Marion, was treated at St. Luke's after his car left Ring Road two miles north of Center Point and rolled in a ditch at 8:30 p.m. Monday. Passenger James Madi son, 39, of Sioux City, was treated and released. Investigation continues.
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Michael Matheny
Fifth Ave
Marion
St. Luke’s
Matheny
Ring Road
Center Point
James Madison
12Th Ave
Cedar Rapids Iowa City events March 2 schedule
City meetings and cultural programs span Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Public sessions include City Council Linn County Supervisors and Hiawatha meetings. Music by Anne Akiko Meyers. Art lecture on Amanas furniture. Theater shows Big River and Miss Margarida's Way. Durer lecture and two film screenings.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Public Library
M.A. Bendorf
Amana Furniture Shop
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Big River
Hancher Auditorium
University of Iowa
University Theatre
Theatre
Albrecht Durer
Andrea Pearson
Museum of Art
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C.R
Ctyline
Anne Akiko Meyers
Clapp Recital Hall
Donnelly Center
Mount Mercy College
McBaith
Warde
Mae
WALL
Sherwin-Williams Designer
aSa
Decorating World
K-Mart Plaza
Collins RO
Kingston
Riverside
Sherwin-Williams
ECORA
West Water Street
Old Capitol Mall
Christian Dior
Carrera
Givenchy
Cheryl Tiegs
Halston
Silhouette
Pearle Vision
Pearle
Westdale Mall
Lindale Mall
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