Fire near Cedar Rapids prompts jurisdiction clash over aid
A barn fire on a farm near Cedar Rapids drew volunteers from Palo and Fairfax after Cedar Rapids Fire Department refused mutual aid. Fire Chief Edsel McMickle cited non club within city limits and lack of taxpayer funding, while farmer Orville Oehler faced heavy losses including a farrowing house and livestock. Volunteers arrived after 30 minutes and may be billed for water used, with questions about fire district boundaries and protection responsibility.
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Atkins
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Hills
Edsel McMickle
Orville Oehler
Oehler
E Avenue
Stoney Point Road
McMickle
Linn County Auditor and Assessor
Water Department
Ozark Expands Cedar Rapids Service With Four New Flights
Ozark Air Lines will add four daily flights from Cedar Rapids starting April 27 boosting daily seats by 260. The schedule adds a Detroit round trip, a Minneapolis St Paul flight, and two Atlanta round trips, for a total of 11 Ozark flights a day. DC-9s will operate ten 100 seat planes and one 80 seat plane on direct or one stop routes.
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Ozark Air Lines
Cedar Rapids
Darrell Paddock
Ozark
Peoria
Ill
Detroit
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Atlanta
Paddock
East Coast
United States
Chicago
O'Hare
Fire At Alvin Beets Residence Under Investigation
A Sunday fire gutted the lower level of the Alvin Beets home at 1100 Sixth St SE Cedar Rapids. The Beets family received Red Cross shelter. no injuries were reported. Fire officials believe flames started under a bed in a first floor room as children aged 15, 14, and 12 along with a 3 year old grandson were inside.
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Alvin Beets
Sixth St
Fire Prevention Bureau
Cedar Rapids Fire Department
Beets
Red Cross
Larry Spielbauer
Spielbauer
Sixth Street
Hodges and Jimmison Plead Innocent in Cedar Rapids Murder
Jimmison 25 and Hodges Jr. 27 face first-degree murder charges for the Feb 20 shooting outside the L and H Lounge in Cedar Rapids. They request trial on May 5 in Linn District Court. Jimmison held on $25,000 bond. Hodges free on 10 percent of a $5,000 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe L. Love
Linn District Court
Jerry Jimmison
Willie Hodges Jr
L and H
12Th Ave
Hodges
Jimmison
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Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce
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Vanessa Shelton
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