College Community seeks 9.5 million bond for schools and fields
Residents vote today in Linn County on a 9.5 million bond to fund Prairie Middle School and Prairie Crest Elementary additions and renovations, buy 55 acres for future school houses and athletic fields, and improve fields. Tax impact is about 11 cents per 1000 assessed value, about six dollars yearly for a 100 000 home. Polls run 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Prairie High School Fairfax Library Ely Manor and Swisher City Hall.
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College Community School
Prairie Middle School
Prairie Crest
Prairie High School
Fairfax Library
Ely Manor
Swisher City Hall
Cedar Rapids teen improves after Thursday crash
Cory Bernhardt a 15 year old of 3101 Stratford Lane SW improved to serious condition at Mercy Medical Center after a Thursday 3 35 p m crash near Hawkeye Downs. He was a back seat passenger in a car driven by 16 year old John M Stephen and collided with a tanker truck driven by 28 year old Kevin R James. Police said James could not see Stephen due to a tanker blocking the left northbound lane of Sixth Street.
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Cory Bernhardt
Stratford Lane
Mercy Medical Center
Bernhardt
Hawkeye Downs
John M. Stephen
King Dr
Kevin R. James
Martello
James
Sixth Street
Hawkeye Downs Road
Stephen
Fire causes garage blaze in Iowa City home
Fire officials say a wall heater ignited the exterior garage wall at 801 Eastmore Dr. in Iowa City causing 15000 dollars in damage. Firefighters arrived at 4 15 a m Monday found flames on the eaves and roof. The fire was controlled in 15 minutes and extinguished in 30. No injuries, interior undamaged, occupants allowed to return.
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Iowa City
Eastmore Dr
Ken Kortanek
Jury seats quickly in Jamieson murder trial
The Linn County District Court began testimony today in the Travis Jamieson first degree murder case after swift jury selection. Jamieson a 19-year-old suspect faces charges in the 1993 Monticello killing of Cathy Jo Bohlken with DNA evidence central to the prosecutions case.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Linn County
Travis Jamieson
Jamieson
Cathy Jo Bohlken
Bohlken
Monticello
Jones County
Selec
Mystery of 132-year-old tombstone may be solved
Marion Police seek funds to reset a broken tombstone believed to be from Rebecca Barrett of Oak Hill Cemetery. Detective Dan Healy announced the inquiry on February 26 with help from the Genealogical Society of Linn County. The stone was recovered in 1992 after a party incident and has since remained in the police department.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Marion Police Department
Marion
Dan Healy
the Gazette
Rebecca Barrett
Healy
Genealogical Society of
Linn County
Oak Hill Cemetery
Charlene Hansen
Genealogical Society
The
Oak Hill
Hansen
Barrett
Havel Thanks for Card From Iowa Bakery Signers
Czech President Vaclav Havel expressed thanks for a large 2 by 3 foot get well card signed by hundreds of bakery customers in Czech Village. Dr Pavel Seifter sent the message on behalf of Havel noting recovery after surgery in Prague.
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Dale Kueter
Vaclav Havel
Don Janda
Sykora Bakery
Czech Village
Pavel Seifter
Czech Department of Foreign Affairs
Havel
Janda
Prague
Seifter
Consignment night shines at Hoge's Then & Now auction
An Iowa consignment auction draws 150 bidders each Wednesday at Hoge's in Coggon area. Items include furniture, antiques, gramophones, trunks and 1920s Gilbert Totan sets. Norm Williams and Annie and Ray Norris bid on finds while Connie and Carl Thurn snap up a portable Edison phonograph. Ron Fritz buys home repair guides as Cub Scout leader Dave Rasdal notes ongoing turnout.
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Oggon
Annie
Ray Norris
Connie
Carl Thurn
Ron Fritz
Norm Williams
Marion
Norm
St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn
Urbana
West
Connie Thurn
Edgewood
Carl
Monticello
Ron
Ken
Poe
Dave Rasdal
Ken Hoge
Hoge’s
Then & Now
Highway 13
Coggon
Marvel Swanson
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Thomas
Cellmark Diagnostics
Germantown
Mark Roberts
William Eads
Cellmark
University of Iowa
Michelle Redlin
Iowa Memorial Union
Buzz Orr
C.R
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Hoge’s Then & Now
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Donna
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