Fire damages vacant farmhouse northwest of Marion
Fire investigators have not announced a cause for the early Monday farmhouse blaze at 3477 Gillmore Rd. owned by Ken Gillmore. Firefighters from Alburnett Monroe Township and Robins battled the two story frame house as roof sections collapsed. Gillmore said the house and one story addition were destroyed.
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Marion
Gillmore Rd
Ken Gillmore
Alburnett
Monroe Township
Robins
Gillmore
State race track slot machines question prompts 261 responses
The Daily Notebook surveys yesterday asked readers whether they would support slot machines at race tracks. Responses totaled 261 with mixed opinions on gambling expansion and track funding implications.
City calendar lists meetings and tours across Linn County
A dense schedule covers Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas with meetings of the City Council and Board of Supervisors. Also listed are tours of a Water Purification Plant, a string quartet recital, a legal-education session, and multiple public health and recycling events.
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Cedar Rapids
E Ave
Linn County Solid Waste Agency
Marion City Council
Linn County Plumbing Board of Examiners and Appeals
Third St
Linn County Emergency Management Administration
Civil Defense Center
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Cityline
Iowa City
Hy-Vee
Wilson Ave
Linn County
Local Vital Statistics Report for March
Mercy and St. Luke's births listed for March with multiple families in Des Moines and Swisher. U of Hospitals Iowa City records a March 10 birth. Totals and percent of normal are noted with garbled trailing text from Iowa-Illinois Gas & Electric compilation.
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U OF Hospitals
Iowa City
Jennifer
Mike Peterson
Tama St
Marion
lowa-Illinois Gas & Electric Co
Community meets to halt Cedar Rapids violence
Earnest Bynum leads Stop The Violence in Cedar Rapids with residents at Ryan's Family Steak House to curb shootings and gang activity. He plans youth programs, cleanups, and midnight basketball while highlighting a neighbor’s daughter Destiny Wright as a tragic example.
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Darain Metz Dazette
Earnest Bynum
Cedar Rapids
Bynum
Ryan’s Family Steak House
Collins Rd
Theologian notes Catholic split over women priests
Rosemary Radford Ruether says the Roman Catholic Church is divided on ordaining women as priests. She cites hierarchy opposition vs grassroots support and predicts change may come easier at national levels than worldwide. Ruether spoke at Coe College after authoring for National Catholic Reporter.
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John Kirsch
Cedar Rapids
Rosemary Radford Ruether
Coe College
Ruether
Church of England
U.S
John Paul II
Coe
National Catholic Reporter
Theological Tours
Northwestern University
Princeton Theological Seminary
Yale
Harvard Divinity
Residents Blame Meth-Wick Work for Time Check Flooding
Time Check residents accuse Meth-Wick Community plans and city delays of worsening floods. Officials consider permanent fixes using flow meters to locate water sources, with options including larger sewers gates and enforcement on illegal sump pumps. Local figures demand dry basements and equal treatment.
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Shire-Hattery
Elgin
Don Thomas
Hughes
Cedar Rapids Board Expels Second Student This Month
The Cedar Rapids school board voted to expel a student for the remainder of the school year, following a closed meeting. Officials did not release the student’s name age or school. The expulsion comes after a prior February decision to expel three students for the year. The 1993 pistol incident was the first such action in a decade.
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Ter
Cedar Rapids
Midwest faces above average flood risk despite calmer spring
Federal weather official says the nine state Midwest remains at above average flood potential though widespread disasters are unlikely unless rainfall mirrors last year. The main concern is the Northeast with snowpack and ice jams threatening Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and western New England.
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Midwest
Frank Richards
National Weather Service
Richards
Dakotas
Min
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
New England
Robbery suspects charged in Marion bank heist
A Marion juvenile and three out of state youths face first degree robbery charges for the Friday night armed robbery at Farmers State Bank. Lookouts aided by masked accomplices confronted two Carmike Cinema employees as they attempted a deposit at 10 45 p m. The gun was shown and a Mace spray used. Two suspects are from St Paul Minnesota and one from Cicero Illinois. Bond ranges from 10 000 to 100 000.
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Town Rd
Marion
James P. Camero
David P. Raridon
St. Paul
Minn
Elsi Arroyo
Cicero
Gary Nieuwsma
State Patrol
Cedar Falls
Franklin County
Camero
Raridon
Nieuwsma
Arroyo
Mark Diamond
Linn County
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Timothy Kelly
Rockford
Keith Bills
Markham
306Th Street
Tipton
Bills
Brian Williams
David Olson
St. Luke’s Resource Center
Sgt
Steven Parker
Des Moines
Loras
Daily Notebook
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Usher Ferry
Fourth Ave
Hiawatha Water Board
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J Ave
Indian Creek
St. Lawrence
Quadrangle
U of
Martha Folts
Krapf Organ Studio
Music Building
Collegium Musicum
Early Music Ensemble
Harper Halil
U of Music
Dennis Beatty
Farmers State Bank
Marion Public Library
Iowa
Illinois
Linn County Health Department
13Th St. NW
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Gazette
Lyle Lichty
Cornell
West Science
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Ron Delbene
McAuley
Mercy Medical Plaza
Mercy Hospital
James P. Johnson
W. Post Rd
29Th Ave
Ronald D. Bearbower
10Th St. NW
Fifth Street NW
Dale R. Jensen
Boxwood Lane
Boyson Road
Hiawatha
Jason A. Rissman
Seventh St
15Th Avenue
Todd Hulfish
12Th St. NE
Constance
John Kramer
Elizabeth St. SW
Anne
Michael Lefebvre
Norway
ST. Luke’s
Ettinah
Daniel Kent
Swisher
Marilyn
Patrick Rollberg
Sixth St. NW
Kristine Hosford
Kris Rugland
C Ave. NW
C.R
Stop
Linda Chambers
1718
Park Ave
Bever Ave
Chambers
Destiny Dawn Wright
Joseph Hopkins Jr
Chicago
Harikari
Don Hughes
16Th Avenue
Stoney Point Road
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