Iowa doctors chase Everest comeback and first state summit
Chuck Huss, 53, an emergency room doctor from Iowa City, aims to be the first Iowan on Mount Everest. He plans Everest 2003 with eight teammates and nine Sherpas, departing March 29, while Charlie Wittmack, 25, trains for a first attempt with a Sherpa. The pair face long odds as climbing history and risks loom large.
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Des Moines
Watching the Oscars and correcting tax math errors
A columnist reflects on watching the Oscar ceremonies despite distasteful numbers and production numbers. He admits to a habit of tuning in for talk and controversy while criticizing personal tax miscalculations and the likelihood of future corrections.
Two men charged in Cedar Rapids bank robbery case
Jeremy Pledge 20 and Jermonda Pledge 18 are jailed after an armed robbery of United Security Savings Bank on Edgewood Road. A masked gunman handed a note to a teller at 11 40 a m. They stopped a car on Trent Street SW and were captured with two suspects matching their descriptions. Jeremy Pledge faces multiple charges including first degree robbery. Jermonda Pledge faces robbery and drug related counts. Anthony Flowers, 50, is linked to two prior bank robberies and awaits federal trial.
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Chicago
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Jermonda Pledge
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Country Hill Rd
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Hawkeye
First Ave
Linn County
Anthony Flowers
Army Reserve unit heads to Fort Leonard Wood for training
About 200 members of the U S Army Reserve 960th Quartermaster Company left Cedar Rapids for Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for training ahead of deployment. Eight Cedar Rapids area Naval Reserve members from Mobile Construction Battalion are in Port Hueneme California preparing to participate in the Iraq war. Officers from a unit out of Belton Missouri departed from The Eastern Iowa Airport under Lt Deborah Smith with an unknown next destination.
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Cedar Rapids
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Belton
Iowa
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Reserve
Johnson County volunteers battle grass fires in rural hills
Johnson County volunteer firefighters spent Saturday afternoon battling grass fires in rural Hills Swisher and Solon. No serious damage reported as crews contained the blazes according to fire officials.
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