City approves preliminary plat for Richs Eighth Addition
City council approves Kurt Richs Eighth Addition with 30 housing lots and a new Grace Avenue street on the west side. Officials discuss extending water and sewer to areas north and west of Highway 363 near Barrys Toppers and Urbana Motors.
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Rich
Grace Avenue
Barry’s Toppers
Urbana Motors
Man shot in buttocks says it was a stray round
Police say the unidentified man was hit Saturday at about 7 p m in the 500 block of 14th Street SE while walking He was treated at Mercy Medical Center and released There have been no arrests and investigators plan more interviews Bever Park booster station to be built this spring replacing a 1935 structure at Linden Drive SE funding 733172 dollars. project to take about a year The Westboro Baptist Church plans to picket the University of Iowa and local churches on April 12 13 over The Laramie Project and other targets in Iowa City
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Tom Jonker
14Th Street SE
Jonker
Bever Park
J Avenue NE
Mount Vernon Road
Linden Drive
Westboro Baptist Church
Topeka
Kan
University of Iowa
Riverside Theatre
Iowa City
Apri
Fred Phelps
Laramie Project
N. Gilbert St
Matthew Shepard
University of Wyoming
First Methodist
Jefferson St
Trinity Episcopal
E. College
Goria Dei Lutheran
Market St
St Mary ’S Catholic Church
Cornell
Drought doubts over Iowa moisture report says deceiving
Climatologist Elwynn Taylor of Iowa State University argues the national drought map misleads by focusing on topsoil moisture, streams and lake levels while ignoring subsoil moisture. He notes near normal upper soil moisture and explains tile drainage and spring recharge will shape river flows and lake levels by Memorial Day.
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Marlene Lucas
OWA City
Iowa
National Drought Monitor
Elwynn Taylor
Towa State University
Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Coralville Lake
Corps of Engineers
John Castle
Moisture Condition Resources Online
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Shooting survivors recall Cedar Rapids tragedy at Ralston Foods
Darrell Bahndorf and David Sebetka, wounded in the January 27, 1995 Ralston Foods plant shooting in Cedar Rapids, say their physical wounds are healed but the memory endures. Bahndorf recalls the ice storm date and ongoing impact, while Sebetka notes the shooting lingers in daily thoughts.
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The
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Darrell Bahndorf
David Sebetka
Cedar Rapids
Ralston Foods
Bahndorf
Sebetka
Ralston
Balmdorf
Rieflin convicted in 1997 Cedar Rapids shooting
Gerald A. Rieflin Jr. entered the Ralston Foods plant in Cedar Rapids on January 2 1995 and fired a pistol killing Gregory Martin and Mark Greiner while injuring Darrell Bahndorf and David Sebetka. In May 1997 he was convicted of two counts of first degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to inflict serious injury. He is serving concurrent life terms plus two years at Anamosa State Penitentiary since October 1997.
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Cedar Rapids
Ralston Foods
16Th St. NE
Gregory Martin
Mark Greiner
Manon
Darrell Bahndorf
David Sebetka
Rieflin
Anamosa State Penitentiary
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Century-Old Farmhouse Restored On Linda Stoneking Property
Dave and Linda Stoneking of rural Springville moved a two century old house to their land and furnished it with antique items from flea markets and auctions. The farmhouse features a large kitchen, pantry, towels, a clothesline, a tannery room, patchwork hardwood, a hand crank sewing machine, wood fences, and a rustic sign.
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Lowa
Dave
Linda Stoneking
Spnngville
Linse Stoneking
Sprrsville
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