Friends honor teen by retracing death path
About 80 New Covenant youth group members retraced the steps of Ryan Washburn outside Mercantile Bank on Old Marion Road NE. They prayed sang and mourned on what would have his 17th birthday, as officials described the event as healing and unified in grief.
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Cindy Hadish
Ryan Washburn
Washington High School
New Covenant
Mercantile Bank
Marion Rd
Ryan
Mark Forstrom
Washburn
Forstrom
Cedar Memorial Funeral Home
River of Life Ministries
Washburn man spared prison time in vehicular homicide case
Randall Youngblut 34 pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide after a drunk driving crash that killed his nephew Brent Weber 20 of Jesup in Black Hawk County. Judge Thomas Bower sentenced him to a 10 year suspended term with five years intensive probation and six year license revocation. Family urged leniency noting guilt and crisis, calling it a terrible accident.
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Washburn
Thomas Bower
Randall Youngblut
Youngblut
Black Hawk
Brent Weber
Jesup
Rod Weber
Cedar Rapids woman charged after early morning fight
An Iowa City area 19 year old Cedar Rapids woman Angela D. Johnson was arrested on two charges after a 1:49 a.m. Sunday fight on College Street that left an 18 year old with a facial laceration from a possible bladed weapon. The victim was treated and released. Johnson faces willful injury and interference with official acts charges.
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C.R
Cedar Rapids
Angela D. Johnson
12Th St. SE
College Street
University of Iowa Emergency Treatment Center
Johnson
Beekeeping Courses Offer Help Amid Bee Decline in Iowa
Beekeeper Matt Stewart and State Apiarist Bob Cox will lead a beginners beekeeping course at Williamsburg High School to recruit new beekeepers as parasitic mites devastate wild bee colonies and threaten crop pollination. The article links farm consolidation to reduced pollination and notes honeybees' crucial role for gardens and produce.
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Cox
Matt
Patty Stewart
Conroy
Iowa County
Matt Stewart
Stewarts
Beekeeping Short Course Offered by Iowa Groups
The Iowa Honey Producers and Iowa State University Extension in Iowa County host a free beginners beekeeping course from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Williamsburg High School cafeteria. It covers equipment, techniques, mite controls, and area referrals with a field trip to a local bee yard. Contact Matt Stewart or Bob Cox for details. a starter kit with bees costs about $150.
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Iowa Honey Producers
Iowa State University Extension
Iowa County
Williamsburg High School
Walnut St
Williamsburg
Matt Stewart
Bob Cox
Cox
Beekeepers
Iowa
Stewart
Hiawatha votes on 2.1 million aquatic center bond
Supporters push a $2.1 million Hiawatha aquatic center to boost community identity and growth while opponents cite distrust of city officials. Voters decide Tuesday at two polling sites with a 60 percent passage threshold. results come about an hour after polls close.
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Adam Lowenstein
Hiawatha
Marci Wertzberger
Hiawatha Community Center
Center Point Rd
Hope United Church of Christ
Ninth Ave
Hiawatha Family Aquatic Center
Progress Drive
Boyson Road
18Th Avenue
Miller Road
Anamosa
Dubuque
Dyersville
Charles City
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
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Iowa City
By Marlene Lucas
England
Buckfast Abbey
Adam
Gazette
Marlene Lucas
Brother Adam
United States
Wertzberger
Dalé* Wirtjes
Man of Hiawatha
Parks and Recreation Commission
Aquatic Center
Charlie Fridal
Aquatic Center Committee
Dale Wirtjes Commission
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