Cedar Rapids Man Critical After Motorcycle Crash
Albert Summers Jr. 42 of Cedar Rapids is in critical condition at University Hospitals Iowa City after a Friday evening motorcycle crash. Police say his bike left the road in the 2800 block of C Street SW at 4 41 p m and he was transported first to Mercy Medical Center before transfer. Summers suffered serious neck and head injuries and the case remains under investigation.
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Albert Summers Jr
Cedar Rapids
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Summers
C Street
Mercy Medical Center
Red Cross volunteers depart for West Virginia relief
Red Cross Grant Wood Area Chapter volunteers Diane Mork of Swisher and Diane Miller of Manchester left Saturday to aid mudslide and flood areas in West Virginia. They will drive the Emergency Response Vehicle capable of 400 hot and 1,000 cold meals and assist relief workers for up to three weeks.
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American Red Cross
Grant Wood Area
Diane Mork
Swisher
Diane Miller
Manchester
West Virginia
Mork
Miller
Family sues university over son's fatal plane crash
The Varga family files a wrongful death lawsuit against the University of Dubuque after their 19 year old son Adam Varga a Budapest student and university flight instructor died in a December 1998 Cessna crash near Sherrill. The suit focuses on alleged negligence as testimony continued Friday in the case.
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University
University of Dubuque
Adam Varga
Budapest
Hungary
Sherrill
Varga
Woman Delivers Baby in Van Outside IBP Plant
In Council Bluffs a Bellevue woman gave birth Friday night in a van parked in the IBP meatpacking plant lot after rapid contractions. Paramedic Martin Altmann assisted as Fire Chief Doyle Miner reported.
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IBP
Bellevue, Neb
Martha Gach
Martin Altmann
Council Bluffs
Doyle Miner
Oxford Junction Faces Urban Shift and Population Slowdown
The Iowa town of Oxford Junction, population about 573, confronts urban migration and farm consolidation. Local residents like Bob Coon and Kris Leeper note aging demographics, business adjustments, and a changing town center as households shrink from 268 to 236 while services persist at a small scale.
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Larry Coon
Austin
Coon
Oxford Junction
Marguerite Coon
Bob
Xford
Wapsie Park
Iowa
Bob Coon
Larry
Marguerite
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Census Bureau
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Washington County
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Keota
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Dubuque
Urgan
Dwaine Persels
Otto Koranda
Dobling
Monk
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
Linn
Johnson
Stany
Cupton
Fior
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