Cedar Rapids man faces multiple charges after high speed chase
A 27 year old Cedar Rapids man Bobby Joe Witt led deputies on a 30 minute chase from Highway 30 through three counties before stop sticks and gunfire halted the pursuit. Witt was captured at 8 a.m. and held in Linn County Jail on eluding and license related charges. A second incident reports 44 year old Thomas Elias arrested on suspicion of operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a head on collision on Highway 30 injuring Misty Severe-Kloos. The westbound lanes were closed for over an hour. In a separate Cedar Rapids case Nathan Sinn and Doug Onstot both 19 were charged with burglary following an early morning attack at 119 West Post Rd NW. Five others faced disorderly conduct and trespass charges.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa County
Bobby Joe Witt
Linn County
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Johnson
Iowa
Witt
Linn County Sheriffs Department
Blairstown
Thomas Elias
19Th Ave
Sheriffs Department
Elias
Linn-Benton County
Misty Jo Severe-Kloos
St. Luke’s Hospital
Nathan Sinn
Doug Onstot
West Post Rd
Federal case tossed over union dues dispute in Iowa
Reinbeck rural letter carrier Donald Koch had sued the National Rural Letter Carriers Association and the Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association for $195 in union dues deducted after he ended membership. Judge Michael Melloy dismissed the federal case, noting the error stemmed from clerical mistakes by Koch or his postmaster and not federal jurisdiction.
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Reinbeck
Michael Melloy
Donald Koch
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Iowa Rural Letter Carriers Association
Koch
Small-Claims Court
Melloy
Federal
Galesburg man charged with murder in Henderson County death
A Galesburg resident, John R. Boyd, 25, is charged with first degree murder in the death of Dwight R. Vice, 36, whose body was found Friday in his Oquawka home. Boyd also faces an attempted murder charge involving Vice’s 12 year old son who is treated at University Hospitals Iowa City for a deep arm wound and a stab wound to the neck.
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Galesburg
Ill
Henderson County
John R. Boyd
Dwight R. Vice
Oquawka, NL
Burlington
Iowa
Boyd
Vice
University Hospitals
Iowa City
House hours save time for studies
Des Moines reports Benton Community High School senior Brandie Koopman crochets during extended House sessions as Iowa lawmakers work late to finish the 2001 session. She and fellow pages crochet, read, or draw, with Rep. Rebecca Reynolds joining in on late debate.
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Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
House
Brandie Koopman
Newhall
Koopman
Benton Community High School
Caucus
Rebecca Reynolds
D-Bonaparte
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