Jacksonville odor report sparks city pride clash
A grand jury in Jacksonville, Florida reports thousands of odor complaints since 1985 from paper mills and chemical plants, labeling the city the City that Smells and prompting comparisons to Cedar Rapids. The column mixes local weather lore, urban critique, and light anecdotes about odor culture.
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Minn
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Ontario
Canada
Jax
Iowa
Florida
Dick Kennedy
River tragedy: 17-year-old drowns during river swim
Brandon Sebastian, 17, a high school dropout with a kind heart, drowned while swimming 100 yards from shore in Harpers Slough near Harpers Ferry Iowa. His mother and stepfather were clamming nearby when a rope fouled the propeller and blocked rescue. His girlfriend and family described him as a good, hard working young man.
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Gazet
Iowa
Bureau
Waukon Junction
Brandon Sebastian
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Sebastian
Lynn
Vernon
Ole” Boland
Harpers Slough
Harpers Ferry
Boland
Sebas
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Waukon
Amy Kumlin
Brittany
Kamlin
Kyle Johnston
Johnston
Sentencing set for Edward Deases in Ames murder case
Edward Deases is to be sentenced June 1 for the murder of Jennifer Ann Gardner. The 22 year old admitted decapitating the body but denied killing his brother's girlfriend. Gardner died May 28 1989 in Ames and the head and torso were found in a lake and ditch. She was 20. Gardner's family and public defender indicated possible appeals.
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Edward Deases
Jennifer Ann Gardner
Ames
Cedar Rapids
Deases
Pamela Summers
Gardner
Eustaquio Deases
Little Wall Lake
Ruben
Ruben Deases
Linn County District Court
County Home Road bridge closure to repair seeks 4am reopening
Linn County Road E-34 known as County Home Road will close at 4 am Tuesday west of Highway 13 for bridge deck repairs. Assistant County Engineer Steve Gannon notes a possible 24 hour delay for weather. Traffic to the landfill comes from the east and trucks may reroute via Marion and Alburnett.
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Roland Krekeler
Linn
County Home Road
Highway 13
North 10Th Street
Alburnett Road
Gannon
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Alburnett
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