Cedar Rapids man injured in Ellis Road motorcycle crash
Matthew B. Johnson 22 was riding with friends when he veered off Ellis Road near Bird Lane and Highway 94, traveling over 500 feet before stopping on the south side. He was airlifted to St Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids in serious condition with multiple injuries. A fellow rider was not involved.
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Linn County Sheriffs Department
Johnson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bird Lane
Highway 94
Anamosa Man Injured in Highway 151 Crash Near Springville
Aaron R. Handel, 22, was hospitalized after losing control of his car on Highway 151 east of Jordan's Grove Road. The vehicle overturned into a ditch striking trees. He was flown by Lifeguard Air Ambulance to St. Luke's Hospital in Cedar Rapids in fair condition.
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Springville
Aaron R. Handel
Jordan’s Grove Road
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Handel
Lifeguard
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Falls couple injured in Black Hawk County crash
Robert Hostetler 53 and Barbara Hostetler 93 were hospitalized in critical condition after their car was struck by a southbound pickup on Highway 218 near Cedar Falls. Steven Duesenberg 41 of Waterloo was uninjured. State Patrol investigates.
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Black Hawk County
Robert Hostetler
Sartori Hospital
Barbara Hostetler
Covenant Medical Center
Waterloo
Iowa State Patrol
Hostetlers
Steven Duesenberg
Black Hawk
Duesenberg
I 80 Lanes Reduced for Pavement Patching Across Counties
Interstate 80 will be reduced to a single lane in parts of Poweshiek and Iowa counties for patching. The Poweshiek segment runs from milepost 183 to 193 near exits 146 and 63, while Iowa County covers from the county line to milepost 222 near exit 149. The $99,700 project should finish in late May.
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Poweshiek Counties
Poweshiek County
Iowa/Poweshiek county
Talent may lead to Broadway for Cedar Rapids singer
Cedar Rapids young singer Jonathan Dyrland, 22, earned full-ride scholarships to Coe College and the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He plans to pursue a master's in music and vocal performance next fall, with hopes of Broadway or a recording career someday.
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Edar Rapids
Jonathan Dyrland
Coe College
University of Nebraska Lincoln
Broadway
Dyrland
Audetat Reconsiders Career Path From State Department
Amy Audetat of Lancaster Wisconsin and rural Bloomington Wisconsin grew up in Lancaster. She attended Corner College and will graduate June 2 with a BA in international relations. Her shift after the 2000 election moved her focus from the State Department to sociology and local policy.
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Richard and
Shirley Audetat
Bloomington
Wis
Pat Audetat
Lancaster
Corner College
Janet Borholm
Cunt Vernon
Cornell College
Audetat
State Department
Madeleine Albright
Andetat
Nimrod to Start Teaching Career After Luther College Graduation
Jake Nimrod son of Dale and Sunny Nimrod Decorah will graduate from Luther College in health and physical education and pursue a career as a teacher and coach. He will work as a counselor in Branson Missouri this summer and student teach in Stanton Iowa this fall. He credits teachers and coaches for shaping his path and honors his father a Luther chemistry professor. Nimrod was the physical education major of the year.
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Ecorah
Jake Nimrod
Ife
Luther College
Dale
Sunny Nimrod
Decorah
Dale Nimrod
Luther
Kwakuk Kamps
Branson
Iowa
Stanton
Janet Nimrod
Nimrod
Physical Education
Reaching out to youth Kilburg plans teaching and service
Loras Kilburg 21 of Bellevue to graduate from Mount Mercy College with psychology sociology and middle school education. He aims to reach out to youth, possibly teaching or joining campus ministry. He student taught at Taft Middle and Washington High School and hopes to pursue a master's later.
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Dwain and
Barb Kilburg
Rural
Bellevue
Mount Mercy College
Kilburg
Taft Middle School
Washington High School
Vinton
Local mother earns degree ahead of daughter at Upper Iowa
Sheila Miller, a non traditional student from Fayette, will graduate May 26 with a bachelor’s in communications from Upper Iowa University. Her path began in the mid 1970s at Iowa Western CC and included study at Houston Baptist College and North Harris Community College.
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Ed Miller
Fayette
Upper Iowa University
Miller
Council Bluffs
Northern Natural Gas
Omaha
Neb
Sheila
Iowa Western Community College
Houston
Houston Baptist College
North Harris Community College
Iowa
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