Bomb scare disrupts Cedar Rapids McKinley Middle School
A student report sparked a safety drill at McKinley Middle School in Cedar Rapids as staff evacuated about 35 minutes after a note claiming a bomb would explode at noon. Police questioned two students while district officials decide on disciplinary action under the district no tolerance policy.
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Cedar Rapids
Court asked to name slain woman's beneficiary
Guardian Life Insurance seeks a court determination of who should receive Frances Bloomfield's $100,000 life insurance payout after her 1997 murder. The interpleader action asks Johnson County District Court to resolve competing claims by her sons and husband, who has filed for bankruptcy, before any payment.
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Massachusetts
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Cedar Rapids
Frances Bloomfield
Rockford
Ill
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Iowa City
Robert
Bloomfields
Minneapolis
University of Iowa
Public sex offender notices in Iowa communities
The Iowa Sex Offender Registry lists Chad E Pegum 404 Moore St Urbana white 6 ft 125 lb blue eyes brown hair moderate risk former victim female 15 convictedThird degree sexual abuse Linn County May 1996. Cedar Rapids notice lists Mark L Age 43 1622 Parktowne Ln NE Apt 5 Cedar Rapids white 6 ft 3 in 173 lb brown eyes brown hair high risk former victim female G convicted Sept 1995 Polk County showing obscene material to a minor. Another entry shows James C Null 1200 20th Ave SW Cedar Rapids white 5 ft 7 in 148 lb green eyes brown risk moderate former victim female 12 convicted May 1998 for lascivious acts with a child.
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Polk County
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Sex Offender Registry
Iowa task force keeps local choice for voting methods
A Des Moines Gazette report notes Iowa will let counties keep their preferred voting methods while a separate panel urges a uniform standard for each method. Secretary Culver sees no mandate for one statewide system though supports clarifying recount rules ahead of 2006. The group plans fall recommendations and foresees lever machines likely phased out where affordable.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Chet Culver
Culver
Florida
Mason City TV reporter declared legally dead
Jodi Huisentruit, a television anchorwoman who disappeared on June 27, 1995, was declared legally dead by District Judge Steven P. Carroll. The ruling allows the family to settle her estate as investigators continue to seek closure in the case.
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Steven P. Carroll
Jodi Huisentruit
Huisentruit
Jodi
Clear Lake
Robert Swanson
Swanson
Thaddeus V. Jude
Maple Lake
Minn
JoAnn Nathe
Sauke Centre
Wet spring boosts Iowa mosquitoes across the state
Iowa State entomology expert Dr. Ken Holscher warns a wet spring may yield a strong mosquito year. Linn County Public Health supervisor Tom Hart notes ongoing tracking using sentinel chickens to monitor encephalitis risk from Culex mosquitoes near waterways.
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Iowa State
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Iowa
Mississippi River
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