Cedar River Floodwaters Hit Southeast Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar River surge flooded uninhabited southeast Cedar Rapids while Indian Creek flow rose from the north. At Marengo the Iowa River reached 15.85 feet with flood stage at 14, and Cedar River crest near Conesville was forecast at 13.1 feet. A separate crash on First Avenue East killed 29 year old Shawn Dale Schutter and injured four others when a westbound car hit a pole at 12:54 a.m. Wednesday.
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Marion couple to face court on theft charges
Robert Bates and Joyanna Bobzien from 1717 C Ave NE will appear in court June 12 on charges of second degree theft for allegedly stealing jewelry from Campbell-Steele Gallery in Marion. They were arrested Feb. 18 with a bag of jewelry valued over $1,000, posted $10,000 bond each, and were released from Linn County Jail on March 17 after warrants.
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Joyanna Bobzien
C Ave. NE
Marion
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Bobzien
Campbell-Steele Gallery
Seventh Ave
Linn
Monkeys move to new homes from Bever Park
The Cedar Rapids Bever Park 18 monkeys near relocation to new homes as of May 27. Seven will depart to the Dickinson Park Zoo in Springfield Missouri in two families led by Bozo the 38 year old. Other primates head to North Carolina Zoo Asheboro and Wildlife Rescue Rehabilitation in Boerne Texas and Primate Rescue Center in Nicholasville Kentucky.
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Bever Park
Wade Wagner
Dickinson Park Zoo
Springfield
North Carolina Zoo
Asheboro
N.C
Wildlife Rescue & Rehabilitation Inc
Boerne
Texas
Primate Rescue Center Inc
Nicholasville
Duane Crock
Rachel Boardman
St. Paul
County paid legal fees for deputy in defamation suit
Buchanan County paid legal expenses for Deputy Tracey Bantz after the county’s insurer argued he acted as a county agent in a defamation suit. The jury later awarded Crystal Kiesau $156,000 for reputational damage and emotional distress from a digitally altered photo. The county and Sheriff Leon ard Davis were dismissed from the case.
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Leonard Davis
Bantz
Cedar Falls
Kevin Engels
Crystal Kiesau
Davis
Delaware County
Kiesau
Skorton raises top administrator as staff reorg creates committee
University of Iowa President David Skorton boosts Vice President for Finance Doug True’s salary from 194 456 to 240 000 and assigns him oversight of the athletic department and information technology. The move adds a quarterly committee including Skorton, Athletic Director Bowlsby, an NCAA rep, and other university leaders to review athletics operations.
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Bob Bowlsby
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First Morels of Spring and a Salad Debate
A columnist recalls his first spring meal of morels after a foray at a discreet location and jokes about hunting skills. He then critiques a nutrition article about salads, noting fat and calories, while mentioning PCRM and related groups and urging cautious reading of labels.
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