Traveling comic convicted in St Ambrose rape case
A Scott County jury found Vinson Horace Champ a traveling comedian guilty of first degree kidnapping and second degree sexual assault in the five year old St Ambrose University graduate student rape case. He faces a life sentence on kidnapping with no sentencing date set. He has prior related convictions in Nebraska and faces further Iowa and other state cases.
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Duane Arnold Plant Taken Down For Repairs
The Duane Arnold Energy Center was shut Sunday to fix a condenser problem in the steam system after use in powering the main turbine. Officials said high chloride levels in condensed water could cause accelerated corrosion if not corrected. Linn-Mar Approves New Contract With Teachers. The Linn-Mar school board approved a 3.65 percent total package increase for 2002-03 raising base salaries to 25,530 and district teacher funding to 17,237,946. Corby Laube cited as outstanding educator by Cedar Rapids West Rotary Club for his five years in Marion teaching computer classes and coaching basketball.
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Red Cedar Chamber Music at Cedar Rapids Public Library
Red Cedar Chamber Music will perform a 45 minute free program in Beems Auditorium at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. The concert features finger picking country blues and Gershwin style blues with flutist Jan Boland and guitarist John Dowdall. Call 398 5123 for details.
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Latecomer Gross Leads GOP Fundraising in Iowa 2002
Des Moines Republican Doug Gross, a late entrant, outpaced rivals in fund raising from Jan 1 to May 15, taking in over 1.2 million from 1 461 contributors. Sukup and Vander Plaats raised 682 thousand and 534 thousand respectively, with Gross having 141 283 cash on hand and outspending rivals by about 1 059 230.
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Sioux City
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Marion teen turns car into Toy Box with hundreds of toys
Amanda Frost, 19, of Marion, is covering her 1990 Mercury Sable with about 600 plastic toys collected from a laundro basket and other sources. She plans to finish in a few months, has a blue dyed hair motif, and says the project is her way to have fun.
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Cedar Rapids
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Batman
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Anamosa Teenager Dies in South of Anamosa Crash
Stacey Ralston 17 of Anamosa and Springville died in a crash on Jones County Road X-40 near Anamosa after her car crossed the center line and hit a vehicle driven by Greg Gerdes 51 of Olin. Ad rienne Rickels 61 of Olin was among the injured.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood
Stacey
Clark
Cindy Ralston
Monticello
Travis Anderson
Fairview
Goettsch
Iowan Peggy Whitson to fly Endeavour in May from Cape Canaveral
Peggy Whitson a native Iowan and Mount Ayr graduate will ride space shuttle Endeavour to the International Space Station on May 30 as flight engineer. Teamed with Russian cosmonauts Valery Korzun and Sergei Treschev they will join the station and conduct experiments in physiology microgravity and space product development. The crew will execute three space walks to install equipment and replace parts while Whitson operates the U S systems aboard the station.
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