Park officials prep Eastern Iowa for Memorial Day campers
Eastern Iowa parks ready for a three day weekend influx as campers rush to secure spaces. Conservation Director Earl O'Brien completes Iowa's first handicap friendly fishing area at Lake Iowa near Millersburg, with a wheel accessible bridge, archery range and trails. The 93 acre Lake Iowa park accommodates 200 campers at $2 without electricity and $3 with electricity. O'Brien expects full occupancy.
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Iowa
Tion
Iowa County
Earl O’brien
Lake Iowa
Millersburg
O'Brien
Memorial Day camping expands across Johnson Linn counties
Johnson and Linn counties announce new and expanded camping options for Memorial Day weekend. Kent Park near Tiffin opens Friday with 92 sites costing 3 dollars nightly and 2 dollars for tent sites, plus a 30 acre lake opening June 3. Multiple areas including Coralville and Lake Macbride offer free camping. designated tents added at West Overlook. Campers can call 319-354-4466 for site status. Linn County offers a 33 percent base fee discount with a punch card.
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Johnson County
Rod Dunlap
Kent Park
Highway 6
Tiffin
River Junction
Highway 22
Iowa River
Hills
Lake Macbride State Park
Coralville Reservoir
Army Corps of Engineers
Jim Osche
Coralville
West Overlook
Cottonwood
Sugar Bottom
Osche
Sandy Beach
Linn County
Pinicon Ridge
Central City
George Hamilton
Pinicon Ridge Park
Buffalo Creek
South Cedar
Matsel Bridge
Morgan Creek
Fumes Shut Part of Cedar Rapids Federal Building
Workers at the Cedar Rapids Federal Building faced hazardous fumes from a tar pot during roof work. The Bankruptcy Court was sent home as odors sickened some staff. The Cedar Rapids Roofing Co said the issue arose from ventilation and weather delays have pushed the project past its January deadline, with a 90 day extension already used and a few days to weeks more work expected.
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Cedar Rapids
Record 671 Traffic Charges in Cedar Rapids Week
Police records show a record 671 charges and traffic tickets filed for May 13 to 19 in Cedar Rapids, up from 500 the prior week. Speeding led with 328 offenses, license violations rose to 70, and 52 were charged with disobeying signals as total citations reached 671.
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Cedar Rapids
Two Injured In Separate Cedar Rapids Accidents
Two Cedar Rapids residents were hospitalized at St Luke s Hospital after separate Sunday accidents. Michael L Toomer 22 suffered ATV abrasions when throttle stuck on a gravel road near Quaker Oats and he hit a tree. Eric Odegard 23 fell from a bike on Mount Vernon Road and fractured a hand.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Michael L. Toomer
Third St. NW
Toomer
Quaker Oats Company
Eric Odegard
Mount Vernon Road
Insurance group to give $5,000 for helicopter radio gear
The Independent Insurance Agents of Cedar Rapids will present a $5,000 check to the city in a ceremony at the airport. Mayor Don Canney says the funds will buy radio equipment for the HU-1B helicopter recently acquired by Linn County Civil Defense.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Linn County Civil Defense
Softball Umpire Knocked Out After On Field Dispute
Umpire Dane Lyon 20 of 2628 Schaeffer Drive SW was injured Sunday after a first base call sparked a fight during an adult softball game north of Harding Junior High School. Lyon was punched by a player and treated at Mercy Hospital for an ear abrasion and bruises. no charges filed.
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Dane Lyon
Schaeffer Drive
Harding Junior High School
Lyon
Mercy Hospital
Three arrested on various charges in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police arrested three people Saturday and Sunday. Janice Washington 24 and Renita R Keeling 22 both of Omaha were charged with two counts of theft in the fifth degree for a short change scheme at Sambo's restaurant. Washington also faced a prohibited acts charge. David Whiteside 33 of 724 Seventh St. SW was charged with assault and intoxication after an alleged attack on Joyce Cooper 20 of 621 Ninth Ave. SE leaving her with a neck laceration treated at Mercy Hospital.
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Cedar Rapids
Janice Washington
Renita R. Keeling
Omaha
Sambo
First Ave
Washington
David Whiteside
Seventh St. SW
Whiteside
Joyce Cooper
Ninth Ave. SE
10Th Street SE
Cooper
Mercy Hospital
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Lind County Wews
Dunlap
Palisades-Kepler State Park
Mount Vernon
Ron Williams
Williams
C.R. Federal Building
Federal Building
Linn
Michael J. Dvorak
1St Ave
Violet Mae Titus
Sherman St
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Dial
Beront
Pearle ~ Vision Center
Cedar Rapids Lindale Plaza
N.E
Dallas
Texas
Health Testing Labs, Inc
H.D.L
Nece
Fifth Avenue
S.E
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