Bolden to Stand Trial for Second Degree Murder
Patrie L Bolden, 26, will stand trial for second degree murder in the December 12 killing of Calvin Stringer outside a Linn County apartment at 3300 Oakland Rd NE. He pleaded not guilty May 14 and remains held on a $750,000 cash only bond with a pretrial hearing set for July 18 in Linn County District Court.
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Patrie L. Bolden
Calvin Stringer
Bolden
Stringer
Oakland Rd. NE
Linn County
Conversations with Council at Hy-Vee Narrows To Ideas
On Tuesday the mayor and City Council members meet residents from 5 to 6 p.m. at Hy-Vee 1843 Johnson Avenue NW. Conversations with Council runs the fourth Tuesday monthly to discuss city initiatives. Volunteers are invited to place flags on veterans graves at Cedar Memorial Cemetery at 8 a.m. Saturday. Call Jerene Thomas at 319 377-0308 to volunteer.
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Hy-Vee
Johnson Avenue NW
Cedar Memorial Cemetery
American Legion Hanford Post
Jerene Thomas
HIAWATHA Council approves stun guns purchase
The Hiawatha City Council approved spending 3360 for four stun guns and training for the Police Department. Police Chief Dennis Marks said the electroshock weapons match the Cedar Rapids Police Department’s model. Each unit costs 840.
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Hiawatha
Police
Dennis Marks
Cedar Rapids
UI Researchers Receive $30 000 Seed Grants for Cancer Studies
University of Iowa researchers Mahfoud Assem Michael Schultz and Fayyaz Sutterwala have each been awarded $30,000 in American Cancer Society seed grants through Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center. Assem will study glioma gene activity to improve diagnosis and treatment. Schultz will pursue targeted radiation to enhance prostate cancer detection and therapy. Sutterwala will explore a protein complex's role in asbestosis linked to cancer risk.
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University of Iowa
American Cancer Society
Ui’s
Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center
Mahfoud Assem
Michael Schultz
Fayyaz Sutterwala
G R vision for downtown housing outlined by developer
George Sherman of Sherman Associates told the Cedar Rapids City Council he would quickly build 40 to 80 units of work force housing near two hospitals on the downtown edge. He presented conceptual plans for three city sites including a mixed use riverfront project with apartments and a riverfront restaurant, a hotel and conference center by First Street parkade, and a riverfront development on the Park and Ride site.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
George Sherman
Sherman Associates
Minneapolis
Sherman
Eighth and
12Th Avenues
River
First Street
Cedar River
Police Department
Jewelry thief forgets car lights during Cedar Rapids heist
Ohio burglar John H. Flagg Jr., 52, allegedly staged a downtown jewelry theft worth more than 150000 dollars at Ginsberg Jewelry, fleeing after a brief burglary. Police recovered 161 watches from his bag and car, with 43 in the bag and 118 more in the vehicle. He was captured after a high speed chase ending near 10th Avenue SE, and faces first degree theft and burglary charges while jailed on 2000 dollar bond.
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Alicia Ebaugh
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Ohio
Jared Hicks
Second Street
Second Avenue SE
Hicks
10Th Avenue SE
Sheila Cruse
John H. Flagg Jr
Cleveland
Flagg
Kenneth Washburn
Second Avenue
Ginsberg’s
Ginsberg Jewelry
Second Ave
Steve Ginsberg
Ginsberg
Tragic Child Dies After Swisher Driveway Accident
A 22 month old girl, Avery Kochan, died after a car struck her in the gravel driveway of her Swisher home at 1690 Falcon Ave NW. Jolice, 60, of Lisbon, was driving and stopped midway as dogs crossed, and the child stepped into the path. The incident occurred about 3 30 p m. University Hospitals in Iowa City later pronounced her dead.
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Swisher
Falcon Ave. NW
Avery Kochan
Iowa City
Iowa State Patrol
Janet Joice
van Wert Inc
Avery
Jeanie Kochan
Bob Cox
Jolce
Lisbon
Kochan
Cox
Joice
Wisconsin woman sentenced in drunken driving death
Darcy L. Schehr, 28, of Hartford Wisconsin, is given a suspended 10 year prison term and five years of supervised release after causing the death of an Iowa City motorcyclist. The judge indicated one year in jail plus contingencies as a balancing act given her clean criminal record.
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Jennifer Hemmingsen
The
Gazette
Wisconsin
Iowa City
Darcy L. Schehr
Hartford
Wis
Daniel W. Klossner
Schehr
Dodge County
What if Hillary had changed her Iowa game rather than Obama
Column ponders alternate Hillary Clinton strategies in Iowa. Myriad questions compare the January caucus upset by Barack Obama to her Kentucky and national campaign moves. The writer notes Clinton’s warmth on private visits, questions advisers, and asks if changes might have altered the race.
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Obama
Iowa
Hillary Clinton
Kentucky
Hillary
Barack
Clinton
Waypoint
Hoskins
Mark Penn
Terry McAuliffe
John Edwards
West Virginia
Bill
Howard Kurtz
Washington Post
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