Marion police bike sale questioned in theft case
Cedar Rapids police impounded a bike from a man who bought it at a Marion Police Department auction. A bike dealer said he purchased the bike there weeks earlier, while Marion Sgt. Ellis Busse questioned how a stolen bike could have been sold at auction, noting possible failure to enter the item in the computer system.
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Marion Police Department
Cédar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
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KJT Bike Shop
Ellis Blvd
the Gazette
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Robins Road
Hiawatha
Akers
Barrett
Matthew Manhart
J St
Ellis Busse
Busse
Marion Police
Five die on Iowa roads during holiday weekend
Law enforcement reports confirm at least five fatalities on Iowa roads over the holiday period including two Fort Madison youths in a fiery crash on highway 61 near the city. Victims James Hoenig 18 and Mark Potter 17 died at the scene and 17-year-old Mark Lohman survived with serious burns. Additional deaths include 3-year-old Mansha Koura in Waterloo hit by a backing car, 73-year-old Asa Jensen in Pocahontas County, and 28-year-old Jenne Diehl in Shenandoah after her car left the road and overturned.
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Potter
Fort Madison Community Hospital
Mansha Koura
Jasser Singa Sangha
Underwood
Pocahontas County
Asa Jensen
Florence
Jensen
James Patton
Patton
Iowa State Patrol
Jeannette Diehl
Shenandoah
Iowa
Red Oak
Diehl
Propane bus saves Tama district fuel costs
A 48 passenger propane powered bus used on routes from Toledo Tama Chelsea and Montour to Marshalltown carries special education pupils and has saved the district 378 in fuel costs over 47 days. The conversion cost was about 900, per district official Mike Petratz.
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Tama County
Mike Petratz
Toledo
Chelsea
Montour
Marshalltown
Petratz
Graduation day at Coe and Cornell College
Graduation day unfolds at Cornell College Mount Vernon and Coe College Cedar Rapids. At Cornell seniors faculty and administrators march to King Chapel for the commencement. Beth Kucera of Cedar Rapids graduates at Coe, a third generation alum, pictured with her grandfather James Turnbull, a 1927 graduate, and her parents Mary Ann and Howard Kucera, both 1958 alumni, in Cone Gallery where Beth’s senior art thesis is on exhibit.
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Mount Vernon
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Cedar Rapids
Cornell
College Hall
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Coe
Beth Kucera
Beth
James Turnbull
Sioux Falls
S.D
Mary Ann
Howard Kucera
Cone
Chinese ambassador to U S plans Iowa visit
Chinese ambassador Chai Zemin will visit Mount Vernon Cornell College on June 7 and 8 to receive an honorary degree, tour a geology center, visit a nearby farm, and potentially stop at the University of Iowa. He will meet Cedar Rapids business leaders, then go to Des Moines to meet Gov. Ray and state officials.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
University of Iowa
United States
Chai
West Branch
U of I
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Robert Ray
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South Tama
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Chai Zemin
People's Republic of China
Philip Secor
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Third Ave
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Polo Collection
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Lindale Mall
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