Young Linn-Mar Writer Wins National Gifted Contest
Matt Baumer, 15, of Linn-Mar, placed top in a national Future Problem Solving Bowl for his six page story Darkness, 500 Meters. He rewrote and revised extensively and aims to submit the piece to national magazines. Baumer plans to pursue writing and hopes to publish a novel about high school society pressures.
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Marion Bureau
Matt Baumer
Linn-Mar
Baumer
Nick Spencer
Spencer
Matt
Richard
Jan Baumer
Crandall Drive
Coe College
Cedar Rapids College
Ray Bradbury
Two prisoners escape from Iowa County Jail
Two inmates fled the Iowa County Jail in Marengo Sunday morning by climbing the exercise area fence and slipping into a Lincoln Continental. Sheriff James Stockett said the suspects James C. Danis and George C. Strable Jr. were seen entering the back seat of a dark over light colored 1970s model car around 10 50 a.m. Danis, 31, is 5 10, 170 pounds with brown eyes and hair, a beard and two missing fingers. He faces extradition to Illinois on felony theft and forgery charges. Strable, 32, is 5 6, 155 pounds with hazel eyes and brown hair, and is a Polk County fugitive awaiting a second degree theft appeal.
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Marengo
George C. Strable Jr
Danis
Illinois
Iowa
Strable
Polk County
Men’s Reformatory
Garage Collapse Claims 22YearOld Missouri Man Near Sperry
Robert A. Conwell 22, of Atlanta Missouri, was killed when a garage being torn down on his mother's Sperry farm southeast of Burlington collapsed. He and his brother-in-law were inside. as Conwell neared the doorway the beam fell crushing him.
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Iowa
Robert A. Conwell
Atlanta
Burlington
Des Moines
Conwell
Riverside man among 5 killed on lowa roads
A Riverside man, Martin J. Armbruster, 20, was killed in a gravel road crash near Riverside. Five fatalities occurred across Iowa roads Saturday and Sunday including Randy Colton, 28, and Adrian Heironimus, 39, in Davenport.
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Lowa
Washington County Sheriff's Department
Martin J. Armbruster
Randy M. Colton
Ainsworth
Iowa
Colton
Armbruster
Taylor
Davenport
When Should Students Apply for College Loans This Year
Banks have begun accepting applications early as the new guaranteed student loan rate may not drop in time for most students. The earliest rate cut could occur by mid June but would take effect mid September, likely benefiting few applicants. Processing typically takes six to eight weeks, so applying now is advised.
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Pat VonAhsen
MNB
Merchants National Bank
von Ahsen
Iowa College Aid Commission
Iowa Plus
Congress
VonAhsen
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