Fire damages Cedar Rapids mobile home. family survives
A Cedar Rapids couple and their four children spent the night in a motel after a mobile home fire. Gerald Gillson and his 18 year old daughter Heather escaped with help from a neighbor. Fire investigator Capt. Al Brockhohn said the blaze appeared accidental, likely not from the oven. Red Cross provided emergency lodging.
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Cedar Rapids
Gerald Gillson
Heather
Kirkwood Estates
Gillson
Simpson St
Sharon
al Brockhohn
Heather Gillson
Brockhohn
American Red Cross
Former Johnson County official receives home detention
Tom Michel, former Johnson County secondary roads superintendent, is sentenced in Des Moines federal court to six months of home detention and a $1,000 fine for a conspiracy to distribute cocaine. A Florida man and a local resident linked to the drug ring were involved, with Michel described as a minor participant. He also faces a separate state trial for unauthorized scrap metal sales.
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Johnson County
Tom Michel
Des Moines
Charles Wolfe
Michel
Florida
U.S
Cliff Wendel
Grass fire near Troy Mills burns 20 acres. no homes lost
Troy Mills firefighters responded around 11 15 p m Sunday to a mobile home fire on Reamer Road just outside town. The grass blaze burned about 20 acres but did not reach the residence according to Assistant Fire Chief Kirk Dighton.
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Troy Mills
Reamer Road
Kirk Dighton
Beating by motorcycle club members in federal trial
Witness Jerry Van Brocklin testified in Cedar Rapids that Sons of Silence members Jacob Hazlet and Kirk Pierce beat him with a baseball bat for 45 minutes in September 1994. He described injuries including a collapsed lung and a cracked nose. Hazlet, Pierce, David Fairchild and James Leisinger face racketeering and drug charges. Van Brocklin pleaded guilty to related counts. Testimony continues next morning.
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Kevin Kane
Cedar Rapids
Jerry van Brocklin
Sons of Silence Motorcycle Club
Jacob ‘Bear’ Hazlet
Kirk Pierce
Hazlet
Pierce
van Brocklin
Waterloo
Sons of Silence
David Fairchild
James
Crazy” Leisinger
Waterloo-Cedar Falls
U.S
Waterloo Cedar Falls
Fairchild
Leisinger
Second Marion student expelled over knife threat
Marion school board voted 5 to 0 to expel an eighth grade student from all district facilities and activities through the end of the school year for possessing a knife on school property near the high school and threatening other students. The decision follows a Nov 16 incident prior to classes.
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Marion Independent School Board
Marion
David Bradley
William Jacobson
Attorneys' winnings slashed by Iowa ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court cut a Cedar Rapids law firm's fee from 1.65 million to about 50 thousand for a 33 million tax case involving Arlo Hagge. Attorneys Gary Streit and Diane Kutzko argued the appeal, noting 13 000 federal employee pensioners were affected and that the original win returned money to taxpayers.
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C.R. Law Firm
Gazette Courts
Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids
Shuttleworth & Ingersoll
Gary Streit
Diane Kutzko
Arlo Hagge
Streit
Kutzko
Once Upon a Time Bookstore Opens in Manchester
Mary and David Kenyon opened Once Upon a Time Family Books in Manchester six months ago with 2 000 titles and a faith in the community. They buy and resell used books, build shelves themselves, and reach homeschooling families with a mailing list of 800 titles. Copies include Grimms Fairy Tales 1945 and A Modern Cinderella 1933, plus classics by Dickens and Stine, with hours 9 30 to 5 Monday through Saturday and 8 p m Thursday.
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Anchester
Mark Twain
Hell
Mary
David Kenyon
South Franklin
David
Kenyons
Manchester
Bow’s End
Pat Young
Independence
God
Dan
Beth
Michael
Rachel
Matthew
Andrew Greeley
Dave Barry
Charles Dickens
R.L
Stine
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Mary Kenyon
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Rich Murphy
Winterwall
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Lisa Powell
Iowa
Interstate 380
Marion High School
Larry Twachtmann
Twachtmann
Starry Elementary
Washington, Longfellow, Mentzer
Emerson
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Ramblin
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