Man pleads innocent to assaulting Iowa City police chief
Jay Shaw 55 pleads not guilty to assaulting Iowa City Police Chief R J Winkelhake at Coralville City Hall on August 6. His son Eric Shaw was killed by a police officer in August 1996, an incident that spurred a separate investigation and officer resignation.
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Jay Shaw
Iowa City
Shaw
Johnson County
R.J. Winkelhake
Coralville City Hall
Eric
Jeffrey Gillaspie
Gillaspie
Eric Shaw
J. Patrick White
Iowa City Police Department
Escaped inmate surrenders at Cedar Rapids facility
Joseph H. Weed, 38, turned himself in after escaping the Lary Nelson Center last month. He is jailed in Linn County facing escape charges for not returning to the center after work on Sept. 2. Weed, serving 27 years for first degree robbery and related offenses, was moved to Cedar Rapids for work release planning. The report notes Weed’s prior transfers and scheduled August 1998 tentative release. A separate item notes the annual city vehicle auction at the Public Works Facility on Saturday with viewing from 8 a.m. and auction at 10 a.m.
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Lary Nelson Center
Cedar Rapids
Joseph H. Weed
Oakdale Medical and Classification Center
Jan Caylor
Weed
Linn County
Caylor
Polk County
Lee County
Board of Parole
Tipton man to face trial on drunken driving in dog dragging
Merlin Laing, 46, of Tipton, was ordered to stand trial December 15 in Muscatine County District Court on drunken driving charges after allegedly dragging his 2-year-old Pekingese, Tippy, for two miles at up to 55 mph. He also faces animal neglect and open container counts with no set dates. Laing reportedly forgot to unchain the dog from the truck tailgate before leaving a campground. Tippy survived.
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Merlin Laing
Tipton
Laing
Muscatine County
Tippy
Defendant's alleged affair discussed at murder trial test
OSCEOLA Stephen Keyes is accused of arson that killed his wife Sandra and son Joshua. Felicia Christensen, an alleged affair partner, is set to testify for the prosecution. Co workers testified Keyes spoke of a future with Christensen and criticized his wife.
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Keyes
Dick Hogan Gazette
Osceola
Stephen Keyes
Felicia Christensen
Christensen Keyes
Red alert for roadside deer reflectors on Iowa roads
Iowa DOT tests red beam reflectors along Marion bypass and other routes to cut car deer crashes. Reflectors cost 3000 to 5000 dollars per mile and require maintenance. Early results praise Lake Darling area data but note high deer pop areas show mixed effects.
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DOT
Marion
First Avenue
Highway 13
Dee
Tim Crouch
DOT Engineering
Ames
Lake Darling
Washington County
Crouch
Parkersburg
Highway 100
East Post Road
Kirby Crabb
Sever
Welch
Minnesota
Darnall remembered for passion for life
Erin Darnall 27 was strangled in her Shellsburg mobile home prompting a Benton County murder investigation. Detectives seek a suspect as relatives recall her humor and zest for life while officials request tips about her beige 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera and sightings from Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Erin Darnall
Karen Nelson
Darnall
First United Methodist Church of
Marion
Nelson
Erin
Shellsburg
Miller
Popenhagen
Iowa
Linn County balks at hog study panel formation
Linn County supervisors again hesitate to form a hog confinement study panel. They will not draft ordinances but may advise whether to draft rules modeled after Humboldt County. A geologist may join the panel as discussions emphasize public understanding and caution.
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Linn
S. Beth Chacey Gazette
Linn County
Jim Houser
Lumir Dostal
Dostal
Humboldt County
Lu Barron
Prairieburg
Barron
Karen Balderston
Randy
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Public Works Facility
Sixth St
Springville
Sandra
Joshua
Clarke County District Court
Christensen
Apac TeleServices
Wal-Mart
Key
Murphy
Tom Welch
Interagency
Gabriel
Eber. Gazette Inte
Benton County Sheriff's Department
Jesse Darnall
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kent Darnall
Nebraska
John Miller
Division of Criminal Investigation
Rick Benson
Benton County
Ken Popenhagen
DCI
Benson
Frances Bloomfield
Rockford
Ill
Bloomfield
Stan Herr
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Herr
Iowa Supreme Court
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