Sheetrock Tales From a Vacation Not Vacationing
Mike Deupree explains a home remodeling project kept him busy while away, venting about sheetrock as the central foe. He recalls attic renovations, awkward cutting, dusty struggles, and vows to hire pros again, with ongoing finish work ahead.
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Bob Greene
Waltons
Sheetrockville
University of Iowa student charged with burglary after leg rub incident
Tonye B. Amachree 19 of Macomb Indiana appeared on two counts of burglary in the second degree for entering Hillcrest residence hall rooms on the ground and fourth floors and touching the legs of sleeping residents. He admitted the acts and was released on his own recognizance.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Tonye B. Amachree
Slater Hall
Hillcrest
Amachree
Macomb
U of I
Farmers seek drought relief as ASCS offices struggle
Farmers across counties begin applying for federal drought aid while offices lack required software and forms. Officials estimate many corn growers qualify with yields 45 to 50 bushels per acre and note processing hinges on completed harvests and documented records.
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Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASCS
Congress
US S. Department of Agriculture
Brian Reimer
Delaware County
Reimer
Donella Watkinson
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Benton County
Benton
Davenport
Scott County
John Battenhagen
Terry Branstad
Branstad
Four Cedar Rapids youths charged after teen dies on I-380
Four southwest Cedar Rapids youths face two counts of assault in Linn Juvenile Court for allegedly threatening and chasing 15 year old Brian McMurrin and his companion before McMurrin was struck and killed on Interstate 380. The incident began near Wendy's on 33rd Avenue SW when the group pursued the boys who fled toward the highway.
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Vanessa Shelton
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Brian McMurrin
Interstate 380
Brett M. Osborn
Outlook Dr
Troy A. Sauter
Timothy D
19Th Ave
Robert M. Sherman
20Th Ave
Linn Juvenile Court
Linn County
Denver Dillard
McMurrin
Robert Conrad
Wendy’s
33Rd Avenue
Conrad
Merrick Kossack
University of Illinois
Rockwell-Collins
Two Cedar Rapids teens charged in Jones Park beating
The incident left Beyer with a skull fracture and two youths Tyrone Downs and Daniel Osborn facing willful injury counts in Linn Juvenile Court. An adult companion Tony Spies also charged. Downs faces extra assault with injury counts from an August 28 assault near Edgewood Road.
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Vanessa Shelton
Cedar Rapids
Jones Park
Linn
Toby Beyer
Ave. NE
Beyer
Kirkwood Community College Criminal Justice Club
Tyrone W. Downs
Bramble Rd
Daniel J. Osborn
Old Ely Rd
Iron
Rodney Crosser
Kirkwood Blvd
Travel tips and tourism guides by state
Weekly travel tips and a citywide guide to tourism bureaus across all states. Contact CITYLINE at 363-7000 for information and planning resources.
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Jaeger seeks cut for Hinzman demotion pay dispute
Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jaeger requests paying former police chief Gary Hinzman at captain’s rate, contradicting Cedar Rapids City Council last week. Hinzman fired Sept. 19, serving as acting chief with Assistant Chief Jim Barnes, while two chief wages are paid from the city budget amid budget and rank questions.
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Heather Sloman-Wood
Gazette City Hall
Public Safety
Bob Jaeger
Gary Hinzman
Cedar Rapids
Jaeger
Hinzman
Bill Holtz
Public Safety Commissioner
Holtz
Jim Barnes
Barnes
Hal Schaefer
Gazette
Schaefer
Police Department
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