Cedar Rapids man arrested after brief police chase
Earl T. Hewing 34 of 200 Eighth Ave SW was arrested after his car struck two parked vehicles in the 1500 block of Eighth Avenue SE then fled as police tried to stop him Canine units and a police helicopter located him nearby He faces charges of driving on a barred license attempting to elude police and multiple traffic counts Bond set at 6500 Linn County Jail custody maintained Tuesday night.
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Cedar Rapids
Earl T. Hewing
Eighth Ave
Eighth Avenue SE
Jeff Hembera
Hewing
12Th Avenue
10Th Street SE
Linn County
Mount Mercy Campus to Close for Electrical Work
Mount Mercy College will close Thursday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in cooperation with Alliant Energy to service the electrical system tied to Basile Hall construction. Basile Hall is the new business and science facility set for completion in May 2003. evening accelerated Institute classes will still meet.
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Basile Hall
Mount Mercy
Mount Mercy College Institute
West Nile cases rise with two new infections reported
Iowa officials say an 18 year old Benton County man is the 39th Iowan diagnosed with West Nile virus, and a 54 year old Montgomery County woman is the latest case. The state notes 37 prior cases and two deaths, with victims unnamed. A hard freeze is forecast to kill the mosquitoes carrying the virus.
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Benton County
Iowa Department of Public Health
Montgomery County
Reading canceled for Cuban author Ponte at Prairie Lights
Cuban writer Antonio Jose Ponte’s Prairie Lights reading in Iowa City is canceled as visa delays persist after Sept. 11 2001. Program Director Chris Merrill says Ponte seeks a visa but no reschedule is set. The article also notes a request to delay Aaron Dahlberg’s HIV transmission trial in Johnson County District Court due to a key investigator’s family surgery.
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Antonio Jose Ponte
Prairie Lights Tonight
University of Iowa
United States
Chris Merrill
Ponte
Aaron Dahlberg
Minnesota
Johnson County
Wildflowers to brighten Interstate 380 corridor in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids parks commissioner Wade Wagner announced a $100 000 federal grant via the Iowa Department of Transportation to plant wildflowers at the interchanges of 1 380 with Wright Brothers Boulevard and Highway 30. The program includes seed soil prep and three years of mowing. Wagner envisions more plantings along the corridor with trees and a volunteer Green Corps to aid cleanup later this year.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Wade Wagner
Wagner
Wright Brothers Boulevard
Highway 30
Iowa Department of Transportation
Dale Todd
McLoud Run
Linn County drills test multiagency emergency response
Emergency drill in Cedar Rapids simulated an air ambulance crash near Matsell Bridge Natural Area outside Viola. St Luke’s helicopter acted as the downed craft while Civil Air Patrol located the site and coordinated search and rescue with a backup helicopter transporting mock casualties to St Luke’s.
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Matsell Bridge
Viola
Linn County Emergency Management Agency
Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Ned Wright
Wright
Jones County
Civil Air Patrol
St. Luke’s
Jennifer Wagner
Nussle pushes plan to overhaul federal income tax
Rep. Jim Nussle chairing the House Budget Committee argues for a complete reform of the federal income tax system. He says the task is hard due to special interests but essential, as he seeks reelection in Iowa's new 1st District against Bettendorf Mayor Ann Hutchinson. Hutchinson's campaign emphasizes the Quad Cities area and is aided by Democratic groups and presidential hopefuls.
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Cedar Rapids
Congress
Jim Nussle
Nussle
Iowa
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Bettendorf
Ann Hutchinson
Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee
Hutchinson
Quad Cities
Monticello Aquatic Center crew honored for rescue
Twelve Monticello Aquatic Center employees were honored by the Grant Wood Area Chapter of the American Red Cross for saving the life of patron Joshua Duden, a Monticello highway patrolman. Lifeguard Emily Ball pulled Duden to surface after a failed high dive, with teammates Josh Chapman Tyler Boysen Ashley Gray assisting and CPR by Pool Manager Jackie Hanna.
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Monticello High School
Daden
Ball
Josh Chapman
Tyler Boysen
Ashley Gray
Duden
Gray
Jackie Hanna
Hanna
University of Iowa
Elizabeth Bowman
Mandi Rickels
Jamie Decker
Monticello Aquatic Center
American Red Cross Grant Wood
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