Cedar Rapids Girl Dies After SW Sixth Street Crash
A seven year old Cedar Rapids girl died at Mercy Medical Center from injuries after being struck by a car in the 800 block of Sixth Street SW as she attempted to cross the street returning from Jim's Food store. The driver Tina Sims Cedar Rapids remained at the scene and the incident is under investigation. An eighth grader at Roosevelt Middle School faced disciplinary action after bringing a broken plastic toy gun to school triggering an early morning police response.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Medical Center
Jeff Hembern
Jim
Sixth Street
Tina Sims
Sims
Hembera
Roosevelt Middle School
Carolyn Cleveland
Cleveland
Postville area collision leaves driver in serious condition
Davis Buddenberg a 67 year old Decorah man is critically injured after his southbound semi truck at Empire Drive near Postville crossed a railroad crossing with crossbucks only and was struck by an oncoming S and M Rail Link train. The collision occurred at 12 35 p m and the train pushed the truck about a quarter mile.
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Decorah
Postville
Davis Buddenberg
Empire Drive
Iowa State Patrol
Buddenberg
Iowa City Nanny Admits Theft and Forgery
Jodi Rotert 20 of Alta pleaded guilty to second degree theft for taking over 2818 in items and cash while employed as a nanny for a Coralville family. She also admits forgery from writing 1706 in checks on her roommate’s account and 154 on the roommate’s father’s account. Sentencing set for December 4.
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Northwest Iowa
Coralville
Jodi Rotert
Alta
Rotert
University of Iowa
Fairfax Announces Weekly Yard Waste Pickup
Fairfax will start weekly yard waste collection on Tuesday and run through November. Plastic bags are not allowed. For details contact City Hall.
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City of
Fairfax
City Hall
Posthumous adoption ties two brothers as Iowa couple smiles
In Johnson County Court Marvin and Rhonda Cass adopted their late son David posthumously, allowing their living son Christopher to grow with both brothers in memory. The case followed new state legislation championed by Rep. Ro Foege and signed by Gov. Terry Branstad.
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Euri County
Iowa City
Christopher
Marvin
Rhonda Cass
Solon
Johnson County
David
Marvin Cass
Casses
Rhonda
University Hospitals
William Eads
Ro Foege
Mount Vernon
Terry Branstad
Foege
Eads
Manhole Ladder Breaks Sending Worker to Hospital
At Iowa City Jefferson and Dubuque streets a University of Iowa employee fell eight feet when a ladder rung broke while descending a manhole. Firefighters lowered rescuers into the shaft. the patient was placed on a backboard and transported by paramedics. A prior similar incident occurred September 23 involving a blind graduate student.
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Lynn M. Tefft
aZeue
Jon Meen
Iowa City
Jefferson and
Dubuque
Thomas Shady
West Liberty
University of Iowa
Steve Parrott
Shady
Priscilla McKinley
McKinley
Ryan Olson
U of I Facility Services Group
Biological Sciences
Parrott
Olson
Dan Luedert
Gazette
Murder suspect seeks to exclude mental health and murder list evidence
David D J Tomlinson Jr 25 faces two counts of first degree murder for the May 22 slayings of his father David Tomlinson Sr 52 and sister Angela Miell 26 in Tama Iowa. His attorney seeks to bar testimony about a claimed list of people he planned to kill. Jackie Tomlinson told Miell about the counts in a phone call from a Kansas City mental health center.
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Vazette
David “D.J
Tomlinson
Jackie Tomlinson
Fort Dodge
Western Missouri
Kansas City
Kim Kouf
Kouf
Miell
Motions Seek Exclusions in Tomlinson Murders Case
Defense motions ask to exclude a list of potential murder targets from Tomlinson’s 1997 Marion County drunken driving arrest record and exclude Miell’s prior statements about fear of her brother. They also seek to bar references to Miell calling her brother Charlie Manson. No rulings have been issued. Tomlinson is detained at Anamosa State Penitentiary.
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Tomlinson
Marion County
Kouf
Miell
Charlie Manson
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Wellman Couple Rebuilds After Fire Destroys Repair Shop
Tom and Kathy Quigley of rural Wellman endure a devastating October fire that destroyed their motorcycle repair shop and all their tools customers property. Tom, 42, suffered burns and a collapsed lung while Kathy, 41, battles a degenerative nerve disease. They face an uncertain future but remain determined to rebuild their life and business with community support and faith.
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Tom
Wellman
Kathy
Barbara DeGood
Iowa City
Barbara
West Chester
Kathy Quigley
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Alexander Pope
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U of Department of Public Safety
Biology
D.J."’ Tomlinson Jr
Tama
Rural Wellman
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
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