Fatal crash on Iowa City curve prompts safety review
A 19 year old, Alonso Sergio Escarcega, died after his car left Highway 6 near Oasis Road and rolled into a ditch then burned. The Iowa State Patrol, Johnson County agencies, and West Branch Fire Department will investigate while autopsy and safety studies consider road curvature and speeds.
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Completion of 1300-hog facility in Dubuque County
Geri Kraemer says the 1300 hog farrow-to-wean facility was completed without incident and opened in November 1998 with first piglets arriving that month. Partners George Kraemer and Duane Behnken continue to operate the farm amid past protests by area residents and Trappist monks over health, environmental and property value concerns.
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Cedar Rapids developer LeRoy Skogman dies after cancer battle
LeRoy "Roy" Skogman, a pivotal Cedar Rapids builder behind Maplewood Addition Bowmen Woods and Stoney Point, died at 78 after a three year cancer fight. His son Kyle notes he shaped neighborhoods and classrooms at Kirkwood Community College. He is survived by wife LaJuana and five children. Services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church-Church of The Brethren.
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Roy” Skogman
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Call of the Colors Photo Contest Ends Friday
The Gazette invites entries for its Fall The Color of Eastern Iowa contest with a $25 prize for five top photos. Twenty five finalists will be posted online November 12 with a People's Choice voting winner announced Thanksgiving day.
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Linn County meet notes list county and city meetings
Daily notebook lists multiple public meetings for Linn and surrounding counties. Cedar Rapids boards and regional supervisors meet at various locations. public forums, hearings, and broadcasts scheduled at museums libraries and theaters with times, sites, and access.
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Mercy and St. Luke’s Births Amid Iowa Notes
Vital statistics list two births on Oct 27 including a girl for Julie and John Buscher in Marion and a boy for Wildan and Ali Kanan in Council Street NE. Also notes several other newborns and updates lottery results with no jackpot winner and a 36.9 million jackpot upcoming. Police activity includes two arrests in Iowa City with times and addresses.
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