Eastern Iowa School Election polling and races
Eastern Iowa voters faces a single contested metro seat in Cedar Rapids with polls 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday while smaller districts open at noon. County auditors provide details. pages 6B 7B and 3B 10B offer polling places candidates and issue summaries. Marion Independent race summary to appear Monday.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Linn-Mar
College Community
Marion Independent School Board
Metro
Condition of man hurt in shootout upgraded
The rural Tipton man Ricky Bartells age 42 involved in a shootout with Cedar County deputies has been upgraded from critical to serious. He held police at bay for five hours after an 11 a.m. domestic abuse call and later fired inside the home. Deputies returned fire injuring him as negotiations collapsed and he exited the house brandishing a gun.
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Tipton
Cedar County
Iowa City
Ricky Bartells
Bartell
Rita
Sheriff's Department
Thompson Man Dies in Winnebago County Crash
John Wirth, 48, of Thompson, died at the scene after a pickup left the road on 400th Street at 165th Avenue in Winnebago County. The crash occurred around 3:30 a.m. Saturday as the vehicle rolled several times and stopped in a farm field, state patrol reports. The county lies about 200 miles northwest of Cedar Rapids.
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Thompson
Winnebago County
John Wirth
400Th Street
165Th Avenue
Iowa State Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Granger man to lead Iowa National Guard 234th Signal Battalion
In Cedar Rapids a change of command at 10 a.m. will name Lt. Col. Rusty Lingengelter as commander of the Iowa National Guard 234th Signal Battalion. He succeeds Lt. Col. Steven Feldmann, Cedar Rapids police lieutenant, who will become logistics officer of the 67th Troop Command at Camp Dodge. The event at 10400 18th St. SW, near The Eastern Iowa Airport, is open to the public.
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Granger
Iowa National Guard
234Th Signal Battalion
Rusty Lingengelter
Steven Feldmann
Cedar Rapids
Feldmann
67Th
Camp Dodge
Johnston
18Th
Knitting Lesson portrays homefront war era family
Mount Vernon writer Amy Loope White stages Knitting Lesson a one act play about her parents Lloyd and Alice Loope during World War II. The show uses real letters and recalls knitting as a wartime pastime while the husband fights in Europe and the wife keeps home with her in Virginia. Proceeds fund Lisbon Public Library with performances November 9 10 and 11 at Heritage Hall. Tickets five dollars by reservation at (319) 455 2800.
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Cindy Cullen
Virginia
Alice
White
Lisbon
Heritage Hall
Lisbon Public Library
Mount Vernon Community Theatre
Lisbon Public
Bob Driggs
Mount Vernon
Amy Loope White
Deadline Friday for Home Front submissions at two papers
Submissions for Home Front are due Friday. Bring material to The Gazette at 500 Third Ave SE or the Iowa City Gazette at 301 E Market St during normal business hours. Materials will be copied and returned when you bring them in.
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The
Gazette
Third Ave
Iowa City Gazette
E. Market St
Keeping the Home Fires Burning series tribute call
The Gazette invites Iowa readers to share letters photographs and memorabilia for a 25 part series honoring home front efforts during World War II The project runs from Friday December 7 to Monday December 9 and seeks stories about rationing savings bonds scrap drives and women in early production jobs.
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United States
the Gazette
Craftsman Hangs Artwork Door At St Marys Church
Gene Portz a 59 year old craftsman in Williams burg built a $3 400 arched top white oak door for St Marys Catholic Church replacing a dilapidated 1920s door. He details weeks of cutting gluing and laminating using a five horsepower shaper and clamps to ensure a flat sturdy entrance while reflecting on the door as a lasting piece of art.
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Illiamsburg
Gene Portz
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Williamsburg
Gene
Marengo
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Signal Battalion
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Andrew
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
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