Iowa State Band to Perform at Jefferson Washington Game
Cedar Rapids reports the ISU Marching Band will perform at halftime of the Jefferson Washington football game at Kingston Stadium. Host families sought through Jefferson High School director Earle Dickinson. Volunteers Chavez and Teahen depart Cedar Rapids for Morgantown to support Hurricane Fran relief efforts and feed victims and workers amid widespread flood damage.
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Iowa State University
Jefferson-Washington
Kingston Stadium
Earle Dickinson
Jefferson High School
Grant Wood Area
American Red Cross
Cedar Rapids
Pat Chavez
Peter Teahen
Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
Inmate Stabbing at Oakdale Sees Upgraded Condition
The victim Jason Brewer 20 was stabbed at Iowa Medical and Classification Center Oakdale. Lonnie Foster 29 a white supremacist is charged with attempted murder. Jerry Davis 26 and Chip Kurelko 35 face aiding and abetting charges. Investigators say Foster attacked after Brewer spoke to black inmates.
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Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
University Hospitals
Jason Brewer
Lonnie Foster
Jerry Robert Davis
Des Moines
Chip J. Kurelko
Mason City
Foster
Brewer
Davis
Kurelko
Iowa City Man Arrested After Park Truck Flip
A 20 year old man Travis Klein called the Iowa City Police about 4 30 a m after flipping his truck in City Park. Police say he had a 0 128 blood alcohol level and lied to officers about driving the vehicle. He was jailed for drunken driving. The second vehicular homicide trial for Lawrence Henning was moved to January 21 after the Iowa Supreme Court overturned the first conviction citing tainted evidence from prior drunken driving convictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Lawrence Henning
Christopher Harding
Iowa Supreme Court
Henning
Johnson County
Parents press for independent probe at Hiawatha school
Residents from Citizens for Accountability in our Public Schools demand two parents join to select a neutral investigator to review Principal Dena Chambliss amid complaints of improper language and discipline. Chambliss is on eight weeks paid leave as the district hires a professional or retired judge to oversee the inquiry, with all parties to be interviewed and specifics required for any claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becky Stover
Residents Accountability Group
Hiawatha
Dena Chambliss
Peggy Wright
Public Schools Association
Cedar Rapids
Chambliss
Walt Loukota
Ron Olson
Olson
Lew Finch
Finch
Lisa Dunlap
Wright
Iowa School Elections Highlight Funding and Board Changes
Gazette reports Cedar Rapids voters consider an instructional support levy up to 5 million annually for five years including a 1.5 million property tax cap and 3 percent income surtax. College Community district seeks 9.1 million for Prairie Middle School and Prairie Crest additions and future sites. Johnson County districts including Solon discuss levies and board election changes with polls from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Gazette
Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids
College Community
Prairie Middle School
Prairie Crest
Johnson County
Solon
Opening Ceremony and Memorial Service Mentioned
Opening ceremony set for 10 a.m. today with a memorial service listed at 1:11 a.m. on Saturday.
Moving Wall brings Vietnam memorial to Cedar Rapids
The Moving Wall, a half size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, visits Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery in Cedar Rapids through Monday. Volunteers set up the 253 foot aluminum display near the Chapel of Memories with round the clock access and counseling, and a ceremony is slated for 10 am today.
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Curt van Gorp
Cedar Rapids
Vietnam Veterans’ of America
Tom Klug
Central City
Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery
Tom Fruehling
Washington
D.C
Cedar Memorial
John Linge
Linge
Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans of America
Dubuque
Waterloo
Iowa
Craig Wolford
Columbus Junction
Darrell Hamlin
Iowa City
Washington Wall
California
Eran John Devitt
Devitt
Iowa Air National Guard
Terry Branstad
John Steer
Charlotte
Ark
van Gorp
Man charged in alleged abuse of infant son this summer
Buress 22 of Clinton allegedly yanked the infant from bed and struck him, breaking arms ribs and a leg on at least two occasions between June 6 and Friday. He faces felony child endangerment. baby treated at Mercy Medical Center and released.
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Steve Gravelle
Aazette
Clinton Buress
Buress
Sixth Ave. SE
Mercy Medical Center
Mercy
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TOW Journal
Tipton
Maxine Goetz
Goetz
Mel's Holiday Foods
North Liberty
Tom Doermann
Doermann
John Svenksen
Mike
Hiawatha School
School Board
County Auditor's Office
Olin
Linn
Johnson Counties
Schoomevestions
Ame
C.R
Diane Wykoff
Linn County Human Services Department
Human Services
Wykoff
Riday
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