Kirkwood Community College enrolls record fall students
A record 11 645 students enroll for Kirkwood Community College in the fall, up 320 from last year or 2.8 percent. The college remains Iowa's largest community college and fourth largest institution in the state, with 4 300 plus taking at least one course in seven-county centers including 2 500 at the Iowa City campus and 740 at Cedar Rapids and Marion downtown centers.
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Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Iowa
Iowa City
Carl Seff
Kirkwood Marketing
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Viola plane search ends without findings
A joint Linn and Jones county search for a small yellow plane near Viola ended with no crash found after deputies and a Cedar Rapids helicopter searched the area. Eyewitness reports of a plane sputtering near 7 p m prompted the call, but the craft allegedly flew away safely around 10 p m and the search was discontinued.
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Linn
Jones County
Jones County Sheriff's Department
Linn County Sheriffs Department
Viola
Linn County
Jones and
Cedar Rapids
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Highway Collision Near Winneshiek
Mark Dietzenbach 41 was northbound on Highway 52 when he tried to pass a vehicle two miles north of Winneshiek County. His motorcycle collided with a southbound truck near Highway 325 intersection. He was airlifted from Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital to St Marys in Rochester in critical condition.
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Fort Atkinson
Winneshiek County
Mark Dietzenbach
Iowa State Patrol
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Decorah
St. Mary's Hospital
Rochester
Minn
Black Hawk County Man Charged With Sexual Exploitation
Ricki Charles Hess, 35, of Elk Run Heights, was arrested on five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after a Black Hawk County Sheriff's investigation. Authorities say a computer disk searched at a local dealership turned up child pornography images. The offense is listed as a serious misdemeanor.
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Black Hawk County
Ricki Charles Hess
Elk Run Heights
Sheriff's
Waterloo man charged in Cedar Rapids murder shocks family
Timothy Robinson Sr. describes the news of his son Carloss Robinson 29 being arrested in the murder of Christina Sanoubane 20 as a death in the family. Police say footprints tied Carloss to the scene at 818 10th St SW Cedar Rapids. The suspect lived with his fiancé and four children and had hoped to become a teacher.
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Carloss Robinson
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Christina Sanoubane
10Th St
Tameca Sanders
Robinson
Sanoubane
Carless Robinson
Pam Robinson
Robinsons
University of Northern Iowa
Fire at Pierce Lumber warehouse sparks investigation in Belle Plaine
An overnight fire at the Pierce Lumber warehouse on Belle Plaine's east side damaged hundreds of bundles of lumber. Fire Chief Russ Spading calls the origin highly suspicious while an investigator from the State Fire Marshal's Office probes the blaze as production continues and none of the 45 jobs are expected to be cut.
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Nnews Correspurm
Belle Plaine
Pierce
Errec Fighirs
Jim Pierce
Russ Spading
Gazette
Dave Gosch
Ex-Cedar Rapids mayoral hopeful to seek repeal of sexual orientation law
Rev. Larry Johnson, a former mayoral candidate, will request repeal of Cedar Rapids civil rights ordinance on sexual orientation. The measure passed 3-2 after debate, few complaints filed, with five mediated by July 1999. Johnson argues the law creates unwarranted rights and seeks council action via petition and study, then public hearing and triple-vote repeal.
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C.R
Pam Hinman
Cedar Rapids
Larry Johnson
Johnson
Lee Clancey
Louise Lorenz
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Lorenz
Cedar
Civil Rights Commission
Jim Fritz
Ole Munson
Public Safety
Nancy Evans
Lyle Hanson
David Zahn
Four Alburnett Road extension options for Marion traffic relief
Anderson Bogert Engineers presented four alignment choices to Marion City Council for extending Alburnett Road. Three would extend south from Boyson Road toward Eighth Avenue, Donnelly Park, or Seventh Avenue Marion Boulevard, while a fourth option would widen roads without an extension. The plan aims to ease congestion on 10th Street and reduce through-neighborhood traffic between Eighth and Central avenues while accommodating future growth.
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Cindy Hadish
Marion
Anderson-Bogert Engineers & Surveyors of
Cedar Rapids
Marion City
10Th Street
Eighth and
Central Avenues
Boyson Road
Eighth Avenue
Alburnett Road
Parkview Drive
Donnelly Park
Second Street
Seventh Avenue
Marion Boulevard
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Waterloo
C.R. Man
Frank Fernandez
Timothy Robinson Sr
Robinson Sr
State
Pierce Lumber
Kelly Etzel
David Clark
Wisconsin
Devin Pipkin
Alburnett Road Plan
Sazette
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