City settles OSHA probe over plant incident
Finance Commissioner Lyle Hanson signed an OSHA settlement stating it is not an admission of wrongdoing, aimed at moving operations forward. Joann Snyder-Murphy sues John Haase alleging negligence in directing Murphy into an area with poisonous gas, seeking a jury trial and damages. Hanson notes grounds to appeal exist but may prolong the issue. the city will cover Haase's defense.
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Bryant
OSHA
Lyle Hanson
Hanson
Joann Snyder-Murphy
Murphy
John Haase
Snyder-Murphy
Haase
Jeff Tronvold
Memmer Case Delays With 51 Witness Interviews
Johnson County Attorney J Patrick White will provide copies in 10 to 15 days. Memmer's trial is reset for February 5 with a pretrial on January 19. The October start was postponed after Remley agreed to push back. Memmer, 24, Marshalltown, faces two counts of first degree murder for the killings of Laura Watson Dalton and Maria Lehner and a fire to conceal them.
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Remley
Johnson County
J. Patrick White
Memmer
Marshalltown
Laura Watson-Dalton
Maria Lehner
Fire scorches over 75 acres of corn in SE Iowa
A SE Iowa blaze burned more than 75 acres of corn in Louisa County on Wednesday. Two firefighters were transported to a hospital for heat and smoke injuries as crews from multiple towns battled the flames for over three hours. County Road W-66 was closed then reopened that night.
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Gazette
Wyman
Louisa County
Washington County Hospital
Columbus Junction
Crawfordsville
Ainsworth
Winfield
Olds
Wapello
Washington County
Iowa State Patrol
Iowa City
Rockefeller
Cedar Rapids residents model fashions for People magazine
Four Cedar Rapids residents appear in People magazine's fashion spread with denim vests padded knee pants and shirts from Sean Combs Shaquille O Neal Regis Philbin and Carlos Santana lines. Photographers scouted locations in Springfield Missouri Topeka Kansas Nashville Tennessee Youngstown Ohio and Cedar Rapids for the shoot.
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Lozano
People
Cedar Rapids
Sean Puffy Combs
Tony Lewis
Lewis
ABC
Regis Philbin
Shaquille O'Neal
Carlos Santana
People Magazine
Danielle Dubin
Springfield
Topeka
Kan
Nashville
Dubin
Alburnett
Linn County
Larsen
Jackie Watkins
Joe Walsh
Watkins
Niki Taylor
Walsh
Vision Iowa Board to rethink conflict of interest guideline
Vision Iowa Board members debate current rules on when to abstain from votes on projects as the board plans to rework guidelines before awarding nearly 200 million dollars in state funds. They consider direct financial interest and broader influence, with a public hearing planned later this month.
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Vision Iowa Board
Gazette
Des Moines Bureau
DES Moines
Iowa
Marvin Berenstein
Sioux City
Cairman
Michael Gartner
LaMetta Wynn
Clinton
Iowa League of Cities
Vision Iowa
Swati Dandekar
Marion
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Gartner
Berenstein
Gregg Connell
Shenandoah
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Quaker leak closes Cedar Lake trail in Cedar Rapids
A small leak in an underground waste water line at Quaker Oats prompted emergency repairs and a brief closure of the Cedar Lake bike trail. The line carries heated waste water and acetic acid between the plant and the city facility. The trail is to reopen this afternoon after a 20 foot pipe section was replaced and secured.
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Zack Kucharski
Whue
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Lake
Quaker Oats
Dan Wombold
Wombold
Department of Natural Resources
Doug Neumann
Campus talk by beer firm aims to curb underage drinking
Dale Lee Distributing of Cedar Rapids brought 16 year old recovering alcoholic Carolyn Cornelison to the University of Iowa to address responsible drinking for the Greek community. Cornelison spoke on Courage to Care detailing college drinking and three DUI violations including a crash involving seniors and a street sign.
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Lisa Livermore Garette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Dale Lee Distributing
Cedar Rapids
Anheuser-Busch
Carolyn Cornelison
Cornelison
Iowa Memorial Union
Lee
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