Decorah Police Chief Hurt Responding to Disturbance
Decorah Police Chief Ben Wyatt was wounded in the left shoulder by a resident during a disturbance call at 108 Rural Ave. at 2:48 PM. He received treatment at Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital and was released. The Winneshiek County Sheriff's Department is investigating with no charges announced.
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Decorah
Ben Wyatt
Wyatt
Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital
Rural Ave
Winneshiek County
See You at The Pole Prayer Day Reaches East Iowa
Area middle and high school students plan morning gatherings at school flagpoles to affirm Christian faith and pray for schools teachers students and the nation. A citywide rally occurred last night at Maranatha Bible Church with churches urging participation. Organizers say the worldwide event drew about 3 million participants last year. The See You at The Pole program began in 1990.
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Maranatha Bible Church
Network of Youth Ministries
Fort Worth
Texas
Cedar Rapids
Linn County to vote on juvenile detention center site plan
Linn County supervisors will finalize action on the site development plan for a proposed juvenile detention center after Planning and Zoning approved it Monday. A public hearing is set for 9 30 a m with a formal session at 1 30 p m to vote and award the construction contract. The Walford Road site near Sixth Street SW covers 6.28 acres and costs about 185000. Meetings are in the Linn County Administrative Office Building board room at 930 First St SW.
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Linn County
Walford Road
Sixth Street
Linn County Administrative Office
First St
Feud Likely Behind Cedar Rapids House Gunfire
Police investigated a 2 am shooting in the 1200 block of Fifth Avenue SE Cedar Rapids where multiple shots hit a residence. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire but occupants were uncooperative and provided little information to investigators.
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Cedar Rapids
Bob Hagist
Fifth Avenue SE
Hagist
Neighborhood leader resigns from Wellington Heights group
Dale Todd resigns as president of the Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association after 20 years to focus on his Cedar Rapids parks commissioner campaign. Russ Oviatt, previously vice president, will become the new president.
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Dale Todd
Wellington Heights
Cedar Rapids
Todd
Russ Oviatt
Thunderstorm knocks out power in Eastern Iowa causing crashes
A fast moving thunderstorm cut power to parts of Eastern Iowa last night. In Cedar Rapids a single car crash on 42nd Street near Edgewood Road NE injured three. Authorities reported at least 11,000 customers lost power including Anamosa Center Point Urbana and Vinton. Lightning and fallen branches caused outages while crews restored substations first and then lines.
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Edgewood Road
42Nd Street
Supervisors seek input on panel for hog confinement study
Linn County supervisors invite public ideas on panel composition to study hog confinement issues and related ordinances in Humboldt County. The board voted 2 1 to form the panel, with input era noted by officials and plans to include environmentalists, rural residents, bankers, producers, and staff from state and county agencies. A decision on Humboldt ordinances and a possible year end ruling are also discussed.
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Houser
Lumir Dostal
Citizens’ Committee
State Department of Natural Resources
Humboldt County
Harlan Hansen
Iowa Supreme Court
Hansen
Linn County Administrative Office
First St. SW
Lansing riverboat captain finds Trump card on Lake Michigan
ANSING The riverboat captain Jack Libbey brings decades at sea to piloting the Trump Casino a 288 by 76 foot gaming vessel. Libbey 41 lives south of Lansing with his wife Dixie and two daughters and follows a three weeks on three off schedule. He recalls the dangers of towing and navigating locks and dam structures amid fog and busy pleasure boats along the Mississippi Illinois and Ohio rivers.
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Jack Libbey
Trump Casino
Buffington Harbor
Ind
Lake Michigan
Lansing
Ansing
Mississippi
Libbey
Illinois
Ohio
Donald Trump
New Orleans
St. Paul
Dixie
Emily
Kristina
Allamakee County
Cedar Rapids attorney gets three months in halfway house
Federal judge chastises C R attorney Stefani for cocaine relapse while on probation and orders three months in a community corrections center due to post release supervision limits. Judge Bennett says Stefani needs a wake up call after failing to perform required community service and notes his guilty plea and history.
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Steve Stefani
Michael Bennett
Cedar Rapids
Bennett
Stefani
U.S
Pat Reinert
Lane
Keith Luter
Luter
Reinert
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