Notre Dame Triumphs Over Michigan and Other Weekend Gridiron Views
Alumni columnist mocks Big Ten faults after Notre Dame topples Michigan 24 to 23 and mocks Wisconsin Hawkeyes, Ohio State, and Michigan State. He laughs at conference strength, notes Iowa and Mingo trials, and jokes about a future in Des Moines or Tijuana for a lawyer’s trial move.
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Notre Dame
Michigan
William
Perry
Lou Holtz
Michigans
Iowa
Iowa State
Ball State
County State
Big Ten
Ohio State
Washington
Michigan State
Arizona State
Wisconsin
Hawaii
al Sturgeon
Jasper County
Mingo
Sturgeon
Jasper
Des Moines
Tijuana
Sunglasses rule violation sparks brawl at Club Metro
A brawl erupted at Club Metro after bouncer Jeff Poells escorted Anthony Cole out for wearing sunglasses. Police closed the club for the night amid chaos. Cole, 24, was arrested for criminal trespass after re-entering. Nine parties involved dispute dress code impact and civil rights implications linger from prior discrimination complaints.
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Rick Smith
Club
Metro Tavern
Anthony Cole
Club Metro
Jeff Poells
Cole
Poells
John Selk
Mike Crowley
Mercy Hospital
Cedar Rapids seeks $5 million bond for new recreation center
The Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission asks voters to approve a bond referendum to fund a $5 million facility replacing the Ambroz Recreation Center. Also noted: Metro-Iowa draft features and a trade for ex Purdue quarterback Jim Everett with a win over the 49ers for his rights.
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Cedar Rapids Recreation Commission
Ambroz Recreation Center
Metro-Iowa
William Fuller
San Francisco 49Ers
Purdue
Jim Everett
Teacher Incentives Highlight Need for Better Pay
Harriet Doss Willis urged Iowa officials to expand teacher induction programs and raise salaries to retain quality educators. The discussion appeared in Iowa Today on page 13A.
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Harriet Doss Willis
Iowa
Iowa Today
Stormy stay ends for chief of Marion Police
Christopher Ebert, 34, ends a 24 year tenure as Marion Police chief and accepts Beloit Wisconsin’s top police post. He led swift changes, faced department resistance, expanded staff, and leaves Marion with improved morale and a larger force but a higher crime area reputation.
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Christopher Ebert
Marion
Ebert
Beloit
Wis
Wisconsin-Illinois
Rockford
Ill
Carl Ramey
Chris
Bill Grundy
Grundy
Halfway house escapee linked to Cedar Rapids stabbing
Cedar Rapids police seek Johnny Hughes a 24 year old parolee and halfway house escapee after he allegedly stabbed Daniel Hodges 25 with a pocket and butcher knife during a robbery attempt around 2 15 a m on Bever Avenue SE Hodges sustained four stab wounds and was treated and released from Mercy Hospital Hughes escaped from a Cedar Rapids work release facility on July 16 after serving two years for second degree robbery in Black Hawk County He is also connected to a prior similar assault and a recent non fatal shooting in the same neighborhood.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Johnny Hughes
Bever Avenue SE
Hughes
Daniel Hodges
Seventh Ave. SE
Hodges
Earl Cunningham
Bever Ave. SE
Leola Stark
Stark
Jerome Cook
Stark’s
Cook
Cunningham
Mercy Hospital
Second Cedar Rapids Bus Dept Employee Charged with Embezzlement
Lynda Pettit, 41, turned herself in to Cedar Rapids Police after being charged with second degree theft for embezzling from the city bus department over 12 to 14 months. Peggy Henderson, 37, was charged last week. both acted as office workers and allegedly took under $5,000 with a DOJ, city attorney, and police investigation leading the case.
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Cedar Rapids
Lynda Pettit
Glass Rd
Apt
Peggy Henderson
Ardley Ln. SW
Pettit and Henderson
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Detroit
Jeff Macho
Roy Ellis
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
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Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Lewis Martin
Linn County
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ISU
Illinois
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Midwest
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Overnite Transportation
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Sissy Spacek
Anne Bancroft
By Rick Smith
Champaign
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Civil Service Commission
Linn District Court
Ada Hathaway
Joe Neuhaus
Iowa Board of Parole
Halfway House
Black Hawk County
Lindale Mall
Armstrong's
Holiday Inn
Plaza Mall
Iowa City
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