Hearing set to dismiss Monster Study negligence suit
A hearing on October 30 will consider dismissing a negligence lawsuit against the state filed by six participants in the University of Iowa stuttering project known as the Monster Study. The action was filed by the Iowa Attorney General's Office this summer. The six month study, led by Wendell Johnson, sought to show environment causes stuttering rather than genetics.
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University of Iowa
Wendell Johnson
Johnson
Marion man receives 41 month federal firearm sentence
Casey Virkovsky of Marion was sentenced in Cedar Rapids federal court to 41 months for possessing a firearm as a user of controlled substances and possessing an unregistered sawed off shotgun. The term includes three years supervised release with no parole in the federal system.
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Casey Virkovsky
Marion
Yirkovsky
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Woman Charged After Alleged Cat Abuse
Cami Anderson, 26, of 1335 Third Ave. SW, was charged with animal abuse for allegedly throwing three kittens down stairs onto a concrete pad at 2 p.m. Sunday. The cats were injured, with one possibly breaking its neck.
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Cami Anderson
Third Ave
Anderson
Will Jennings
West Branch farmer pleads to large scale poaching
George Allen Waters, 53, admitted in federal court to illegally killing 30 trophy whitetail deer in Iowa and 15 elk and mule deer in Colorado over the past decade. Investigators linked a hidden elk head, DNA from the carcass, and his fingerprints on gloves to the illegal trophies. Waters operated within a 30 square mile area near the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and was touted as one of the top poaching cases in U.S. Fish and Wildlife history.
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Iowa
George Allen Waters
Rock Island
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Deaths From Swift Bacterial Infections Reported in Iowa
Elizabeth Huddleson a 20 year old University of Northern Iowa student from Cedar Rapids and a 29 year old Black Hawk County woman died Monday from meningococcemia. Huddleson became ill in Cedar Rapids and died at St Luke's Hospital after a spinal tap.
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Ine Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Elizabeth Huddleson
University of Northern Iowa
Black Hawk County
Huddleson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Dale
Kathy Huddleson
Elizabeth
St. Luke’s
Dale Huddleson
Marion theater eyes niche with second run films
Bruce Taylor plans to reopen the Collins Road Theatres at 1462 Twilight Town Rd Cedar Rapids around Thanksgiving. The five screens will show second run, family features and independent films as remodeling proceeds. Call (319) 377-4555 to share input.
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the Gazette
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Rapids
Collins Road
Marion Theater
Cindy Hadish
Gazette Arion
Bruce Taylor
Cedar Rapids
Collins Road Theatres
Town Rd
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Marion
College drinking and football crowd dynamics debate
A columnist notes underage drinking, ID challenges, and who should pay for extra police on football Saturdays. He recalls an Ames ISU Iowa game traffic, attendance records, and rival fan behavior, urging mature rivalry and accountability.
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