Daily Archives: May 7, 2010

Gunshots follow fight in southwest Cedar Rapids apartment complex

Posted May 7, 2010 11:37 pm by Spencer Willems

CEDAR RAPIDS– Only forty minutes after a sizable fight broke out at 9:10 p.m. at an apartment complex off of Westdale Lane, a suspect in a car fired multiple gunshots in the parking lot and sped off. Cedar Rapids Police Sgt. Jeremy Paulsen said … Continue reading →

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No one injured in Guttenberg barn fire

Posted May 7, 2010 7:05 pm by Spencer Willems

Guttenberg– Firefighters were able to save a barn from a fire at around 8:05 p.m. Thursday. One wall of the barn at 35044 Jolly Ridge Road started on fire due to radiant heat coming from a fire pit about 15 feet … Continue reading →

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Body of 1976 Bremer County homicide victim exhumed, will be reexamined

Posted May 7, 2010 7:04 pm by John McGlothlen / SourceMedia Group News

In the Fall of 1976, Marie Lisa Peak, of Knoxville, was a journalism student at Wartburg College. Yesterday’s release from Bremer County Attorney’s Office: Peak, Marie Lisa – Bremer County Release, 2010-05-06 More about Lisa Peak from Iowa Cold Cases … Continue reading →

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Ground Level Space Slowly Filling in Downtown Cedar Rapids

Posted May 7, 2010 5:50 pm by Dave Franzman/SourceMedia Group News

CEDAR RAPIDS- Of all the business flood recovery efforts in Cedar Rapids one of the areas taking longest is in downtown Cedar Rapids.  But actually, the slowdown involves just a part of the core business district. Commercial realtors and the … Continue reading →

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Block by Block Back on Track

Posted May 7, 2010 5:24 pm by Mark Geary/SourceMedia Group News

CEDAR RAPIDS – A flood recovery group hit a speed bump last week, but is now on track to move forward again. When the Department of Natural Resources questioned Cedar Rapids’ Block by Block flood recovery group about its asbestos … Continue reading →

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Cedar Rapids lieutenant is now a general

Posted May 7, 2010 5:21 pm by Spencer Willems

An officer in the Cedar Rapids Police Department just got promoted, but not in Cedar Rapids. Lt. Steven Feldmann became the Army’s newest one-star general in a Friday afternoon ceremony in Rock Island, Ill. Brig. Gen. Feldmann, a Hopkinton native, … Continue reading →

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St. Luke’s to buy a First Lutheran parking lot

Posted May 7, 2010 5:01 pm by Mary Sharp/SourceMedia Group News

By Rick Smith CEDAR RAPIDS — St. Luke’s Hospital has signed an agreement with First Lutheran Church to buy a church-owned parking lot and vacant land at the corner of Third Avenue and 12th Street SE for $750,000. Sarah Corizzo, … Continue reading →

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Firefighter Accused of Driving Fire Truck Drunk

Posted May 7, 2010 4:39 pm by Mike Wagner/SourceMedia Group News

JANESVILLE– The Bremer County Sheriff’s office says it has arrested 43-year-old David Francis Flood and charged his with operating a vehicle while intoxicated. The sheriff’s office says the arrest came during an  investigation into a March 27, 2010 incident where … Continue reading →

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Northern District federal judge supports “Sunshine in the courtroom” bill

Posted May 7, 2010 4:10 pm by Trish Mehaffey/SourceMedia Group News

U.S. District Judge Mark Bennett supports cameras being allowed in the federal courts and hopes the bipartisan “Sunshine in the Courtroom” bill will pass this time after it made it through the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. “The federal courts … Continue reading →

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Iowa: Regional Hot Spot for Gay Marriage

Posted May 7, 2010 3:31 pm by Jami Brinton/SourceMedia Group News

IOWA CITY – Iowa is becoming the regional hot spot for gay marriage.  Eleven couples bused in to Iowa City from St. Louis, Missouri to tie the knot, knowing full well once they crossed the borders back into the Show … Continue reading →

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