Daily Archives: May 12, 2010

Cedar Rapids Church Has Close Connection to Deadly Car Crash in Ankeny

Posted May 12, 2010 10:08 pm by Claire Kellett

CEDAR RAPIDS – A crash more than 100 miles away is causing grieving here in eastern Iowa. The 3-car crash in Ankeny late last week left two young children dead and their mother, Heather DeJoode, in critical condition. DeJoode grew … Continue reading →

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Friends and Family React to Dan Brown’s Death

Posted May 12, 2010 8:52 pm by Mark Geary/SourceMedia Group News

The father of Dan Brown, a Springville teen missing in Nashville, says a volunteer firefighter found his son’s body Wednesday. Roger Brown was there when the searcher discovered his son’s remains in a remote area that had been underwater up … Continue reading →

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I-JOBS, FEMA help pay for first county construction project following flood

Posted May 12, 2010 8:10 pm by Spencer Willems

CEDAR RAPIDS—Lt. Gov. Patty Judge got her hands dirty at a groundbreaking ceremony early Wednesday afternoon at the site of the new Linn County Community Services/Options of Linn County building. The hard hat was complimentary, but the shovel cost $5 … Continue reading →

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Severe weather causes outages throughout Linn County

Posted May 12, 2010 7:28 pm by Spencer Willems

CEDAR RAPIDS– Officials from Alliant Energy say that severe winds and lightening are the causes behind multiple outages that have left more than 4,200 Linn County residents without power. The city of Mount Vernon and its 2,500 residents are without … Continue reading →

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Clarke College to become Clarke University

Posted May 12, 2010 5:42 pm by Mary Sharp/SourceMedia Group News

NEWS RELEASE: DUBUQUE — Clarke College has been renamed Clarke University, effective Aug. 1. “By becoming Clarke University, we are publicly and proudly claiming the scope of who we are as an institution,” Clarke President Joanne Burrows said on Wednesday … Continue reading →

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A Mother’s Mission

Posted May 12, 2010 5:37 pm by Katie Wiedemann/SourceMedia Group News

Dubuque- A Dubuque mother is on a mission to protect children from sexual abuse. She says a slow judicial system is putting kids at risk. In January, a jury convicted 43-year-old James Kass of Lascivious Acts with A Child. His … Continue reading →

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Waterloo woman charged with health care fraud

Posted May 12, 2010 5:29 pm by Trish Mehaffey/SourceMedia Group News

CEDAR RAPIDS – Jo Ann Scott, 48, of Waterloo, is charged with 45 counts of health care fraud and 46 counts of mail fraud, according to an indictment which was unsealed today in U.S. District Court. Scott had her initial … Continue reading →

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Underage workers testify at child-labor trial

Posted May 12, 2010 5:10 pm by Mary Sharp/SourceMedia Group News

THIS IS AFTERNOON UPDATE. WRITETHROUGH OF DAY’S TESTIMONY EXPECTED> ——– By Jeff Reinitz Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier WATERLOO — Judge Nathan Callahan has ruled against allowing testimony in Sholom Rubashkin’s child labor case about Rubashkin allegedly telling an employee to clandestinely … Continue reading →

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Man wins age discrimination suit in federal court

Posted May 12, 2010 5:05 pm by Trish Mehaffey/SourceMedia Group News

By Trish Mehaffey DAVENPORT – A federal jury in Davenport awarded a Morning Star man Tuesday more than $54,000 for being fired in 2007 from his job with a concrete mix company because of his age – he was 78. … Continue reading →

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Grundy County Hospital Evacuated Due to Gas Leak

Posted May 12, 2010 5:04 pm by Mike Wagner/SourceMedia Group News

According to Pam Delagardelle, CEO, Grundy County Memorial Hospital, a landscape contractor hit what appears to be an old gas line that is no longer in service but still has residual gas. Black Hills Energy is venting the line and … Continue reading →

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