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Your voice- I-80 Westbound Reduced to One Lane Near AvocaThe left lane of Interstate 80 is blocked Near Avoca, In Pottawattamie County, due to a semi crash. Use caution when traveling in this area. Source […]Iowa Department of Transportation
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Daily Archives: July 5, 2010
Selling surplus city property more swampland than gold mine; City Hall still at it, though
CEDAR RAPIDS — Selling surplus city property is harder than a taxpayer might dream. Case in point: After a year of trying, the city now has finally sold two, seemingly attractive residential lots in the 2100 block of 20th Street … Continue reading
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Tagged Carol Morgan, Cedar Rapids City Council, Scott Olson, surplus property
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10 Month Old Baby Escapes Injury During Bellevue Parade
BELLEVUE – A tragic Fourth of July parade in a Mississippi River community continues to haunt the town of Bellevue. 60 year old Janet Steines of Springbrook died when two horses broke free and charged into the crowd during the … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster and Accident
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Bellevue police say 25 hurt Sunday; Names of injured released
LATEST UPDATE 4:53 p.m. by Steve Gravelle The Bellevue Police Department has counted 25 people injured Sunday, counting two who sought treatment on their own. The list of the injured compiled by Bellevue police includes these people treated at Mercy Medical Center, Dubuque: Jessica Mack, … Continue reading
Should horses be banned from parades?
KALONA – Following Sunday’s freak accident at the Bellevue Fourth of July parade that left one woman dead, 23 others injured, and an entire town reeling from the shock of such a rare incident, many are asking if horses should … Continue reading
Water up, business down at Coralville Lake
UPDATED 3:30 p.m. IOWA CITY — With the water rising, traffic on Coralville Lake was down during the Fourth of July holiday weekend. That’s bad news for businesses that rely on lake goers. And with the lake forecast to be … Continue reading
UPDATE: Family says woman in apartment died of cardiac arrest
CEDAR RAPIDS – Doctors have told the family of Malinda Kennedy that she died of cardiac arrest, Kennedy’s son told The Gazette. Kennedy, 43, and her boyfriend Anthony Stokes, 52, were found dead Friday morning inside their apartment at 1233 Third … Continue reading
Owner of horse-drawn carriage business alert for unexpected
Stay alert for the unexpected. That’s the rule that Karla DeCook and her husband, Mark, live by when they operate a horse-drawn carriage in a parade or other public event. “Today, a cannon went off here during a parade,” said Karla DeCook, co-owner of Iowa Carriage … Continue reading
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SELECT LIST: Parades where people were killed or injured by stampeding horses
One killed, 23 hurt when horses escape during Bellevue parade (July 2010 incident in Bellevue, Iowa) – Police: Woman likely spooked parade horses (Feb. 2007 incident in Tucson, Arizona) A woman in an 1860s-era dress carrying an open parasol who … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster and Accident
Tagged animals, Bellevue Iowa, deaths, history, Horses, parades
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Growing deficit a concern, but Grassley, Harkin see different causes, solutions
UPDATE: Iowa’s U.S. senators are expressing concern with new deficit forecasts projecting public debt will reach 62 percent of the Gross Domestic Product by the end of the year – the highest percentage since the end of World War II. … Continue reading
Posted in government, politics
Tagged China, Congress, Congressional Budget Office, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, GDP, GM, Gross Domestic Product, Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Tom Harkin
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IC: Man arrested with an excess of 1.5 ounces of marijuana
UPDATE: MUG/ Roommate charge IOWA CITY — Police arrested an Iowa City man for possessing more than 1.5 ounces of marijuana with an intent to sell Friday. Peter M. Grady, 24, of 307 E. College St. No 1813, Iowa City … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Law and Justice
Tagged drug charges, drug house, Iowa City Police, Marijuana
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