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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 8, 2010
Bellevue Still Coping with Weekend Parade Accident
BELLEVUE – All is quiet on the main stretch of road through Bellevue, but memories of what happened there will remain with witnesses for years to come. “I’ve got eight years of ambulance experience behind me and I’ve never seen … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster and Accident
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Red Cross Kits Available in Waterloo
The American Red Cross Hawkeye Chapter continues to offer free clean up kits for residents affected by Wednesday’s flash flooding. The kits will be available Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. – 4 … Continue reading
Trial set for Iowa City man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old girl
Trial is set for an Iowa City man accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the pedestrian mall last month. Chad P. Anciaux, 23, of Iowa City, is charged with third-degree sex abuse in the case. His trial is … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Law and Justice
Tagged Chad Anciaux, crime, Iowa City (Iowa), Johnson County Iowa, pedestrian mall, sex abuse, trials
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Janet Steines Funeral
A Funeral Mass for the victim of the Fourth of July parade accident in Bellevue will be held Friday 10:30 a.m.. A representative of Hachmann Funeral Homes tells us the Janet A Steines service will be at the St. Peter and Paul’s … Continue reading
Bellevue Town Hall Meeting
BELLEVUE – More than 100 people are gathered in Bellevue to help find a way to cope with this weekend’s tragedy. First-responders, counselors and city officials are here. A spokesperson from the police department says they’ve heard a lot of … Continue reading
Posted in Disaster and Accident, human interest
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Bank robber sentenced to 91 years for four armed heists
A 34-year-old man could spend the rest of his life in federal custody after being sentenced Thursday to 91 years for armed bank heists in Oxford and three other Iowa towns. Jason Lee Bowers, formerly of Oxford, received nine years … Continue reading
CR man to serve 10 years for sex exploitation of minors
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 78-year-old Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court to 10 years in prison for videotaping two girls around the ages of 5 and 6 in 2001, while they were naked in a bedroom. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Law and Justice
Tagged child sexual exploitation, federal court, Jimmie Coutentos
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Iowa City considers levee near mobile home parks
IOWA CITY – Iowa City staff want to build a levee to protect Baculis and Thatcher mobile home parks, which were swamped in the 1993 and 2008 floods. The 2,700-foot-long levee would run along the west side of the Iowa … Continue reading
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