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UPDATED Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. Oxford Junction– Just before 4 p.m., this afternoon, volunteer fire crews were called to 201 Broadway Street. When firefighters arrived they saw flames coming out of a west window. Three small children and a babysitter were … Continue reading →

From the Linn County Sheriff’s Office: CC AX(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

From the Cedar Rapids Fire Department: CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – June 27, 2011 – Fire protection engineering systems helped prevent serious injury and property damage at an apartment fire this evening.  A sprinkler head that was installed on the exterior … Continue reading →

Alliant Energy says that they de-energized power lines leading to some areas of downtown cutting  power to some customers. Justin Foss of Alliant Energy says they shut the power off to help determine  where an outage occurred in the area. At this … Continue reading →

From the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department: June 20, 2011 Fayette County Sheriff’s Deputy arrested Heather Malie Burrow age 34 of Clermont in the 300 blk of Spring Street on a Hardin County Warrant for Theft in the 2nd Degree. She was … Continue reading →

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Updated 10:30 a.m., 6-21-11 From the Jones County Sheriff’s Office: AT 4:28 PM THE JONES COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE RECEIVED MULTIPLE 911 CALLS REPORTING A 2 VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON HWY 151 AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD D65. THIS IS APPROX. … Continue reading →

From the Waukon Police Department: K-9(function() { var scribd = document.createElement(“script”); scribd.type = “text/javascript”; scribd.async = true; scribd.src = “http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })();

Cedar Rapids–Police are investigating who stabbed a 17 year-old male Monday afternoon. The incident occurred in the 900 block of 12th street NE around 1:40. The injury is to the abdomen and considered non-life threatening. Police have a suspect and … Continue reading →