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Your voice- Katie Beckett, CR woman who changed Medicaid, diesKatie Beckett, 34, whose battle with a childhood disease and federal bureaucracy made her a national symbol in the 1980s, died today. Beckett’s death was confirmed by Teahen Funeral Home of Cedar Rapids. Her parents Julie Beckett and Mark Beckett … Continue reading → […]Steve Gravelle/SourceMedia Group News
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UPDATE: Two injured after semi, SUV collide on Hwy 1
Updated 1/31/12 with names, crash information. BIG GROVE – Two men were injured after a driver attempted a U-turn on Hwy. 1, directly in the path of an oncoming semi truck. According to the Iowa State Patrol, Jeremy Kingston, 40, … Continue reading
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Tagged 110th st. ne, accident, Big grove, hwy 1, Johnson County, semi, Solon, suz
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UPDATE: Hwy. 151 open again after semi crash near Anamosa
ANAMOSA – U.S. Highway 151 was blocked in Jones County after a semi-trailer truck accident early Tuesday, authorities said. At 6:50 a.m., the semi was blocking both southbound lanes of the highway just south of Anamosa, according to the Jones … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Anamosa, Crash, Highway 151, semi, traffic, wreck
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Another semi tips over at the 380 and 80 interchange
CORALVILLE – This is the second semi that has tipped at the Interstate 380 and 80 interchange this week. Iowa State Patrol swiftly cleaned up the overturn, which occurred just before 3 p.m. Friday. The driver had been southbound on … Continue reading
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Tagged I-380 south, i-80 east, Iowa State Patrol, semi, semi crash, Sgt. Bob Cox
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UPDATED: UPS driver injured after semi flips onto its top on I-80
IOWA CITY -An eastbound UPS semi, transporting small packages, crashed into a ditch and caused the driver to be transported to the hospital Thursday morning. The semi was eastbound on Interstate 80 in Iowa City, about half of a mile … Continue reading
Beer, diesel fuel spills when semi tips in Cedar Rapids
Updated at 1:45 p.m. – no charges CEDAR RAPIDS – Beer and diesel fuel spilled from a semi-trailer truck that overturned Thursday morning in Cedar Rapids. Authorities said the semi, driven by Travis Dicks, 36, of Colfax, Wisc., was taking … Continue reading
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Tagged Cedar Rapids, Crash, Highway 30, Interstate 380, police, rollover, semi, semi-trailer truck, Travis Dicks
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Train/Semi Crash Injures Driver
Updated by Dave Franzman at 5:15 p.m. CEDAR COUNTY- Authorities in Cedar County have not identified a truck driver who suffered apparently serious injuries when he ran into a west-bound Union Pacific freight train Monday morning. However, investigastors did say … Continue reading
UPDATED: Semi rolls off Highway 30 in Mount Vernon
Updated at 9:43 a.m. to include witness comments MOUNT VERNON – No one was hurt when a semi-trailer truck carrying nearly 80,000 pounds of limestone overturned Tuesday morning along Highway 30. Dwayne Krumviede, 44, of Hopkinton, was eastbound around 7:25 … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Crash, Dwayne Krumviede, Highway 1, Highway 30, Lynch Ford, Mark Winder, Matthew Moses, Mount Vernon, semi, semi-trailer truck, wreck
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One hurt when car collides with semi’s fuel tank on Hwy. 30
Updated at 9:41 with patient condition. BERTRAM - One person was hurt when a semi-trailer truck and a car collided Thursday morning on Highway 30. Jesse A. Stone, 61, of Guyman, Okla., was eastbound in the semi around 1:20 a.m. and attempted … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Alan Powers, Bertram, Crash, diesel, Highway 30, Jesse Stone, semi, wreck
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UPDATE: Power restored in Hiawatha after semi brought down power line
HIAWATHA – Power was knocked out to 500 Alliant Energy customers Monday afternoon when a semi-trailer truck brought down power lines on the north edge of Hiawatha. Police said the semi was on North Center Point Road around 12:30 p.m. when the … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Hiawatha, Kacena Drive, North Center Point Road, police, power outage, semi
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Semi accident at I-80/I-380 interchange
Updated at 7:16 a.m. CORALVILLE – The Iowa State Patrol is investigating an accident involving a semi-trailer truck at the interchange for Interstate 80 and Interstate 380. A dispatcher said troopers were on the scene at 6:45 a.m. No injuries … Continue reading
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Tagged accident, Coralville, Crash, Interstate 380, Interstate 80, semi
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