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Tuesday Sep 30 | The Gazette

Cedar Rapids dog park to reopen

Volunteer Ashley Donahoo, 23, of Amana, picks debris out of a fence for a training yard at the Cheyenne Off-Leash Dog Park in rural Cedar Rapids this morning.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Natural Disasters, Flood

Sun Sep 28, 2008

The Gazette

Kellogg, Charles

Charles Kellogg, 59, of Crestview Acres, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, at St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, after a long illness.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Marion, IA

Fri Sep 26, 2008

The Gazette

Cedar Rapids homes sales show depth of flood losses

Dozens of flooded Cedar Rapids homes have sold since June for a fraction of their pre-flood value.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Natural Disasters, Flood, Home Listing, Home

Wed Sep 24, 2008

Waterloo Courier

Linn Co. man dies in skid loader accident

An eastern Iowa man is dead in a skid loader accident at his shop in Ely. The Linn County sheriff's office says 63-year-old James Webster was working on the machine on Monday when be became caught between the ...

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Related Topix: Linn County, IA, Jesup, IA

Tue Sep 23, 2008

KWWL-TV Waterloo

Man dies in skid loader accident

John Wilmer will have updates at 5 & 6 on KWWL-TV Flooded communities allocated money from Jumpstart Iowa initiative New homes coming to Oak Hill With winter approching, many of those displaced by the flood are ...

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Related Topix: Waterloo, IA, Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Linn County, IA

Mon Sep 22, 2008

KGAN

Ely Man Crushed, Killed by Skid Loader

The Linn County Sheriff's Department confirmed a Ely man died in a skid loader accident.

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Related Topix: Linn County, IA, Violent Crime

The Gazette

Two hurt when ATV overturns near Ely

Two people were injured when an all-terrain vehicle also carrying a 1-year-old overturned Sunday.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Linn County, IA

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Des Moines Register

Iowa cities shift gears, let golf carts on streets

Dick Harger doesn't play golf, but you can often find the retiree riding his golf cart on the streets of Ely.

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Related Topix: Linn County, IA, Algona, IA, Clarinda, IA, Iowa

Thu Aug 28, 2008

The Gazette

Power still out for some after storm

Power is back on for more than 4,000 households here, in Ely and Fairfax after lightning opened a breaker in Solon.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Natural Disasters, Fairfax, IA, Solon, IA, Linn County, IA

Sat Aug 23, 2008

The Gazette

Car sparked Swisher garage fire, officials say

UPDATED: Officials say an automobile sparked a fire that destroyed a garage at 1362 Hickory Hollow Rd.

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Related Topix: Swisher, IA, Fire, Solon, IA, North Liberty, IA, Tiffin, IA

Sun Aug 10, 2008

The Gazette

Four injured in two-vehicle crash on Hwy. 30

Four people were injured Saturday night after a two-vehicle collision at Highway 30 and Honey Grove Road.

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Thu Aug 07, 2008

WOC-AM Davenport

Wednesday morning news summary

MOLINE ALDERMEN ARE GIVING THUMBS UP TO THE FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL RESULT IN A NEW, LARGER COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE CLINIC IN THEIR CITY.

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Related Topix: Linn County, IA, Davenport, IA, Scott County, IA

Tue Aug 05, 2008

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Officials look into rash of suspicious fires

Inside George's Hot Dog Shop is a story of couple who came to Sioux City nearly 40 years ago from Greece, they had relatives in the area, but no understanding of the english language.

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Related Topix: Sioux City, IA, Linn County, IA

Mon Aug 04, 2008

The Gazette

Arson suspected as fire destroys abandoned home

Authorities suspect a fire that destroyed an abandoned house here late Saturday night was intentionally set.

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Related Topix: Fire, Swisher, IA, North Liberty, IA, Solon, IA, Amana, IA

Sun Aug 03, 2008

The Gazette

Farmers market's return downtown is symbolic

About 8,500 people showed up for Saturday's downtown farmers market, marking a festive return for the first such market since the Cedar River overtook the downtown June 12.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Cake, Baked Goods, Life, Dessert, Food

Tue Jul 01, 2008

The Gazette

Smokers bemoan ban, light up last time in bars

Hours before it took effect, Iowa's new ban on smoking in bars and restaurants was having the opposite of its intended effect on Vilma Nejdl.

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Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Iowa City, IA

Mon Jun 23, 2008

KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

Status of NCSML Collections Better than Expected

Crews of NCSML staff, board members, volunteers and friends old and new have been working non-stop since they were allowed to begin clean-up efforts last Thursday.

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Thu Jun 19, 2008

The Gazette

95-year-old man rescued from Time Check neighborhood

Cedar Rapids firefighter Brent Smith hoists Gene Minder, 95, over his shoulder to carry him to dry ground after rescuing him from his Ellis Boulevard home on Thursday morning, June 12, 2008.

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Related Topix: Weather, Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Hattiesburg American

Volunteers head to Iowa

Several Hattiesburg-area volunteers are in Iowa this week to help flood victims as one of the biggest disasters to hit the Midwest continues to spread misery.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Waverly, IA

Sat Jun 14, 2008

KCRG

Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Experiencing Outages

' Linn County REC currently has 650 members without power in the West Branch area due to a transmission line fault.

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Related Topix: Linn County, IA

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