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Cedar Rapids Accident with Injuries

Posted July 15, 2010 5:09 pm by Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News
Two people were taken to the hospital for
treatment of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle
accident at the intersection of Wilson Avenue
and Wiley Boulevard SW in Cedar Rapids. A
vehicle traveling south on Wiley hit an
oncoming car around 4 p.m.
Injuries to the driver and passenger of the
southbound vehicle were not considered to be
serious, said Officer Kraig Krueger. The driver
of the northbound vehicle went on her own accord to a local clinic, said Krueger.
Traffic was rerouted around the accident for about 20 minutes, but itʼs moving again. Both vehicles had
to be towed away from the scene.
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Death of man with Iowa ties investigated by Alabama law

enforcement
MANCHESTER – Alabama law enforcement officials are investigating the death of a man with eastern
Iowa ties.
Marc Wenger, 46, was found dead at his home in Harvest, Ala. earlier this week. The death was being
investigated as a homicide, according to the Huntsville (Ala.) Times. Investigators at the Madison
County, Ala. Sheriffʼs Office were not immediately available to comment on the investigation.
“It was such a shock,” said Patricia Wenger, of Masonville, Wengerʼs aunt. She heard about the death
earlier this week from a relative.
Marc Wenger enjoyed cutting trees from a young age. “I donʼt think he was in school yet, when he
started cutting down trees with a toy saw,” said Wenger.
Wenger later started a tree service in Alabama. His aunt said she last saw her nephew in 2004 when he
came up to visit from Harvest, a town of about 3,000 people. He had started Wenger Tree Service
there. The windy weather in Alabama provided work opportunities for Marc Wenger, his aunt said.
Even after an injury significantly affected his body, he continued to work hard in his business, said
Patricia Wenger. “Oh, heʼd work and work and work,” she said.
A funeral service was being planned for next week in Manchester, at the Bohenkamp-Murdoch Funeral
Home, 925 W. Main St.

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Heat advisory on Wednesday

Update with link at 9:12 p.m. — You can visit KCRG for local weather coverage.
CEDAR RAPIDS — The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for almost half the state
on Wednesday, which means that hot temperatures and high humidity are expected. Many parts of
eastern Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Davenport and Fort Madison will be under the advisory
until 9 p.m.
The NWS recommends people drink plenty of water, stay in air-conditioned rooms, and check on
neighbors during the heat wave. The elderly are especially susceptible to heat-related illnesses. During
the advisory temperatures could exceed the 90 degree mark, and heat index readings between 100-110
are likely. If heat index readings reach 110 conditions become life-threatening, according to the weather
service.
For more information visit this National Weather Service site.

New Buchanan County Jail opens doors to public

Update: Photos and link to raw video added 11:14 p.m. on Saturday, July 10.
INDEPENDENCE – The public had a chance to walk through the new Buchanan County Jail on
Saturday afternoon.
About 300 people toured the structure. The building, which will house inmates and also be a workspace
for law enforcement staff, was financed by a $4.5 million bond passed in 2007. The new jail was built
onto the south side of the countyʼs courthouse. Sheriff Bill Wolfgram said it was a necessary investment
for the county.
“Itʼs a jail…this is not something that anybody wanted to spend money on,” said Wolfgram.
Wolfgram said the plan was to move all staff and inmates over to new facility in the next week.
The old facility often violated Iowa Department of Corrections standards. The previous jail subjected
staff and inmates to very hot conditions during the summer, for example. If the new jail hadnʼt been built,
Buchanan County might have had to pay other facilities for incarceration costs for years to come.
“We got 70 years out of our facility, which is good,” Wolfgram said of the old jail, which was built in 1939.
That jail was originally built to house only 10 inmates, he said. Over the years space was added to
accommodate more prisoners by renovating the county building. Last night the old jail had around 20
people in custody.
Wolfgram said the new facility could house around 50 inmates, and meets state standards.
The new building was also designed to be more secure. Contraband was passed from visitors to
prisoners at the old facility, said Wolfgram. In the new jail inmates will see their visitors through a video
screen. The jail also has three pods, where prisoners sleep and live.
Wolfgram said the new buildingʼs communications center and offices will allow his 12 deputies to be
more productive and relieve a lot of legwork, like moving inmates back and forth between jails.
Bringing inmates over to the courthouse was also made easier by the design of the new jail, said
Wolfgram. Now deputies can walk people directly into a courtroom and not have to pass through a busy
hallway.
Mary Kay Miller, of Independence, who toured the jail Saturday and participated in a “Jail and Bail”
fundraiser to benefit a local food bank on Friday, got a taste of life behind bars. Miler wore a red and
white jump suit and ate some of the apple sauce. “Itʼs not bad,” she said.
Inmates walk outside of the Buchanan County Jail on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (Christopher
Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)
A sink in the old Buchanan County Jail. Photo taken on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (Christopher
Pratt/Source Media Group News)
A sink and toilet bowl in the new Buchanan County Jail. Photo taken on Saturday, July 10, 2010.
(Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)
Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Wolfgram sits in the control center of the new jail during an open house.
Photo taken on Saturday, July 10, 2010. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)

Dollar General heisted

Update at 9:46 p.m. – Video link and also corrected spelling of street.
CEDAR RAPIDS — Police are investigating a robbery at a northwest side retail store, where a man
showed a knife to a clerk, demanded money and then got away with an undisclosed amount cash.
Police received a call from one of the two female employees working at Dollar General, 151 Jacolyn
Drive NW, around 6:15 p.m. Nobody was injured.
At the scene Sgt. Steven Yardley said there were no suspects. The investigation continues.
Police cars sit idle at Dollar General, 151 Jacolyn Drive NW, Cedar Rapids, after a
robbery on Friday, July 9, 2010. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)

Accident on I-80 near Iowa City: one injured, traffic moving

again
IOWA CITY — A passenger was injured around 2:45 p.m. when a semi-trailer truck rolled over on
Interstate 80 near the Dubuque Street exit. The injuries were non-life threatening, said Iowa City Police
Sgt. David Droll. He said only the truck was involved in the accident, which blocked a few lanes of traffic
for a period of time following the accident. It has been moved to median and trafficʼs moving again.
The truck driver wasnʼt injured and no other information is available on the accident. Another agency
may be filing a report.

Incident at Hiawatha Convenience Store

Updated at 9:14 p.m. by Christopher Pratt
HIAWATHA — A Cedar Rapids man has
been arrested after stealing money from a
Hiawatha convenience store Wednesday
afternoon, and the storeʼs owner says he
now feels unsafe in the small town.

Hiawatha police work the scene of a robbery at the
Quick Mart, 655 Robins Road in Hiawatha on Anthony Kyle , 18, of Cedar Rapids, was
Wednesday, July 7, 2010. The suspect broke into his
arrested just a few blocks away from Quick
girlfriend's mother's apartment after allegedly robbing
the convenience store. (Liz Martin/SourceMedia Group Mart, 655 Robins Road, where police say he
News)
carried out an armed robbery. A female clerk
was working alone at the store around 2:20
p.m. when a gunman entered the store. He demanded cash from the register and she handed it over to
him.
The man struck the clerk near her left ear with his gun prior to leaving the store. “He took all of the
money and then hit her. I donʼt know why,” said Kulvinder Singh, the owner of the store and husband of
the accosted woman.
“We are not safe around here,” said Singh.
The clerk, who did not want to be interviewed or identified, received care in an ambulance outside of the
store. Her injuries were not considered serious, said a relative.
Meanwhile, Kyle took refuge in an apartment building two blocks away from the store. Neighbors
gathered outside of a Pirie Drive building while law enforcement officials pursued Kyle. About two hours
after the robbery he was escorted out of the apartment. Authorities recovered the stolen money and also
found a handgun with Kyle in the apartment. He was arrested on first degree robbery charges.
Singh said a string of robberies has plagued the shop recently. “This is the fourth time in two months,”
he said.
“Three times we got robbed every other night,” said the store owner while standing in a back room just a
few feet away from the looted cash register. The chilling crime lasted about three minutes and it was
captured on a store surveillance camera. Singh said he wanted to share his story because it might help
prevent other crimes from happening. He said he wanted to be helpful to law enforcement as they
investigated.
Singh has been disturbed by the other robberies at his store, but nothing at all like the one on
Wednesday afternoon. He says heʼs built relationships with the community over the two years that heʼs
been doing business on Robins Road. Kids sometimes warm up in the store when the winter turns frigid,
says Singh. “Itʼs just a neighborhood store. Iʼm helping them, they are helping me.”
Singh says the recent spree of holdups is not something he anticipated in the city of about 6,500 people.
“Hiawatha is too small. I never thought there was any crime around here,” he said.
He said the person who robbed his store Wednesday afternoon had been a customer only a few hours
earlier in the day.
“I live three blocks from here. I donʼt know what to say. Itʼs scary to me,” said Singh.
No further information on the incident was immediately available from Hiawatha Police as of 9 p.m.
Wednesday.
Updated 6:30 p.m. with suspect info, prior criminal history.
An 18-year-old Cedar Rapids is accused of robbing a Hiawatha convenience store this afternoon.
Anthony D. Kyle, 18, of Cedar Rapids, faces a first-degree robbery charge after police say he robbed the
Quick Mart, 655 Robins Rd., at gunpoint.
Police were called to the Quick Mart on Robins Road in Hiawatha around 2:20 p.m. this afternoon.
Police say Kyle entered the store and demanded money. Kyle struck the clerk in the head with the
handgun after the clerk handed over money from the register, police said.
Police found Kyle as well as the money and gun at a nearby apartment on Pire Drive.
A man identifying himself as the uncle of the woman working inside the convenience store says she was
unharmed and that no one else was inside the store at the time of the incident. He says the suspect
came into the store and put a gun to her head, demanded cash and then took it.
Another witness says her daughterʼs boyfriend is the man who robbed the store. She says her
daughter was arrested last night and that the suspect was reportedly trying to rob the store to get bail
money to get her out of jail.
Kyle was cited by Cedar Rapids Police for driving on a suspended license and minor traffic violations at
5 a.m. Wednesday morning at the intersection of O Ave. NE and Center Point Rd. NE, records show.
At the time of his arrest Wednesday, Kyle was on pretrial supervision for a pending harassment case in
Cedar County. Kyle is accused of harassment of a public officer from an incident June 4, online court
records show.
Kyle was adjudicated in juvenile court in Johnson County on a first-degree robbery charge in July 2009,
online court records show. He and another man were accused of robbing a woman with a BB gun in the
parking lot of the Coralville Perkins just before midnight on January 1, 2007, records show.
Kyle had other legal run-ins as a juvenile, court records show. He was adjudicated on charges of
unauthorized use of credit cards for a 2005 incident in Linn County, second-degree theft and
interference with official acts for a 2008 incident in Johnson County, online court records show.
Accident at Springville Road and Highway 151 being

investigated
Posted July 4, 2010 2:27 am by Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News
Updated 2:27 a.m. on July 4, 2010
SPRINGVILLE– A daughter and father were injured Saturday in a one vehicle rollover accident just
south of Springville Road on Highway 151.
Catherine H. Born, 20, of Berkeley, Calif., was driving northbound when she lost control of her vehicle.
She was taken to St. Lukeʼs Hospital in Cedar Rapids for care. Her injuries were described as non-life
threatening, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriffʼs Office.
Her father and passenger, Stephen C. Born, 56, of Berkeley, was riding in the front seat when the
accident happened. The father was taken to the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City for
what were also described by sheriffʼs officials as non-life threatening injuries. The news release said
both were wearing seatbelts.
Conditions of both were not available from the hospitals.
SPRINGVILLE — The Linn County Sheriffʼs Office is still investigating an accident on Highway 151 near
Springville Road that occurred around 3:20 p.m. today.
This post will be updated when more information is known about the cause and if anyone was injured in
accident.
Investigators work after an accident on Highway 151 near Springville Road on Saturday, July 3, 2010.

Police officer catches fleeing man in front of jail

CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man
tried to escape from police custody as he
was being walked through a hallway at the
Linn County Correctional Center Thursday.
35-year-old Andre Taylor was captured a
short time later after a short foot chase. He
ran around the jail and officials caught him in
front of the county complex. “He fled from a
Andre Taylor (red shorts) walks through a door at the CRPD police officer who was attempting to
Linn County Correctional Center after he attempted to
walk him to a side door of the jail to be
break free from police custody. Prior to the incident
Taylor was arrested for drunk driving and driving with a processed for OWI,” Linn County Sheriff
suspended license. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia
Group News) Brian Gardner wrote in an e-mail.
Officials walked him back through the same
door where he was processed and booked in the jail.
Police originally arrested Taylor for drunk driving and driving with a suspended license.
Around 5:30 p.m. Taylor ran out of the Linn County complex door. A police officer was hot on his tail
with a taser. “Iʼm going to shoot you with my taser. Iʼm going to shoot you with my taser,” said Officer
Mark Asplund.
The taser wasnʼt used.
Taylor now also faces charges of interference with official acts.

Fire on Oxford’s Main Street

Posted July 2, 2010 3:29 am by Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News
OXFORD — A gas grill was the source of a fire that ravaged a home in Oxford last night, said Fire Chief
Al Thomas.
Nobody was injured. However, two dogs were taken to a veterinary hospital for treatment. Thomas said
one woman lived in the home, 213 E. Main St. A neighbor helped her escape before firefighters arrived,
said Thomas. The victim was being assisted by the American Red Cross.
Someone passing by the house called firefighters around 9 p.m. Soon five area departments arrived to
battle the blaze. It started in the kitchen and climbed higher and higher. ” It just got up into the rafters up
there and we had a heck of a time getting them out,” said Thomas.
Many people gathered along Main Street to watch. “I was sitting inside of my house and heard a loud
pop,” said Lindsay Schulte, 22, a Main Street resident, who sat across from the scene.
“There was a huge, huge first pop and that was within seconds of the second pop,” she said.
For hours fire trucks and emergency vehicles lined the street. “This is a big deal,” added Schulte.
Oxfordʼs Fire Department was assisted by crews from Amana, Coralville, Tipton and North Liberty.
An investigation into the fire will continue, says Thomas.
Firefighters respond to a fire at 213 E. Main St. Oxford. Fire Chief Al Thomas said a gas
grill started the fire. Main Street was lined with people after the blaze. (Christopher

Car vandalized with racial slur

Posted June 30, 2010 9:46 pm by Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News
Update at 10:32 a.m. by Jeff Raasch
The owner of the car is a 44-year-old white male whose son attends Kennedy, according to Cedar
Rapids police Sgt. Cristy Hamblin.
Hamblin said the son has black friends, but they are unsure why their car was targeted.
No arrests have been made.
Initial post:
CEDAR RAPIDS — A studentʼs car had a racial slur and a swastika painted on it Wednesday in a high
school parking lot, a harrassment report was filed with Police by the student and an investigation
continued, said Sgt. Jeremy Paulsen.
Police were called to the south parking lot of Kennedy High School on Wednesday around 7 p.m. and
found a red vehicle parked in the middle row plastered with a Swastika and racial epithet. White paint
was washed from the vehicle about an hour after the call. Police had no suspects but said a school
surveillance camera may reveal evidence that could help find those who were responsible.
Kennedy Principal Mary Wilcynski was called to the school as a basketball tournament was going on in
the gymnasium. She said the incident was hurtful and harmful but urged caution from the media.
“It can be kids being stupid and itʼs as simple as that. And as hurtful and harmful as it can be itʼs kids just
not thinking and being stupid,” said Wilcynski.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated.

A car at Kennedy High School was vandalized with racial slurs on Wednesday, June 30, 2010. The paint
was removed from the vehicle around 8 p.m., about an hour after Police were called to the south parking
lot. A harrassment report was filed and the investigation continued. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia
Group News)

Man dies in motorcycle accident

CENTRAL CITY — A man driving a motorcycle was killed after a mattress fell from a pickup and caused
him to lose control of his bike. The accident happened near Maxwell Road and Prairieburg Road around
1:00 p.m. Saturday. The mattress fell from the pickup that was southbound on Prairieburg Road. The
northbound motorcyclist hit the mattress and fell of the bike, according to a news release from the Linn
County Sheriff.
The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was being withheld until family could be
notified. The accident was still being investigated by the sheriffʼs office.

Cedar Rapids soldier died at Fort Hood

An Army soldier from northeast Iowa died last week at Fort Hood, Texas.
Sgt. Benjamin Daniel Chadwick, 28, of Cedar Rapids, died Wednesday, June 17, at the military post
located about 160 miles south of Dallas, according to an Army news release.
The circumstances surrounding the death were still being investigated by the military.
Chadwick was the father of three children, two girls and one boy. He and his wife, Kristall, were
expecting another child.
Kristall Chadwick, of Cedar Rapids, said the couple was married in the summer of 2001. They were
about two months away from their ninth wedding anniversary, August 20.
Chadwick said that her husband graduated from Xavier High School in 2000 and joined the Army in
2001. After his initial enlistment he was forced out in 2004, she said. Army officials at Fort Hood were
contacted for comment, but could not immediately be reached.
Chadwick also said that her husband attended some classes at Kirkwood Community College.
“My husband got in, got out, and got back in,” Chadwick said.
He joined as a fire support specialist in 2005. In October 2007 he was deployed to Korea for a year, his
wife said. He was never sent to Iraq or Afghanistan, she said.
Chadwick received an Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Iraqi Campaign
Medal and two service ribbons from the military. Despite the stress of military life, the work provided
good benefits to the young man who had had some difficulty finding work of comparable pay, said
Kristall Chadwick.
A vigil service is set for this coming Sunday at the Teahen Funeral Home, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made in Chadwickʼs memory to Carl Darnell Hospital, Attn: The Fisher
House, 111 Rockville Pike Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850-5168, according to an obituary set to be
published in The Gazette.

Cedar Rapids Police bust Field House employees for being

in bar afterhours
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police were dispatched to The Field House, 1140 Blairs Ferry Road NE, around
3:30 a.m. Wednesday, and found six people in the bar past closing hours. Five were employees and had
been drinking, Capt. Steve OʼKonek told The Gazette. All six people were charged with being in the bar
after hours, OʼKonek added.

Atkins fire damages home

Posted June 23, 2010 12:59 am by Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News
ATKINS – An upstairs fire left a significant amount of damage to one room, and left one family to depend
on friends and neighbors for a place to sleep on Tuesday night.
Atkins firefighters, with the support of some surrounding area fire departments responded to the house
fire at 7251 30th Ave. around 9:30 p.m., said Fire Chief Gary Lange.
“Thereʼs a good amount of damage to the room of origin but it was primarily contained to that room,”
said Lange.
Dave Wirtz, a resident of the house, said a window air conditioner may have started the fire. Wirtz said
there was a lot of smoke damage to the room and that no one was sleeping in the house overnight.
“Thereʼs plenty of friends and neighbors that are offering a lot of help,” said Wirtz.
No one was injured and firefighters continue to investigate.
Firefighters responded to a house fire in Atkins on Tuesday, June 22, 2010. (Christopher
See a video
Waterloo standoff ends

WATERLOO — A standoff on the 2500 of East Fourth Street in Waterloo ended around 9 p.m. tonight,
said Sgt. Lisa Campbell. Police were set up outside of houses along the street for a few hours this
evening. Campbell said the department secured two residences and the department would provide more
information about the standoff through a press release.
This is an ongoing story and will be updated as information becomes available.

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Knife cut brings police to gas station

Posted June 20, 2010 1:25 am by Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News
CEDAR RAPIDS – Police confirm that one person was injured in a gas station parking lot after being cut
with a knife about 11:30 p.m. on Saturday in a vehicle at Hawkeye Convenience Store, 250 16th Ave.
SW. Police Sgt. Jeremy Paulsen said the cut was minor and the victim didnʼt go to the hospital. He said
the department may release more details about the incident on Sunday.

Photos from Iowa City Pride 2010 Parade

Updated at 9:22 p.m. by Christopher Pratt
IOWA CITY — Around 1,000 people attended a parade and celebration of the gay community today in
Iowa City, said Kirsten Plowman, Chair of the Iowa City Pride Committee.
Since the early 1980s, the event, which happens on the third Saturday of June each year, has been an
important part of gay life in Iowa City, Plowman said.
The event is an opportunity for gays, lesbians, transgender and straight people to reflect on past
struggles and discuss current political issues. It also celebrates community, and starts with a parade that
marches through Iowa City.
“I like a good party. In the long run that has something to do with it.” said Plowman, 28, of Iowa City, who
grew up in Illinois. She and her organization put the event together by inviting vendors and community
groups. The 1969 Stonewall riot in New York City has been seen as the start of the gay rights movement
and pride festivals across the country have been a way for the community to organize politically for
years.
Last year the Iowa Supreme Court said the Iowa Constitution allows men and women equal marriage
rights.
This was seen as a watershed moment by many gay and civil rights supporters in Iowa and across the
country. Plowman said that as the culture has changed, so has the mood of the Pride event. “Itʼs
become less of a protest and more of a celebration.”
The outdoor mall was busy with activity on Saturday. A Christian missionary from Virginia talked to two
men with their shirts off. He had crossed the event by chance on his journey across the country. The
Lambda Legal Foundation passed out literature to raise awareness about the beating of a gay man in
Atlanta. One local business sold some rainbow snow cones.
State Sen. Bob Dvorsky (D-Coralville) brought up the issue of gay marriage in the current political
climate.
“So once again the choice is simple, if you want to continue and not have discrimination in the Iowa
Constitution elect Democrats. If you donʼt elect someone else,” said Dvorsky.
For one North Liberty couple deciding whether or not to get married in Iowa has been a difficult choice.
Lolita Blaha, 45, and, Lisa Harbit, 45, faced it last year. The couple applied for a Johnson County
marriage license but decided against getting married because if they did their employer provided health
insurance could be compromised, Harbit said.
“You have to make sure you explore those things, if those things are important to you,” she said.
Initial post –
Around 1,000 people are expected to attend todayʼs annual celebration of the gay community in Iowa
City, says Kirsten Plowman, a chairwoman for the Iowa City Pride Committee.
State Sen. Bob Dvorsky (D-Coralville) and State Rep. Mary Mascher (D-Iowa City) stand on a stage to
address the crowd at Iowa City’s Pride Fest on Saturday, June 19, 2010. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia
Group News)
David Banton, a christian missionary from Virginia, speaks with people along the Iowa City Pedestrian
Mall during the Pride Festival on Saturday, June, 19, 2010. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)
A view of the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa City during the Pride Festival on Saturday, June 19, 2010.
David Banton, a christian missionary Pride Fest 2010, Iowa Cityʼs A view of the Pedestrian Mall in Iowa
from Virginia, speaks with people Pedestrian Mall (Christopher City during the Pride Festival on
along the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall Pratt/SourceMedia Group News) Saturday, June 19, 2010.
during the Pride Festival on (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia
Saturday, June, 19, 2010. Group News)
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Group News)
Pride Fest 2010, Iowa Cityʼs Pride Fest 2010, Iowa Cityʼs Pride Fest 2010, Iowa Cityʼs
Pedestrian Mall (Christopher Pedestrian Mall (Christopher Pedestrian Mall (Christopher
Pratt/SourceMedia Group News) Pratt/SourceMedia Group News) Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)

State Sen. Bob Dvorsky Pride Fest 2010, Iowa Cityʼs Mark McCusker (with flag)sits near
(D-Coralville) and State Rep. Mary Pedestrian Mall (Christopher the music stage at the Iowa City
Mascher (D-Iowa City) stand on a Pratt/SourceMedia Group News) Pride Festival on Saturday, June 19,
podium to address the crowd at Iowa 2010. (Christopher
Cityʼs Pride Fest on Saturday, June Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)
19, 2010. (Christopher

Late spring storms come through eastern Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS — The rains came down in the early morning hours, and persisted in intense batches
of lightning and rain throughout the day. In Cedar Rapids many streets were impossible to navigate
during the evening barrage. Over the course of about 90 minutes, starting at 7 p.m. an inch and a half of
rain fell near the city center.
Water pools on the grass of Brucemore estate during a

storm on Friday, June 18, 2010. (Christopher
The late spring storm hit Anamosa particularly hard. Public Works director Larry Driscoll said the
department and Anamosa firefighters removed 10 trees from the cityʼs streets before sundown. Driscoll
said that on a typical day only five people worked for the streets department, but yesterday they had
about 15 people doing work to get things cleaned up across town.
Four trees fell on North Williams Street. And, last night the street was busy with people helping those
affected by the storms. A blue spruce crashed on Jennifer Barnesʼs house and a Chinese elm was
uprooted in her yard. Her father-in-law , brother-in-law and nephews were helping chop up the trees and
repair other damage. Barnes kept her humor through the storm, “Nothing you can do about it. Just made
plans for my weekend here,” she said.
Jennifer Barnes's family helps her clean up after a late

spring storm passed through Anamosa on Friday, June
18, 2010. (Christopher Pratt/SourceMedia Group News)
As the thunder crashed near Marion one trained storm spotter noticed something that caught his
attention. “It had a really good shelf cloud,” said Travis Clark-Smith, 30, of Cedar Rapids, who said he
was trained by the National Weather Service to spot severe weather.
Clark-Smith said his cityʼs streets were pretty devastated by the rush of water, particularly at Wenig
Road and 42nd Street NW. “It just looked like a lake in that intersection.”
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Cedar Rapids Accident with Injuries

Two people were taken to the hospital for

treatment of injuries sustained in a two-vehicle

accident at the intersection of Wilson Avenue

and Wiley Boulevard SW in Cedar Rapids. A

vehicle traveling south on Wiley hit an

oncoming car around 4 p.m.

Injuries to the driver and passenger of the

southbound vehicle were not considered to be

serious, said Officer Kraig Krueger. The driver

to be towed away from the scene.

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Death of man with Iowa ties investigated by Alabama law

earlier this week from a relative.

started cutting down trees with a toy saw,” said Wenger.

Home, 925 W. Main St.

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Heat advisory on Wednesday

For more information visit this National Weather Service site.

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New Buchanan County Jail opens doors to public

for the county.

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Dollar General heisted

Drive NW, around 6:15 p.m. Nobody was injured.

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Accident on I-80 near Iowa City: one injured, traffic moving

may be filing a report.

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Incident at Hiawatha Convenience Store

Updated at 9:14 p.m. by Christopher Pratt

HIAWATHA — A Cedar Rapids man has

been arrested after stealing money from a

Hiawatha convenience store Wednesday

afternoon, and the storeʼs owner says he

now feels unsafe in the small town.

was working alone at the store around 2:20

the accosted woman.

“We are not safe around here,” said Singh.

store. Her injuries were not considered serious, said a relative.

earlier in the day.

Updated 6:30 p.m. with suspect info, prior criminal history.

Quick Mart, 655 Robins Rd., at gunpoint.

money to get her out of jail.

Accident at Springville Road and Highway 151 being

Updated 2:27 a.m. on July 4, 2010

south of Springville Road on Highway 151.

both were wearing seatbelts.

Conditions of both were not available from the hospitals.

Springville Road that occurred around 3:20 p.m. today.

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Police officer catches fleeing man in front of jail

CEDAR RAPIDS – A Cedar Rapids man

tried to escape from police custody as he

was being walked through a hallway at the

Linn County Correctional Center Thursday.

35-year-old Andre Taylor was captured a

short time later after a short foot chase. He

ran around the jail and officials caught him in

front of the county complex. “He fled from a

Officials walked him back through the same