IOWA CITY — The Iowa City school district is pulling many of its salad products after a supplier issued a recall due to a possible listeria contamination. According to a release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, River Ranch Fresh Foods of Salinas, Calif., recalled its bagged salad on May 18. However, a district [...]
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Officials on the scene of a large fire at a North Liberty apartment complex said no residents or firefighters were injured in a blaze that required assistance from five cities. North Liberty fire Capt. Craig Voparil said authorities received a 911 call about the fire at the Beaver Kreek Center at 4:35 p.m. When crews [...]
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The family of an Iowa woman shot and killed by a Texas doctor is seeking money from his estate for burial expenses, hospital costs and the value of her estate had she lived. Des Moines attorney George LaMarca told the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier on Monday that he filed the petition in Buchanan County District Court. [...]
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UPDATE: The body believed to be that of a man who drowned Saturday in the Cedar River was recovered late this morning, authorities said. Firefighters in one of two rescue boats located the body around 11:20 a.m. in the water near the eastern shoreline, about 250 yards downstream from the boat ramp off Old River [...]
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Police were called to the home of Richard and Janet Sweet numerous times in the last year for problems, including some violent encounters with their grandson, Isaiah Sweet, who is accused of killing them over Mother’s Day weekend, according to service call records from the Manchester Police Department. Either Richard Sweet, 55, or his wife [...]
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During a search of the Chevrolet Avalanche that double-murder suspect Isaiah Sweet was driving early May 13 when police stopped him in Iowa City, detectives found drugs and paraphernalia, including medication prescribed to his grandmother, who he’s accused of killing. Isaiah Sweet, 17, of Manchester, is accused of shooting and killing both his grandparents – [...]
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An Iowa City man was arrested Monday after police said they found dozens of individually packaged baggies of marijuana and about $1,000 in what appeared to be drug money. Javonte Marquis Nichols, 20, faces charges of controlled substance violations and possessing or distributing without a tax stamp, both felonies, and possession of a controlled substance, [...]
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UPDATE: Traffic is back to normal on Interstate 80 near Tiffin after a semi-trailer truck caught fire in the area Tuesday morning. All eastbound traffic lanes in the area have reopened, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation. The fire was reported around 8:45 a.m. There are no reports of injuries.
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Alcohol-related laws for boat operators should be the same as those for highway vehicle drivers, say Department of Natural Resources law enforcement officials. “It is inconsistent that we allow open containers in boats, but not in highway vehicles,” said Robert Garrison, chief of the DNR’s Law Enforcement Bureau. It is also inconsistent that boat [...]
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UPDATE: Authorities say the late night Mississippi River boat crash that left four people dead was a near head-on collision of two small fishing boats that were shuttling partiers to shore. Des Moines County Sheriff Mike Johnstone said Monday those involved had been partying on an island and the boats were shuttling people to a [...]
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