Police arrested a man early Monday morning after they said he broke into a Cedar Rapids nursing home and stole a TV. Officers were dispatched around 1:25 a.m. Monday to Living Center East, 1220 Fifth Ave. SE, for a burglary in progress. They were told a man crawled through the window of a resident’s room, [...]
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An Eastern Iowa woman is accused of allowing others to brew methamphetamine at the Cedar Rapids apartment where she and her infant son lived. Melanie M. Padilla, 24, of DeWitt, has been charged with aiding and abetting in the manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of precursors and child endangerment. Police executed a search warrant March 21 [...]
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Three Johnson County Jail inmates were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of making dozens of jailhouse phone calls using the personal identification numbers belonging to other inmates, racking up more than $50 in calling charges. Leslie Kittreal Stokes Jr., 19, of Cedar Rapids, and Dantrel Lavelle Ware, 19, of Iowa City, were arrested Saturday [...]
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Authorities say a Dubuque County sheriff’s deputy has been ticketed after a collision on the northwest side of Dubuque. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that Deputy William Grant was cited Saturday morning after the crash. Police say the 44-year-old Grant had stopped his cruiser at a red light around 8:20 a.m. Police say Grant then [...]
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Authorities say the body of a man has been found at the bottom of a rock quarry in northeast Iowa. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald says the body and a burned-out sport utility vehicle were found Friday evening at the quarry just south of Dyersville. The body was taken to the state lab in Ankeny for [...]
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With a shared history that includes a deadly tornado and the fatal shooting of a beloved coach, the members of the Class of 2012 at Aplington-Parkersburg High School have hung together through tragedy most teenagers never endure. “It’s made me who I am and something I’ll carry forever,” said Elizabeth Petersen of Parkersburg, who is [...]
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UPDATE: Rescuers called off their search Sunday night for a man reported missing in the Cedar River. Rescuers from the Solon and Cedar Rapids fire departments and the Linn County Dive Team all worked to look for the man witnesses say drowned Saturday night. Cedar Rapids Fire Department spokesman Greg Buelow said search crews suspended [...]
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UPDATE: The bodies of four people missing after a boat crash on the Mississippi River in Iowa were found Sunday within 100 yards of the crash site, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. None was wearing a life vest. DNR officer Paul Kay said three men and a woman, all believed to be [...]
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Knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and other hospitals across the country, including the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, soon could be handled by a specialized operating room team as the result of a data-sharing project among health systems throughout the U.S. aimed at improving health care and lowering costs. [...]
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It’s rare for a teenager to be accused of killing a parent or guardian, but it happens, and when it does, experts say it often stems from disturbing circumstances. Isaiah Sweet, 17, was charged last week in the fatal shootings of his grandparents, Richard and Janet Sweet of Manchester. Police haven’t offered a motive or [...]
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