Maurices is holding a women’s clothing drive to benefit Bridgehaven at its Lindale Mall store, 4444 First Ave. NE. The women’s clothing drive begins on March 4th, 2012 and continues through March 11th, 2012. Customers can drop off their donations any time during store hours, which are Mon-Sat: 10-9 Sun: 12-6. Items needed include gently [...]
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Exposure to cold can cause life-threatening health conditions. Avoid serious conditions such as frostbite and hypothermia, by keeping warm. Wear a hat, hood, or scarf, as most heat is lost through the head. Wear layers, as they provide better insulation and warmth. Keep fingertips, earlobes, and noses covered if you go outside. Keep clothing dry; [...]
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Lindsey Faber, 24, of Cedar Rapids, showed a penchant and a talent for sewing from a very young age. “When I first showed interest in designing clothing (my mom) helped me turn my ideas into reality with her advanced sewing abilities,” says Faber, who majored in apparel design at Iowa State and now designs her [...]
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A Chicago woman testified Friday in Johnson County District Court that she never gave police consent to search her Iowa City home in 2009 as part of a murder investigation of her grandchild’s father, Charles Thompson. Stacey Marshall, who lived in Iowa City in 2009, said when police arrived at her apartment Oct. 13, 2009, [...]
continue »Though tucking your pant legs into your socks may not be the most stylish thing to do while camping this summer, this fashion faux-pas is nonetheless recommended by Tom Gahan, supervisor of the State Hygienic Laboratory’s serology section. According to Gahan, the Ixodes scapularis tick, the vector of Lyme disease, has been slowly expanding its [...]
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The man suspected of killing his wife and fleeing to South Dakota earlier this month told investigators he “lost it and blacked out” during an argument in their Greene home. Thomas J. Petersen, 39, of Greene, now faces a charge of first-degree murder in connection with the June 4 stabbing death of his wife, Judy [...]
continue »NORMAN, Okla. (AP) – Bright orange jail uniforms just weren’t enough to make inmates stand out in one Oklahoma county. Some may say the hot-pink shirts and yellow-and-white striped pants now worn by Cleveland County, Okla., inmates make them look more like clowns than criminals. But sheriff’s officials say the uniforms are meant to make [...]
continue »COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Ohio say a woman shot her cousin to death during an argument that started because one woman didn’t think the other was dressed properly for Easter dinner. Columbus police Officer Jean Holmes said in court Tuesday that the leg-baring shorts worn by 19-year-old Danielle Pickens sparked a verbal and [...]
continue »Jon and Stacie Sefton have a challenge that most retailers would love to face. Their business, BHFO.com — the largest apparel seller on eBay — is outgrowing its corporate headquarters and two warehouses in northeast Cedar Rapids. “With the networking that we’ve done and eBay, it’s helped to give us new opportunities,” said Stacie Sefton, [...]
continue »Dahlia Latif is banking on a revival of business in Czech Village. Latif, 31, opened The Vault, a women’s clothing store, on Aug. 1 at 99 16th Ave. SW in a building that once housed United State Bank. The bank’s vault was the inspiration for the name of Latif’s store. “It’s always been my dream [...]
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