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After months of debate, the U.S. House approved the Senat'es Health Care Reform bill, sending it to President Obama for his signature.
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WASHINGTON - A Washington County teen faces vehicular homicide charges for a Memorial Day crash that left three dead.
The Iowa State Patrol says then Andrew Brock, who was 17 at the time of the crash,...
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WAVERLY - A Waverly Shell Rock High School senior was killed Sunday morning following a one-vehicle crash in Bremmer County just southwest of Waverly.
At about 2:45 a.m., deputies responded to a vehicle...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — Mayor Ron Corbett will ask the City Council this week to shake up the top management at City Hall in a step that will strip City Manager Jim Prosser of his key role in the city’s flood recovery.
In...
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RIVERSIDE - Two people are injured after an accident in Washington County.
Norman Bruty and Zachary Frank, both of Washington, were taken to the hospital after their pickups collided at an intersection...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - The biggest change in decades begins bright and early for one flood-damaged neighborhood in Cedar Rapids on Monday.
Demolition will start on 281 homes whose owners accepted a voluntary...
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IOWA CITY - The city council in Iowa City are set to move this week on keeping people under 21 out of its bars at night. On Monday night, the city council will get a first chance to discuss a 21-only ordinance....
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CLINTON - Fire gutted a home in Clinton late Saturday night, which forced a family to find another place to stay.
Firefighters were called to the 100 block of North 7th Street around 6:30 Saturday night,...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - A smoky fire in an apartment kitchen at 253 38th St. Dr. SE briefly sent the building’s tenants outside Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters called to the Continental Terrace complex about...
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — In an NCAA tournament full of upsets, Northern Iowa pulled off the biggest one: The Panthers took down mighty Kansas. Playing with poise down the stretch and getting another big 3-pointer from Ali Farokhmanesh, Northern Iowa pulled off one of the biggest NCAA upsets in years by knocking No. 1 overall seed Kansas from the bracket with a program-defining 69-67 win on Saturday.
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DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa lawmakers appear on track to approve a $5.3 billion state budget and end this year's session this week.
Legislative leaders have been aiming to wrap up early this year to save...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - For the last year and a half, Alex Lyon and hundreds of Americorps workers have had a hot, home-cooked lunch while they are far away from home.
"This holds a very special place in my...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - We might be humble here in the Midwest, at least, until our team wins.
"Panthers can take on the Cyclones, the Hawkeyes, Panthers can take on the Jayhawks. Why not? They can take anybody,”...
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IOWA CITY - The University of Iowa named four people to join Athletics Director Gary Barta in finding the school’s next men’s basketball coach.
The five-member committee consists of:
* Gary Barta,...
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CHARLES CITY — A Charles City teen who has pleaded not guilty to five felony charges in the death of his 3-year-old cousin is next due in court March 29.
Edgar Concepcion Jr., 15, is charged as an adult...
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UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS (AP) — A University Heights police officer worried about an unrestrained child in a vehicle he pulled over purchased the boy's mother a car seat.
Officer Don Strong said he spotted...
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DES MOINES (AP) — An Iowa jury has awarded $33 million to seven passengers involved in a 2007 rollover van crash that left one person dead.
Polk County jurors said Cooper Tire and Rubber Co.'s manufacturing...
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DES MOINES - One of Iowa's three Democratic congressmen said he hasn’t decided whether to vote for or against the health care reform bill.
Rep. Bruce Braley said, “It's one of the most important votes...
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AMES (AP) — A cow led police and squad cars in Ames on a two-hour chase before the pregnant heifer was subdued with tranquilizers.
Police estimate the Friday chase around town was for eight or nine...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Police arrested two men Friday in connection with an armed robbery that had occurred earlier in the afternoon.
Cedar Rapids police spokeswoman Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said that after responding...
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JONES COUNTY- A call came in at 12:51 a.m. about a house fire at 10154 20th Ave. in Jones County.
A mattress near a space heater caught fire, causing minor smoke damage to the house. No injuries were...
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Brooklynn and Ty Karr enjoying the March Snow.......
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Thousands of struggling Iowa homeowners could soon lose a lifeline. A state-sponsored 1-800 number that gives free mortgage counseling to avoid foreclosure is running out of money. A...
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Is is kinda pretty, tho.
Taken in northeast Cedar Rapids on March 20, 2010....
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Puddles is tugging at the heartstrings of strangers from California to New York. The story is spreading on the Internet about how a car hit the Cedar Rapids dog this week, and the driver...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - Jose Rockiett, 18, who assaulted and seriously injured Cedar Rapids Police Officer Tim Davis last March, was sentenced today in Linn County District Court.
Rockiett was given 20 years...
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CEDAR FALLS - The Iowa Board of Regents wants Iowa's state universities to stop using taxpayer dollars for their athletic departments.
The Board would give Iowa State and the University of Northern...
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IOWA CITY — A man accused of killing a 20-year-old woman in her Iowa City apartment in December will plead guilty to involuntary manslaughter, according to court records.
Alajuwon S. Johnson, 26, will...
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BURLINGTON (AP) — Two officers have been cleared of any wrongdoing in the shooting of a man who sprayed them with anhydrous ammonia.
Lee County Attorney Mike Short says Det. Chris Chiprez of the Southwest...
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CRESTON - Police said an 18-year-old Creston man died Friday after being electrocuted. Officers said they were flagged down by a group of people who said their friend was injured. Nearby, officers found...
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DES MOINES (AP) — The House has decided on Thursday not to defend the cooking methods of an iconic Marshalltown restaurant that's in a dispute with state regulators.
State regulators had sent a letter...
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CEDAR RAPIDS -- Three vehicles have collided at the intersection of First Avenue and First Street West.
Three vehicles are involved, including a city truck. One lane of eastbound First Avenue traffic...
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LONE TREE -- A Lone Tree woman allegedly assaulted by her daughter and the daughter’s boyfriend told sheriff’s deputies as she was being put in an ambulance that the couple had “bales of weed” in a minivan.
Now...
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CEDAR RAPIDS - The City of Cedar Rapids is beginning the process of relocating the city's central fire station. On Thursday, acting Fire Chief Mark English unveiled six possible locations to a selection...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin says two Iowa counties will receive more than $3.2 million for smoking cessation programs.
Some of funds are headed for Linn County to use in an effort to...
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DES MOINES - Iowa lawmakers have reached a compromise deal on a texting ban for drivers, but it comes with twist.
The new bill would mean no one can text while driving. It would also ban drivers under...
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DES MOINES (AP) — The Iowa Supreme Court has suspended the law license of Floyd County Attorney Jess Marzen for at least six months for violating professional conduct rules before he took office.
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BURLINGTON (AP) — A Burlington man who asked for and was denied permission from police to burn down his house has been charged with arson.
Actionland Camper Sales and Services owner Kenneth Dix was...
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DES MOINES (AP) — Iowa Gov. Chet Culver has congratulations for members of the University of Northern Iowa's basketball team after they defeated the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in the first round of...
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DES MOINES (AP) — Meteorologists say the rain and snow expected this weekend will not have an immediate impact on many of the state's swollen rivers.
National Weather Service meteorologist Rod Donavon...
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DAVENPORT (AP) — Public works officials in Davenport say they estimate the eastern Iowa city has more than 100 sinkholes along its roads.
Michael Clarke is director of the Davenport Public Works Department....
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DES MOINES (AP) — Plans to cut down 11 trees near a Des Moines library so that solar panels can get enough sunlight are stirring controversy.
Engineers say the panels are a key to get a high-level efficiency...
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GRINNELL -- Authorities say a Grinnell College student is lucky to be alive after it appears he was run over by a train on campus Thursday.
Police responded to the Union Pacific Railroad tracks south...
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CEDAR RAPIDS- Three of the unions representing a big percentage of Cedar Rapids city workers have agreed to three year contracts.
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett announced the deal Friday morning. The...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The ACLU of Iowa is looking into a complaint about a Christmas display at the Winnebago County courthouse in Forest City.
It's investigating whether officials violated the Constitution...
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