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Woman asks for plea in NorthPark Mall murder case
Found: 3 Weeks 11 Hours 59 Minutes ago
Quad City Times - A woman accused of trailing her ex-husband, a carnival worker, across the country before stabbing him to death here is set to plead guilty Friday....
Efforts under way to preserve flood stories
Found: 3 Weeks 1 Day 17 Hours 35 Minutes ago
The Gazette - Connie Dighton has a story to tell as do thousands of other Iowans who endured June's historic flooding.Gathering those stories has become a mission for organizations aiming to record the history of the floods for future generations.The Carl and Mary Koehler History Center and area libraries are among groups grappling with the challenge of preserving memories of a flood that displaced more than 5,000 families and damaged more than 1,000 businesses in Cedar Rapids alone.The story for Dighton, 807 O Ave. NW, began in the neighborhood where she has lived since she was 9."The buildings and the lawn, everything was destroyed," she said. "We had two hours before we had to get stuff out of the basement. ... Then they shut all of our power off ... and told us we had less than an hour to get the rest of our household stuff out. It was pretty bad."* * * *That the flooding is considered historic hasn't been lost on people like Cedar Rapids historian Mark Stoffer Hunter."It's important to collect this information while the memories are fresh," he said. "Someone can look at it years from now to get an accurate depiction of what happened."Imagine, he mused, if historians had a complete record from the 1905 Quaker fire or the 1919 Douglas Starch Works explosion in Cedar Rapids.* * * *Brad Wilson, 55, of Springville, tells his story of sandbagging efforts to save one of the Cedar Rapids wells."I was living in Des Moines in '93, so I had some experience with what could happen in a big flood," he said. "As the waters were rising, I traveled to Coggon in northern Linn County. ... I saw the massive flash flooding that was heading toward Cedar Rapids."When I got back home, I decided to volunteer to sandbag."* * * *Stories throughout Linn County will be collected by The History Center in a project called Capturing History Alive.The center is working with Coe College to gather about 100 oral histories and#8212; audio and perhaps video and#8212; to archive in its library."Researchers 20 years from now can listen to it and know what life was like in those neighborhoods before the floods and what it was like to experience the floods of 2008," project coordinator Beth Miller said.* * * *A Palo flood victim's story began when her family started moving items up from the basement. She left when a mandatory evacuation was ordered, but her husband stayed to keep the sump pump running."He called at 9 o'clock that night, saying water was coming over the road and he was leaving," she said, her voice breaking. "When we got back to our home, the water was five feet higher than they predicted."* * * *Her story, and those of Dighton and Wilson, were recorded as part of a project called CR (See Our) Good Story.Steve Groner of Marion, owner of Information Security Education, started the self-funded effort with Guaranty Bank's Robert Becker. They asked libraries to provide recording sites.Groner said the two wanted to promote positive stories that surfaced after the floods. Recordings are posted on the project's Web site and will be kept in library archives, he said.The non-profit StoryCorps could record some stories in Cedar Rapids, Groner said, but no date is set.StoryCorps is involved in an effort with University of Iowa Libraries in Iowa City called Under the Current: Collecting Stories from the Flood.Kristi Bontrager, library public relations coordinator, said interviews of 72 people will be done Sept. 30 to Oct. 11 at the UI Main Library and Iowa City and Coralville libraries.Interviews will be distilled into three-minute stories and archived at the UI libraries and Library of Congress. Some might be played on National Public Radio.* * * *...
Park Board to continue with riverfront plans despite setback
Found: 3 Weeks 2 Days 5 Hours 49 Minutes ago
Charles City Press - The Charles City Park and Recreation Board will move forward with riverfront plans despite the announcement that some of the state economic development dollars it had hoped to acquire for the riverfront project have been diverted for flood relief purposes....
Prairie Meadows: Fast futurity highlights meet’s final weekend
Found: 3 Weeks 3 Days 16 Hours 55 Minutes ago
Des Moines Register - Indianapolis Motor Speedway chairwoman has speedy filly entered in Valley Junction....
Candidate Greenwald touts renewable energies during tour
Found: 3 Weeks 4 Days 21 Hours 45 Minutes ago
Charles City Press - Becky Greenwald has seen what North Iowa has to offer the renewable energies industry, and her eyes cannot be deceived. She says the tools to end America?s dependance on foreign oil lay throughout the region....
Herman "Bill"Engebretson
Found: 3 Weeks 5 Days 11 Hours 26 Minutes ago
Spencer Daily Reporter - Herman "Bill"Engebretson, age 97, of Linn Grove, Iowa, died Sunday, Sept. 14, 2008, at St. Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer, Iowa. Funeral services for Mr. Engebretson will be held on Wednesday,......
Second film festival attracts area film makers to Keokuk
Found: 4 Weeks 13 Hours 6 Minutes ago
Daily Gate City - For the Daily Gate City Film fans who braved the weather on Saturday to attend the second Keokuk Independent Film Festival got a look at a wide range of independent movies, from a short music video to an hour-long documentary and two feature-length films....
Dorman: Time to find flood solutions
Found: 4 Weeks 1 Day 16 Hours 3 Minutes ago
The Gazette - As I walked into the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel, my thoughts drifted to the last time I was there.It was that fateful flooded Thursday in June. Video journalist Mike Barnes and I climbed a pitch-black stairwell to the roof of the hotel, looking for a lofty vantage point to view the swelling Cedar River.What we saw was both breathtaking and sickening, as block upon block was swallowed and lightning flashed through yet another deluge. After climbing down, I watched sheets of rain and cops chasing away gawkers and manhole covers flipping into the air from flooded storm sewers. It sounded like church bells clanging as they hit the ground. I'll never forget that scene. Now, three months after watching the heart of Cedar Rapids disappear, I'm back at the Crowne Plaza, looking at strategies for making sure it never happens again.There was something heartening about walking around the city's open house Thursday showcasing plans for flood mitigation. After three months of speculation, and uncertainty and confusion about the city's future, seeing actual options printed on big pieces of poster board was comforting, even if we do have a mighty long way to go. "We need to get some real facts, so people don't get more and more desperate," said Eleanor Hearst, an open house attendee whose son lost his home in the Time Check neighborhood.Not everyone felt that way. What frustrated folks want are decisions, not options. Life in limbo is only getting worse as fall arrives and winter follows. None of the maps had helpful arrows saying "you will be here," so it's still more guessing and waiting.I talked to a guy who would not give me his name. He told me other stuff, though, like how he's a Vietnam-era veteran who worked here and raised a family here and played by the rules here, only to watch his house and a rental property flood. The thanks he gets is an offer for a pathetic federal loan with 8 percent interest, payable in three years. He'd do better at a bank. Some flood options were no-brainers and#8212; removable flood walls protecting downtown, beefed-up levees and new green space between us and the river. And some options were jarring, like the map showing vast green expanses where New Bohemia, the Czech Village and much of Time Check now exist. But giving the river more space is no longer a debatable point. The question is how much of the city's historic heart are we willing to sacrifice to protect its future? We may be ready for the radical, if we can avoid more sickening scenes....
Lewis, Riley lead Blue Devils past Midshipmen
Found: 1 Month 2 Hours 12 Minutes ago
Quad City Times - DURHAM, N.C. - Thad Lewis threw three touchdown passes to Eron Riley and Vincent Rey returned a fumble for a score to help Duke beat Navy 41-31 on Saturday....
NU High puts 34-8 win in holster
Found: 1 Month 1 Day 16 Minutes ago
Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - CEDAR FALLS --- From their first snap, the NU High Panthers seemed determined to use every bullet in their ammunition belt Thursday night....
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