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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The Coe College men's and women's swimming and diving teams combined for 28 season-best times Friday night, including two of the six best times in school history, as they split with Morningside. The Kohawk women won 128-102.
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BIG GROVE – Officials say two people are injured after a semi truck and midsize SUV collided on Hwy 1 Friday night. According to officers on the scene, the accident occurred north of Solon at about 7:15 p.m. near the intersection of Hwy 1 and 110th St. NE. The two occupants of the mangled SUV [...]

Iowa 1 just north of Solon is open to traffic from an earlier incident. 

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U.S. 169 is open to traffic near Humboldt from an earlier incident. 

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U.S. 169 is blocked six miles north of Humboldt due to a multi vehicle incident.  Follow local detour, use caution and expect some delays if traveling in this area. 

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Iowa 1 is reduced to one lane three miles north of Solon due to a multi vehicle incident.  Use caution and expect some delays if traveling in this area. 

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IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has released some e-mails that were sent to journalism Professor Stephen Bloom following the publication of a controversial article reflecting on life in Iowa on The Atlantic website last month. The e-mails released Friday by the UI were sent to Bloom’s e-mail address at the University of Michigan, [...]

SHELLSBURG – A Brandon, Iowa, man died in a car accident Friday after driving off the road into a steep ravine. According to the Benton County Sheriff’s Office, a volunteer fireman from Shellsburg spotted skid marks leading off the highway into a ravine at around 1:30 p.m. three miles north of Shellsburg on 32nd Ave. [...]

Location: North English
Reporting: Galen Ray Schwochow
High Temperature: 34°
Low Temperature: 22°
Current Temperature: 32°
Rainfall Total: 0.0 in.
Snowfall Total: 0.0 in.
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CEDAR RAPIDS – A man is “seriously injured” after he lost control of his vehicle on Otis Rd. SE this evening, crashed into trees, and was trapped for nearly 45 minutes. According to Sgt. Robert Collins, the unidentified man was driving westbound in a gold Ford Taurus on Otis Rd. SE when he lost control, [...]

Even as the state moves away from a county-based system of providing services to mentally handicapped and developmentally disabled (MHDD) Iowans, it’s going to need counties’ participation, especially financially, Department of Human Services Director Chuck Palmer said today. “It’s all about services to people, and we need to start there,” Palmer told about 100 people [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS- Neighbors in one part of Cedar Rapids are starting to ask some questions about crime.  The main question is whether is just our imagination, of is the crime problem here getting worse? The area in question is located around Jacolyn Drive—both on the northwest and southwestern portions of that residential street.  It’s an [...]

University of Iowa officials estimate that it may cost up to $50 thousand to restore a grand piano damaged by a leaky pipe earlier this week.  The 1979 Steinway piano had been moved into a temporary storage building a short time before flood waters destroyed Hancher Auditorium in 2008. “The one that was hit really [...]

Location: Olin
Reporting: Brad Hansen
High Temperature: 36°
Low Temperature: 20°
Current Temperature: 33°
Rainfall Total: 0.0 in.
Snowfall Total: 0.0 in.
Other information: Light Snow in Olin

Location: Victor
Reporting: Jim Rajtora
High Temperature: 38°
Low Temperature: 24°
Current Temperature: 36°
Rainfall Total: 0.0 in.
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Location: Marengo
Reporting: Vicki Cobb
High Temperature: 37°
Low Temperature: 24°
Current Temperature: 33°
Rainfall Total: 0.0 in.
Snowfall Total: 0.0 in.
Other information: We had some snow this afternoon, but once it hit the sidwalks and driveways, it melted.

Police officers lined up, their hands twitching with anticipation. Their enemies lined up a short distance away, equally ready for the chaos about to ensue. A thunderous voice cut the tension, “Three…two…one…Dodgeball!” Both kids and cops raced for the balls placed at half-court inside the gymnasium at Harding Middle School. The fifth annual kids vs. cops dodgeball fundraising event had [...]

Location: Jesup
Reporting: Al Vander Hart
High Temperature: 40°
Low Temperature: 22°
Current Temperature: 35°
Rainfall Total: 0.0 in.
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CEDAR RAPIDS — The city now has lost three former mayors in less than three years. Frank A. Bosh, 88, who served as the city’s mayor in 1968 and part of 1969, died in his sleep on Jan. 22 in Prescott, Ariz., his family reports. Bosh’s mayoral successor and Cedar Rapids’ longest serving mayor, Don [...]