2008 Woodie Awards
After only three-and-a-half hours of deliberation, a jury of seven women and five men decided that Kyle Marin was guilty of two counts of first-degree murder in the April 23, 2006, deaths of Katrina Hill and Molly Edmondson.
Upon hearing the news, cries of relief from family and friends of the 18-year-old victims were audible throughout the courtroom.
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In a statement to the press following Kyle Marin's first-degree-murder conviction, Raymond Hill, the father of slain 18-year-old Katrina Hill, thanked the jury and local police.
In perhaps a less-anticipated announcement, Raymond Hill, of Solon, also took the time to specifically thank the services of Horizons, a "survivors' group."
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Of all the mass e-mails that clog UI inboxes, this one is worth a read: "notice of your potential involvement in an emergency research study."
UI investigators are conducting research on unconscious or trauma victims showing signs of shock in emergency situations. Medical personnel would replace lost blood with a more concentrated salt solution that could keep them alive until reaching a hospital.
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Will Kenyon died when he was only 12 weeks old. He never got to taste beef carpaccio or trout mousse, as did the 350 philanthropists who packed the hotelVetro on Thursday night.
The hotel was playing host to the March of Dimes 2007 Signature Chefs' Auction, in which 10 of Iowa City's best restaurants joined to fight premature births.
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The Iowa City Historic Preservation Committee voted unanimously Thursday to defer the decision to make the former home of Iowa City artist Isaac Wetherby a historic landmark.
The Iowa City City Council had previously approved the demolition of the home under routine city procedure after the new owner, Mike McLaughlin, requested the house at 935 E. Market St. be torn down.
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Finally the age-old toilet-seat argument between men and women seems to have ended.
Thanks to a 9-year-old.
Jake Wulf of Odebolt, Iowa, has invented the Privy Prop, a toilet creation using a foot pedal to lower and raise the seat.
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The Johnson County Board of Supervisors reached a consensus Thursday morning to allow engineer contractors to move ahead with design plans for a parking ramp for the county's yet-to-be-built Health and Human Services Building, which will be located on the north side of East Benton Street in Iowa City. (0) comments
Approximately one-third of amphibians are facing extinction, according to an analysis by the World Conservation Union that sparked interest in researchers worldwide.
"These scientists are trying to figure out what one can do to prevent amphibian extinction," said Dean Adams, an associate professor of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology at Iowa State University.
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The public art advisory committee discussed decorating the south wall of the Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center pool with brightly colored bubbles on aluminum panels.
The average estimated size of the installation is 56 square feet, and the estimated total cost is $48,110. The funding is coming from the committee's 2008 budget.
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UI President Sally Mason stressed the importance of student-athletes' success and Hawkeye sports in the state Thursday during a monthly athletics meeting.
Mason gave an address to the UI Presidential Committee on Athletics about her thoughts and attitudes toward Hawkeye athletics and student-athletes.
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Man charged with third OWI
A Coralville man faces felony charges after police charged him with an OWI when he registered a blood-alcohol content of more than three times the legal limit, authorities said.
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