Iowa City Owl

The Iowa City Landfill on the southwest side of the city caught fire yesterday. It has broken through the containment lines of the landfill and is expected to continue burning for days. Even the lining of the landfill is on fire.

Nearly two years ago, 12-year old Sarah Nicole Perkins was hit by a boat on the Coralville Reservoir and killed. Her parents have decided to file a lawsuit against the operators of the boats two years after the death.

Recently, a successful sting operation in Omaha, Nebraska broke up a prostitution ring that had been operating since 2009. The leader of the ring, 27-year old Johnelle L. Bell, and his assistant, 21-year old Brittany Lawson, have both been apprehended.

A 4 -year old let the landlord into an apartment on yesterday afternoon after the tenant's father reported he hadn't heard from his son for a few days. The landlord found that the boy had been staying by the side of his dead father's body.

The Iowa Review has started giving out a reward called the Jeff Sharlet Memorial Award from early spring all the way through to the middle of June. This award is specifically given to veteran writers who share their stories.

Autopsy results have confirmed that the bodies found in the Iowa State Park earlier this week are those of the missing woman, 41 year-old Charlotte Schilling and her ten year-old son, Owen. Investigations on the cause of these deaths continues.

55 year-old Daniel J. Scott recently filed a motion to have his case evaluated for release from the Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders. The Iowa Court of Appeals found him to be a sexually violent predator and refused to allow the release.

The Iowa City School District is pulling all of the lettuce that is to be included in the rest of the menus for lunches for the rest of the year because of a recent recall on lettuce by the manufacturer.

A discovery of two bodies was made in Iowa State Park recently. The bodies have not been identified, but could possibly be a mother and her son that have gone missing after visiting the Iowa area recently.

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