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Millstream Brewing hosts annual Iowa Craft Beer Bash
AMANA, Iowa (KCRG) – Breweries and distilleries from around the Hawkeye State were in Amana Sunday for Millstream Brewing’s annual Iowa Craft Beer Bash.
People could enjoy samples of different beers, ciders and spirits.
There were also food trucks and live music.
All proceeds went back to Achieving Maximum Potential, a program that provides life and leadership skills to foster care youth in Iowa.
Leaders with Millstream said the event has been going on for over two decades.
“To bring together over 50 breweries, cideries, distilleries from across the state is awesome. It just shows what good hearts breweries across the state have to support charities,” said Susan Charlier, Millstream Brewing Owner. “Who doesn’t love unlimited beer, cider and spirits samples? It’s just a good time. And it’s a great cause,” she said.
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NEWTON, Iowa (KCCI) – Two pets were killed in a Newton house fire Monday evening that left the home a total loss, KCCI reports.
Fire crews responded to the 600 block of West 3rd Street around 5:20 p.m. Heavy smoke and flames were visible when crews arrived, according to the Newton Fire Department.
The fire was “deep-seated within the structure and was difficult to extinguish,” according to officials.
Crews remained on scene until about 8:20 p.m. but were called back at 12:20 a.m. Tuesday after the fire rekindled.
Police say the home is a total loss. No injuries were reported, but two pets died in the fire.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Man extradited from Iowa, charged with shooting and killing man in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood
A man has been charged and extradited from Iowa in a 2024 shooting that left another man dead in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
Christopher Maxwell, 56, was arrested at noon Monday in the first block of Third Avenue Bridge in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, police said.
Police said Maxwell was the man who shot and killed a 29-year-old man in the 1300 block of East 53rd Street on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024.
The shooting took place at 4:20 p.m. that day, police said at the time. The Hyde Park Herald reported the shooting took place in Nichols Park, which stretches from 53rd Street to 55th Street between Kimbark and Kenwood avenues.
The victim was standing outside when he got into a quarrel with the shooter, police said at the time. The shooter took out a gun and shot the victim in the neck, and the victim was pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said.
The victim was identified as Joseph Cook, according to the Herald.
Maxwell has been extradited to Chicago and charged with first-degree murder, police said. He was due for a detention hearing in Cook County Criminal Court on Tuesday.
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