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Iowa early News Headlines: Sat., July 4th 2015 – Independence Day

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July 4th, 2015 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

AMES, Iowa (AP) — An Ames native and member of the NBA champion Golden State Warriors is serving as grand marshal for his hometown’s Fourth of July parade. The Des Moines Register reports former Ames High School star Harrison Barnes will be the parade’s grand marshal today and plans to show off the Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A newcomer to the Cedar Rapids area had 10 of 11 speeding tickets dismissed after telling police that he didn’t know he could get cited by the traffic camera system deployed on Interstate 380. Alexander Hartman moved to Marion a few weeks ago and was stunned when he found the stack of tickets in his mail. He told Cedar Rapids television station KCRG that he thinks being ticketed was “wrong, because people should know what’s going on before it happens.”

BETTENDORF, Iowa (AP) — A 142-year-old school in Bettendorf is getting a new look thanks to volunteers, grants and donations. The Quad-City Times reports the long-dilapidated Forest Grove School no longer has its familiar gray and weathered-wood appearance. Volunteers have been working since 2012 to restore the school, built in 1873. They want to turn it into a museum.

WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — Two kayakers were rescued from the steep sides and swift water of Black Hawk Creek in Waterloo. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports Larry and Barb Lamfers put their kayaks into the creek Thursday afternoon but soon floated into a tree before being rescued.