Articles Tagged: Drownings

An Iowa Supreme Court ruling will allow a lawsuit, filed the family of a Fayette County mother and daughter who drowned while tubing after going over a low-head dam near Clermont in June 2020, to go forward. The court overturned a district court dismissal of their petition in 2023.

A man who was found dead in Lake Macbride last week has been identified by the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office as Cesar Garcia-Pelico, 34, of Cedar Rapids.

A man was found dead in Lake Macbride after 911 callers reported someone jumped into the lake and hadn’t resurfaced, according to a news release from the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.

The body of a kayaker who went missing over a week ago in Winneshiek County was found Monday afternoon, according to a news release from the Winneshiek County Sheriff’s Office.

A Coralville man who drowned in 2022 while rescuing his friend’s 8-year-old son from the Iowa River has posthumously been awarded a Carnegie Medal for Heroism by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission.

Cedar Rapids Police and Fire recovered the body of a dead man from the Cedar River Sunday afternoon.

On July 21, Willie Davis Jr. and Suad Alyasiri were in a rental canoe that tipped over in Lake Macbride. The couple, both of Cedar Rapids, had recently started dating, after meeting through work.

Inaam Smital came home late from work Friday, and after a quick grocery trip, was sitting in her home in Illinois when about 10 p.m. she got the worst call a mother can get: Her daughter and her new boyfriend ha

The victims, identified as Cedar Rapids residents, were located in approximately 23 feet of water, more than three hours after a caller reported they’d gone under the water.

Alexander Glover, 21, drowned Saturday in West Okoboji Lake. He was an active member of the community and a good friend, his mother says.

Six friends were hunting near Bertram Road on Dec. 30 when they discovered a body on the banks of the Cedar River. The remains were those of Erik Spaw, a Cedar Rapids waterworks employee missing since May 7 when his work truck was found submerged in the Cedar River.

Human remains that were found in the Cedar River last week have been identified as Erik Spaw, a Cedar Rapids employee who went missing last summer.

Two people who went missing in the Cedar River this summer have yet to be found, despite continued search efforts.

Wegayewu Sahilu Faris went through life looking for opportunities to improve himself and to serve others, according to his wife, Teyobesta Tewabe. He drowned on Aug. 5, at the age of 42, while he was rescuing an 8-year-old boy from the Iowa River.

City High School in Iowa City will put up a plaque to honor a man who drowned while saving a child from the Iowa River Friday. The man, Wegayewu Faris, had been a custodian at City High since 2005.