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Weird Iowa: Naked on the Mall, Ice Substitutes for Cash, 'Bridezilla' Blows a Gasket

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Some day, trust us, you'll be able to go outdoors without melting into a big, exhausted puddle of sweat two feet from your door. 

But probably not today. So, if you're settled in somewhere with some nice A/C, click back, relax and enjoy another edition of Weird Iowa.

We'll start with an Urbandale bride-to-be who police say had a head hotter than last week's asphalt and a mouth like a steaming sewer. that while allegedly dropping the “F-Bomb” in a public place like West Des Moines’ tony  isn’t technically illegal, public intoxication is.

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"Celebrating" her coming wedding and apparently taking the show Bridezilla to heart, the woman was sent to the tank despite a cop's best efforts to get her to move along peacefully.

Anywhere else but Iowa City, we'd attribute the next bit of news to the too-hot-for-clothing weather -- has it been hitting 100 for a year straight now? -- but, well, this was Iowa City.

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In the Iowa City of Weirdness, in the  after he reportedly started "acting strange," taking his clothes off, singing loudly and speaking in gibberish.

The man faces charges of trespass, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication for the incident in which police said he dumped his clothes in a recycling bin. At least he was thoughtful. When interviewed by officers, the man stated that he had been smoking marijuana "chronic," according to a police complaint.

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Over in Cedar Falls, our next bit of news -- -- can definitely be attributed to the weather. 

Seems with the the triple-digit heat wave enveloping Iowa,  decided to accept 20 pound bags of ice in lieu of the entrance fee, which in non-ridiculous weather conditions is $5 for kids, $6 for adults. The pool wasn't quite boiling, but was too warm for comfort, so the ice was being dumped by the wheelbarrow-full to cool off the water.

Speaking of hot, how about some Hot ... Wheelies in Linn County?

How about not, say Cedar Rapids police. that police began following a man after he performed two consecutive wheelies. Not smart. And what's not smarter? Police say the man took them on an 80-mile-per-hour chase. That not only landed the man and his passenger in the Linn County Jail; they had to make a stop at the hospital first, from injuries they recieved when the chase ended -- with a crash.

Which reminds us of another bit from Iowa City.

A Maquoketa man was after allegedly sideswiping multiple police vehicles with his obviously misnamed "Smart" car. According to Iowa City Police complaints, several police vehicles were parked at the 100 block of South Linn Street during an assault investigation on Sunday. Then, a red Smart car was seen traveling north down Linn Street with no front license plate and no headlights on.

Police say the vehicle then veered toward the squad cars, sideswiping two of them and forcing a police bicycle officer to leap out of the way to avoid getting hit. The bicycle was struck as well, according to police. The man allegedly told police that he thought he was in Afghanistan and he thought the officers were members of al-Qaeda.

Weird.

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