Prairie High School hosts 16th annual Report Card to the Community
Cedar Rapids Prairie High School invites residents to a 6 30 p m meeting in the study hall and presentation area to hear from school board members and administrators about facilities academic progress and district initiatives. Attendees may learn about committee openings to discuss potential changes to start times bus routes and schedules and will have questions and comments opportunities.
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Prairie
Prairie High School
76Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Free Enterprise teams win regional championships
Students in Free Enterprise teams at Kirkwood Community College and Mount Mercy College won regional competitions and advance to the LIFE national contest in Chicago. Mount Mercy’s seven member team captured its 11th straight regional title March 26 in Minneapolis, guided by Tom Castle Anne King and Elizabeth Tjelle. Kirkwood won a Chicago regional event last month, adding to their regional championships.
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Kirkwood Community College
Mount Mercy College
Chicago
Mount Mercy
Minneapolis
Sam Walton
Tom Castle
Mount Mercy College Institute
Anne King
Elizabeth Tjelle
Kirkwood
Boosevey Wwodd Saareeeeaate
Part of B Avenue NW Closed for Water System Work
The 1200 block of B Avenue NW will be closed for water system improvements for about four days. No detour will be posted. drivers should seek an alternate route.
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B Avenue NW
Hiawatha Council Chooses City Hall Decor Plans
In the first session at the new 5.5 million City Hall the Hiawatha Council approved a lobby seal bearing the slogan Say hello to a great place to live work and play and a city flag to fly with the U S and Iowa flags. The council received 5000 dollars from Trees Forever and Alliant Energy Branching Out for landscaping around the building.
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Hiawatha City Council
U.S
Iowa
Council
Trees Forever and
Alliant Energy
Housing testers trained for audit in Cedar Rapids
About 25 Cedar Rapids residents and University of Iowa graduates joined a housing audit to document race based discrimination by 39 property management firms. Testers, trained for eight hours by John Marshall Law School experts, visited firms in December to March and recorded experiences as if transcripts.
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Erikaine Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Michelle McMurray
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
University of Iowa Gradu
McMurray
John Marshall Law School
Fair Housing Legal Support Center
Washington farmer sells his toy tractor collection
Richard Dick Wehr of Washington Iowa, who lost use of his right side after a 1970 spinal tumor, plans to sell his extensive toy tractor collection and other farm keepsakes. He rebuilt about 20 tractors and ran a feed store before closing it after 24 years.
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Washington Farmer
Ashington
Iowa
Richard
Dick” Wehr
Cynnie
Washington
Wehr Farm Supply
Richard “Dick” Wehr
Eight-year-old Jack Hoeger cancer survivor gains YouTube attention
Cedar Rapids report on Jack Hoeger an Iowa boy who beat a rare brain cancer after age five. A Lance Armstrong FoundationLivestrong video titled Get to Know Jack has drawn over 12000 views and 80 comments.
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Ne Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jack
Jack Hoeger
Lance Armstrong Foundation
Livestrong
Dubuque
Marty Hoeger
Kathryn Fitzpatrick
Armstrong
Fitzpatrick
Iowa
Jen
Marty
Jen Hoeger
Virginia Gay Hospital
Vinton
Washington, D.C
Team
Cindy
Hadish
Jury clears North Liberty chief in motorcyclist shooting
A federal jury found North Liberty Police Chief Jim Warkentin did not use excessive force in the 2003 shooting of Kyle Wasson after a chase near Kate Wickham Elementary. The estate sought damages. Wasson had meth in his system and the incident lasted about four minutes.
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North Liberty
Jim Warkentin
Warkentin
U.S. District Court
Davenport
Wasson
Kate Wickham
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