Nocturnal nibbler nabbed in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids police captured a male beaver weighing at least 60 pounds in the 200 block of First Avenue West early Monday. A previous female beaver was trapped two weeks earlier near G Avenue NW. Both were released behind the city Animal Shelter on Old River Road NW. Naturalist Rich Patterson noted beavers are increasingly active as ice melts and urged caution, suggesting wire around trees or mothballs to deter feeding.
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Nancy Stevens
Cedar Rapids
Police Department
Maria Palmer
Steve Fowler
First Avenue West
Old River Road NW
Rich Patterson
Indian Creek
Immediate Care Center opens on Center Point Road NE
The Immediate Care Medical Center at 3627 Center Point Road NE begins business with Dr John Banks leading a team of family practice and emergency specialists. The center offers X ray, lab and minor surgery, open 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekends, with visits forwarded to a patient’s regular physician when available.
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Center Point Road
John Banks
Donald Hilliard
Ronald W. Miller
Alan C. Robb
Sheila R. Salmonson
Michael Lawrence
William Kettlekamp
Immediate Care Medical
Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Mercy Care
Collins Road
Yang Ahn
Dry Creek Lane
New Ambulatory Surgery Center Rising at St Luke's
Wet weather slows none of the welders at the New Ambulatory Surgery Center north of St Luke's Hospital. Funded by revenue bonds private and corporate gifts hospital funds and foundation solicitations the center is slated for completion in spring 1984 with work beginning last October.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Man Arrested in March 13 Southwest Burglary Case
John Waite Jr 329 F Ave NW was arrested near his home around 6 p m and charged with second degree burglary in the Ora J Lewis 924 18th Ave SW break in. A 15 year old juvenile was later arrested for the same incident and both the television and two cable boxes were recovered.
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John Waite Jr
F Ave
Waite
Ora J. Lewis
18Th Ave
Health mothers and babies conference by video teleconference
Des Moines hosts a live telecast from Washington on breastfeeding and substance abuse topics. Viewers may interact via telephone lines. Free attendance with a small charge for optional materials. Reservations with Betsy Schafer or Susan Anthony.
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Des Moines
Washington
KDIN
ISU
Betsy Schafer
Susan Anthony
State Department of Health
Lisbon man charged after car damage and hit and run
Gerald A. Timm 23 was arrested after allegedly smashing a parked car on Twelfth Avenue near Fourth Street SE then striking a second vehicle driven by Dianna Appling. He fled to his Lisbon home and was charged with criminal mischief and hit and run after questioning by Cedar Rapids police. A separate report describes a 73-year-old man robbed of $500 at his home on Sixth Street NW by a white male in his 20s.
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Lisbon
Gerald A. Timm
Timm
Gail L. Dudley
Lee St
Twelfth Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Dianna Appling
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Harold Rasmussen
Sixth St. NW
Rasmussen
Man Charged After Bar Fight Impersonating Officer
A 19 year old man, Bobbie A Urbanek, 1644 C Ave NE, was charged with assault impersonating a public officer interference with official acts and intoxication after police responded to a southeast side bar dispute. He allegedly claimed undercover status at the International Speedway and assaulted Louis Meketsy of Marengo with kicks and slaps. Evidence by officers noted the martial arts stance before arrival.
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Bobbie A. Urbanek
C Ave
Linn County
Urbanek
International Speedway
Second Ave
Louis Meketsy
Marengo
Meketsy
Indecent exposure arrest on Southwest Side
Thomas F. Kenney, 48, of 417 16th St. SE was arrested Sunday after he allegedly exposed himself to a 12-year-old girl in a southwest-side movie theater. The girl and her sister alerted theater workers, who called police.
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Thomas F. Kenney
16Th St. SE
Cedar Rapids
Norway Man Arrested for Drunk Driving in Benton County
VINTON Martin W. Gorkow, 20, Norway, was arrested at 1 35 a.m. Saturday and charged with drunk driving and driving left of center. He was stopped east of Blairstown by a Benton County sheriff's deputy. He waived preliminary hearing and was released on his own recognizance.
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Vinton
Martin W. Gorkow
Norway
Blairstown
Benton County
Fairfax residents seek answers at council on sewage backups
Fairfax residents plan to attend Thursday's council meeting to demand explanations for basement sewage backups after 11 homes flooded. Officials cite ground saturation and illegal sump pump hookups as factors while noting a failed automatic warning device and pending Cedar Rapids sewer hookup plans.
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J.M. Flansburg Gazette
Fairfax
Virginia Soukup
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Fairfax Council
City Hat
Officials to Draft Plan for New Jobs Consortium
The Linn County CETA Consortium orders staff to draft an agreement under the Job Training Partnership Act to replace CETA by Oct 1. The area covers six counties in Area 10 with a PIC to advise the consortium. Grants flow from the governor to local and area groups, with agreements due by June 1.
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Linn County
Ceta Consortium
CETA
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Area
Linn, Jones, Johnson
Benton
Iowa
Washington
Johnson
New Private Industry Council
PIC
Neighbors Meet Sewer Consultants In Cedar Rapids
Coe-Mount Vernon residents join Donahue and Associates for a sewer study to curb neighborhood flooding. The $44,300 project includes sewer inspection cleaning videotaping smoke testing and dye water flooding tests with completion aimed for September.
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City of
Cedar Rapids
Coe-Mount Vernon
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