Mount Vernon Seeks 48020 State Grant for New Employer
The Iowa Transportation Commission will consider a 48202 grant to lure Industrial Breakdown Services Inc of Cedar Rapids to Mount Vernon. The move would create 35 jobs and cover grading and paving 240 feet of Sixth Street to prepare a vacant building, with Mount Vernon contributing 12050 toward a total project cost of 60252.
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Iowa Transportation Commission
Mount Vernon
Iowa
Industrial Breakdown Services Inc
Cedar Rapids
Kathy Ridnour
Iowa Department of Transportation
Ridnour
Sixth Street
Toddville Legion Hall party shut down by deputies
Linn County deputies disrupted a Toddville Legion Hall drinking party Saturday night. An 11:56 p.m. stop found eight kegs of beer and two underage organizers, a 19-year-old Cedar Rapids man and a 17-year-old, with $370 seized for possible bootlegging charges. Prosecutors had not yet reviewed the case.
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Linn County
Power outage hits Linn County towns and Cedar Rapids area
Parts of Mount Vernon Lisbon and Cedar Rapids suffered a power loss around 9 30 p m SES Utilities Manager Colleen Dykes could not be reached for comment Gazette staff reported outages in Lisbon Mount Vernon and the Indian Creek area in southeast Cedar Rapids
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Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Cedar Rapids
SES Utilities
Colleen Dykes
Gazette
Indian Creek
Wapello Deputy Charged After Drinking at Boss House
Louisa County deputy sheriff Curtis Braby 35 of Morning Sun was charged with operating while intoxicated and related counts after he drank at his supervisor's home during an informal meeting. He waived prelim and was arrested after failing a sobriety test by another Louisa County deputy. He faces multiple traffic and open container charges.
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Louisa County
Curtis Braby
Morning Sun
Herb Butsler
Braby
Butsler
Still Growing Linn Day Care Marks 25 Years
Linn County Day Care celebrates a 25th anniversary at 520 11th St NW with a reunion. Director Ruth Mund recalls early support from St Wenceslaus clergy, county administration and the AEA, noting shifts toward social and language skills and a move to the Fillmore Building to serve 60 low income children ages 3 to 6.
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Lynn M. Teft
Linn County
Ruth Mund
11Th St
Mund
St. Wenceslaus Church
St. Wenceslaus
Mundh
Area Education Agency
AEA
Munch
Fillmore Building
Fillmore
Blood and DNA evidence scrutinized in Forsyth murders trial
Testimony details blood spatter and DNA results from the Forsyth killings near June 14 in Norwalk. DCI and FBI analyses are challenged by defense counsel while authorities testify blood found aligns with victims Jolene Forsyth, 39, and four Napodano girls, with Rick Forsyth wounded nearby.
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Dick Hogan
Rick Forsyth
Forsyth
Norwalk
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
FBI
John Wellman
Wellman
Harold Deadman
Jolene
Brian
Nikki
Jessica
Helen
Martina Napodiano
Winfield
Jolene Forsyth
Napodano
Paul Bush
DCI Laboratory
Bush
Martina Napodano
Woman Faces Child Endangerment After Drunk Driving
Cedar Rapids woman Deborah M. Visek 39 of 138 Hinkley Ave NW was charged after allegedly driving drunk with her 3 year old child in the car. Police report show BAC 0.236 and arrest Friday around 9 p.m. in the 1400 block of Hinkley Avenue NW.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Deborah M. Visek
Hinkley Ave
Hinkley Avenue
Mermaids Bring April Fools Cheer to Bellevue Iowa
Local crowd gathers along the Mississippi at Bellevue to spot mermaids Pacifica and Oceania aboard a boat. Bellevue High School students Carolyn Stienes and Laura Bonifas portray the mermaids, sharing playful details and thanking locals for hospitality on a spring day that doubles as April Fools' Day.
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Ellevue
Jackson County
Mississippi
Bellevue
Lock and Dam No. 12
Delmar
Darlene James
Renelda Schrader
Brandon Hagen
Clinton
Brandon
Oceania
Finland
Ethel Merman
The
Drifters
Warren Spahn
Salmon Rushdie
Shelly
Pacifica
Bellevue High School
Carolyn Stienes
Laura Bonifas
Iowa
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East Iowa Journal
Grant
Toddville
Wapello
Linn Day Care
DCI
Visek
Shelly Smithson
Bellevue Chamber of Commerce
Mississippi River
Pia
Midwest
Daryl Hannah
Towa
Atlantic
Cascade
Fairbank
Gladbrook
Green Island
Shellsburg
Dar
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Ramblin
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