Mount Vernon council delays vote on Plaza Furniture zoning request
Mount Vernon City Council nearly denied Plaza Furniture's rezoning to retail on Highway 30. The meeting paused due to an agenda error, with a liquidation sale item read instead of the zoning issue. Council approved 120 days for Goldin to wind down, beginning April 15, and discussed officer addition, city hall land purchase, and cable rate changes and quarterly franchise payments.
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Gretchen Sutherland
Mount Vernon
Planning and Zoning Commission
Steve Goldin
Bob Edleman
Plaza Furniture
Goldin
Guy Kuehl
City Hall
W.C. Harrison
HBO
Cinemax
Liberty Communications Co
Mount Vernon School Board approves at large election plan
The Mount Vernon school board unanimously approved a reapportionment plan to elect all members at large for the September election. The move follows a state ruling that director districts were illegal and comes after public input and meetings. In other business, the board heard from district attorney Guy Booth about a lawsuit.
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Mount Vernon
Guy Booth
Mount Vernon Sues District Over P E Injury
Mount Vernon files negligence suit against the district and elementary school P E teacher John Thatcher alleging a student was permanently injured during activity due to no warning and lack of supervision. Booth says activity was properly supervised with instructions given. Suit forwarded to city insurance carrier with no damages asked.
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John Thatcher
Booth
Two Women Face Robbery Charges In Mall Theft Case
Lynn J. Holman and Dana K. Bass, both 28 and 29, were arrested after Holman allegedly tried to leave Target West with stolen items. They face second degree robbery charges with Holman also accused of third degree theft and fifth degree shoplifting in separate incidents.
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Lynn J. Holman
Galena
Ill
Dana K. Bass
Hazel Green
Wisc
Linn County
Holman
Target West
Williams Blvd
Bass
Wilson Avenue
Target East
J.C. Penney’s
Westdale Mall
Holman and
Penney’s
Guardsman slams Iowa City mayor over park donation
William Feldmann, a Cedar Rapids based National Guard sergeant, criticizes Mayor Mary Neuhauser for not donating Elm Grove Park where the armory sits. Neuhauser defends her stance, saying she opposes gifting land to an organization that should pay for it.
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Iowa City
Elm Grove Park
National Guard
Feldmann
Neuhauser
Iowa
Youth escapes arrest, surrenders to Cedar Rapids police
A 16 year old who fled a sheriff deputy on Saturday turned himself in Monday to the Cedar Rapids Police Youth Bureau. He is among 30 arrests in a Friday drug probe and faces a burglary charge though not charged with drug offenses. He is held at the Juvenile Detention Center. The Gazette corrects a drug arrestee’s address for Douglas Akers to 826 Seventh St SW.
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Sheriff's Deputy
Cedar Rapids Police Department Youth Bureau
Ralph Myers
Juvenile Detention Center
Douglas Allen Akers
Seventh St. SW
Suit alleges gender bias at FMC plant Cedar Rapids
Wanda E. Jones sues FMC Corp in U S District Court Cedar Rapids claiming she lost her job due to her sex or her insistence on complying with federal equal treatment law. She seeks unspecified lost wages and damages including punitive damages and attorney fees for the alleged discrimination.
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Cedar Rapids
FMC
Wanda E. Jones
U.S
FMC Corp
Concert Caps Catholic Band Festival at LaSalle High
A public concert at 7 30 p m caps today long all day Catholic Band Festival at LaSalle High School featuring about 180 students from All Saints St Josephs St Judes St Ludmila s St Matthews St Pius X and St Patricks. Al Naylor Linn Mar Junior High Band director will guest conduct performing American Spirit Overture A Short Suite For Band Madison Avenue Strikes Back Comedians Gallop Marche Militaire Variations on A Little Brown Jug Raiders March. Tickets 75 cents students 1 50 adults.
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LaSalle High School
All Saints
St. Joseph's
St. Jude's
St. Ludmila's
St. Matthew's
St. Pius X
St. Patrick's
al Naylor
Linn-Mar
Murder trial opens in Polk County case in Linn District Court
The Polk County first-degree murder case against Jack Losee Jr., 23, began in Linn District Court on a change of venue. He is accused of killing Betty Thompson, 24, and Edwin Rains, 25, in Polk County a year ago while he also serves a 40-year term for attempting to murder a New Market truck driver. The trial was moved at the request of his attorney due to publicity in Polk County.
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Polk County
Jack Losee Jr
Linn District Court
Betty Thompson
Edwin Rains
Springer Trial Delayed in Voluntary Manslaughter Case
John Springer, 19, of Marion, faces a voluntary manslaughter charge in the March 1 death of Michael Stastny, 21, of Linn County. His trial date was postponed to August 15 after his attorney sought more autopsy and prep information.
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John Springer
Marion
Michael Stastny
Springer
Stastny
Wendy’s Restaurant
First Ave
Driver Arrested For Second Offense DWI Near Shellsburg
Lylia M. Hubbard aged 31 of Cedar Rapids was arrested three miles southeast of Shellsburg on County Road E-36 at 7 p m for second offense drunken driving and driving on the wrong side. She waived preliminary hearing in Magistrate Court and is released under pre trial supervision.
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Shellsburg
Benton County Sheriff's Department
Lylia M. Hubbard
C Ave
Cedar Rapids
Winkowski files post conviction relief in prison term
Ted Winkowski a 45 year old Belle Plaine man serving a 10 year sentence for sexually exploiting a child filed for post conviction relief in Benton County District Court He contends the sentence exceeds legal maximum and is unconstitutional arguing it should have been indeterminate and that the 8th Amendment cruel and unusual punishment applies He also claims ineffective trial counsel deprived him of due process and denies opportunity to present insanity diminished capacity or intoxication defenses He seeks set aside expungement or remand for a new sentence or a new trial or dismissal with release from prison.
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Vinton
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Ted Winkowski
Winkowski
U.S
Iowa
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Sears
Appel
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Peta Hh
Paty Om Co
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Tialas
C.R
Central City
Roger Knapp
Kim Knapp
Route 3
Robert Lockwood
Gary Hayes
Robert Melsha
Don Sawyer
Walker
Kelly R. McMillen
Michael Oliphant
Coggan
Oliphant
John
McMillen
Bruce McGrath
Pontiac
Jim Miller
Datsun Inc
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Volkswagen Inc
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Bob Zimmerman
Ford
Lowa
Collins Credit Union
NCUA
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