Cedar Rapids dedicates first public mural in 50 years
Signe Nelson Stuart surveyed her 10 by 20 foot acrylic mural Land Wave in the Five Seasons Center lobby after its dedication. The work, first Cedar Rapids public art in half a century, was funded by Quaker Oats Foundation and NEA grants.
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Signe Nelson Stuart
Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Stuart
Brookings
S.D
Cedar Rapids- Marion
Fine Arts Council
Peggy Whitworth
Quaker Oats Foundation
National Endowment For the Arts
Third arrest in gas engine theft case in Cedar Rapids
A third man, Fred L. Mullholand, 19, of 716 Ninth Ave SE, was arrested by Cedar Rapids Police around 6 p.m. Thursday on burglary in the second degree for the March 23 theft of gasoline engines from Highway Equipment Co. He was released from Linn County jail this morning on a court order. Earlier this week, Timothy F. Platz and Walter William Canterbury, both 19, were arrested on burglary charges related to the same incident.
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Highway Equipment Co
D Ave
Fred L. Mullholand
Ninth Ave
Cedar Rapids
Tenth St. SE
Walter William Canterbury
11Th Ave. SE
IE grants rate hike authority for Iowa Electric Light and Power
The Iowa Commerce Commission grants interim authority to Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. to raise rates by 11.4 million dollars. Residential customers using 630 kilowatt hours will pay about 2.11 more monthly, farms about 4.74 more, commercial customers 9.06 more, and industrial users 464.11 more per month. The commission will set a hearing schedule next week on the amended fuel adjustment clause tied to outside power purchases during the Palo nuclear plant shutdown.
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Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
The
Commerce Commission
Palo
Plane crash near Ridgeway injures couple
Ferris Blecker and his wife Joan escaped serious injury after their single engine Moonie crashed in a muddy farm field three miles west of Ridgeway in Winneshiek County while returning from Rochester New York. Mrs Blecker suffered minor head injuries and was treated at Decorah hospital. The plane valued at $25000 was destroyed.
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Ridgeway
Pendleton
Ore
Winneshiek County
Ferris Blecker
Joan
Rochester
N.Y
Bleckel
Decorah Hospital
Ray Meyers
Ed Balik
Ridgeway Fire Department
Iowa Highway Patrol
Winneshiek Sheriff's Office
Federal Aviation Administration
The
Gazette
Winneshiek
Danger in the Atlantic
A brief notice references a danger in the Atlantic Ocean with a note to see Sunday’s Parade for details about the hazard and any advisories.
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Atlantic
Driver Mefferd faces multiple traffic charges after chase
David A. Mefferd, 24, of 805 N St. SW, is charged with two counts of speeding three counts of disobeying traffic signals reckless driving and attempting to elude police after a pursuit by Hiawatha officers along Robins Road Chaffee Drive and Blairs Ferry Road ending in the Me Too parking lot. He allegedly drove 60 mph in a 35 mph zone and 63 mph in a 25 mph zone.
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David A. Mefferd
Mefferd
Hiawatha Police Department
Robins Road
Chaffee Drive
Blairs Ferry Road
Me Too
Center Point Road
Johnson named Wake County manager in North Carolina
Carl G. Johnson, 58, a Cedar Rapids native, will become Wake County manager on May 7. He has 17 years of county management experience in Fulton County Georgia Sacramento County California and Washtenaw County Michigan and runs a Marina del Rey firm serving local governments. ON THIS DATE in 1974 a Belfast shooting was listed as the 1000th terrorism victim in Northern Ireland since 1969.
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Carl G. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Wake County
North Carolina
Raleigh
Marina del Rey
Cailif
Johnson
Fulton County
Georgia
Sacramento County
California
Washtenaw County
Michigan
Belfast
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N.C. Post
Armstrong
Smulekoff
Armstrong Sundial
Solarian
Premier Sundial
Studio Solarian
1St Street
3Rd Ave
S.E
Bausch & Lomb Soft
Iist
S. E
OrtHo
Bob Bulazo Ortho
Hawkeye Seed
Toro
Fond
Reony
Phiox
Hosta
Winter Keeper
Everbearin
Ogallala Ozark
Yer Bankamericardi
Eres
Sun
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