Don't Scratch Outbreak Eases Across Cedar Rapids Area
Cedar Rapids area schools report a spike in chicken pox with Mary Hynek noting 150 absences in College Community and Mount Vernon data showing 40 percent of elementary and 9 percent of middle school students affected. Lisbon and Emerson Elementary also hit hard while Linn-Mar nurses cite higher than usual cases. Cedar Rapids totals 115 in the last month as cases trend down.
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Cedar Rapids Area
College Community
Mary Hynek
Hynek
Mount Vernon
Lisbon School
Emerson
Marion
Linn-Mar
Cedar Rapids
Commissioner Wayne Murdock Returns to Work Part Time
Commissioner Wayne Murdock of the Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commission will return to work part time next week after recovering from heart surgery. He said he will start with half days beginning Monday and hopes to move to full-time soon if his doctor approves. He told The Gazette he feels fine.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Senate Confirms Eastern Iowans for State Boards
The Iowa Senate confirmed nominations for officials from Dubuque Iowa City Clinton Elkader and Oelwein to multiple state agencies. Appointees include George Deininger to Architectural Examiners J Michael Cavitt to Assessor Education Commission Alfred Heitzman to City Finance Committee Paul Murphy to Civil Rights Commission Dorothy Krause to Credit Union Review Board Kathlene Neylan to Crime Commission Dan Branson to Engineering Examiners Gregory Williams to Law Enforcement Academy Council Eugene Steigert to Mortuary Science Examiners Walter Saur to Parole and James Lowe to Veterinary Medicine Examiners.
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DES Moines
Iowa Senate
Supervisors join state protest on rail taxes
Linn County supervisors authorize the Iowa State Association of Counties to protest to the U S District Court over the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad reorganization The county seeks to keep delinquent property taxes totaling 12604127 dollars as of December 31 1981 and to maintain local access to tax funds through the railroad dispute
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Linn County
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific
Iowa State Association of Counties
U.S. District Court
Linn County Treasurer's Office
Helicopter Aids in Cedar Rapids Arrest of Michael L. Thomas
A Cedar Rapids police helicopter tracked and helped arrest Michael L. Thomas after a 70 mph interstate chase. He abandoned his motorcycle, bailed out riding sidesaddle, and faced multiple charges including drunk driving and attempting to elude police. He was held at Linn County Jail pending arraignment.
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Cedar Rapids
Michael L. Thomas
33Rd Ave
Interstate 380
Thomas
28Th Avenue
Gary Clark
Clark
L Street
J Street
Linn County
Man and boy charged in Linn County burglary case
Loyal Linn Fish, 25, with no fixed address, was arrested at Linn County Jail and charged with burglary tied to a Tuesday report by Ralph Carver. A 17 year old northeast side youth also faced burglary charges and was sent to the juvenile detention center. Investigators say Fish and the boy broke into Carver’s home at 1527 A Ave NE and stole a television. Fish had been held on an intoxication arrest the night before.
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Loyal Linn Fish
Linn County
Ralph Carver
Ave
Fish
Carver
Motel Operator Loses 110 In Rural Cedar Rapids Scam
Linn County sheriff's detectives probe a rural Cedar Rapids money scheme after the El Mar Acres Motel operator gave a con artist 110 to cover tow and cab costs. The caller posed as a meat packing official claiming a driver would arrive later with reimbursement plus extra pay. The suspect vanished and did not return.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
el Mar Acres
Highway 30
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