Cedar Rapids faces runway worry over new Wright Brothers Boulevard lights
Cedar Rapids Airport Commission members expressed concern Monday that the bright light poles on the relocated and widened Wright Brothers Boulevard could be mistaken for a runway. They noted delays to Phase I may push back Phase II, including extra airport parking and a longer cross-wind runway.
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Cherry Valley Road
Cedar Rapids school board approves food and fuel contracts
The Cedar Rapids school board approved a cooperative food contract with Iowa City and Marion districts and authorized a joint fuel bid with the city, Eastern Iowa Airport, and Bluestem. They raised substitute pay to 94 dollars a day and budget a one-year renewal for Hawkeye Foodservice with about 85 percent of the district’s food. Additional contracts include tires from Jones County Tire Co and lighting ballast from Stitzell Electric Supply. bids will be sought for dairy and bakery products, a high speed copier, and pizza for high schools.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Marion
Ruth Callahan
Iowa
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Callahan
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Hawkeye Foodservice Distribution
Hawkeye
Jones County Tire Co. of
Anamosa
Cedar Rapids Motorist Survives Ditch Crash Heroic Rescue
William Jennings, 74, survived a Friday crash on a Linn County road when his car flipped into a water-filled ditch near County Home Road. Passerby Tim Boge waded through chest-deep water, opened the door, unbuckled Jennings and helped pull him to safety before he could drown. Jennings remains in fair condition at Mercy Medical Center with four broken ribs.
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Mercy Medical Center
County Home Road
Tim Boge
Linn County
Bage
Blue Grass Enterprises
Cedar Rapids
Boge
Coggan
Local man first on scene aids diabetic driver in water rescue
Tim Boge of Coggon helped a man trapped in a car in rising waters on a Linn County road. Police officers Todd Parman and Jeff Harnish arrived, pulled the driver from the vehicle, administered first aid, and an ambulance took him away. The driver, a retired Colonial Bakery salesman, later learned he had a diabetic reaction and hoped to meet his rescuers.
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Red Cross
Jennings
Hiawatha
Todd Parman
Robins
Jeff Harnish
Linn County Jury Finds Attorney Not Liable in Malpractice Suit
A Linn County jury ruled Cedar Rapids attorney Gary Streit and the Shuttleworth & Ingersoll firm not liable for more than 1 million dollars in damages claimed by HLM Design Inc. in a malpractice suit. HLM alleged negligence inRepresenting it in business and litigation matters. Streit and his firm denied the accusations. The decision came on Monday in Linn County District Court.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Gary Streit
Linn County District Court
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Franklin, McKinley and
Roosevelt
Alliant Energy
David Muller, M.D
LASIR
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C.R. Man
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Coggon
C.R
HLM Design Inc
Charlotte, N.C
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University of Iowa
Iowa City Area
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