Cedar Rapids Area Earns Disaster Resistant Community Tag
FEMA will designate Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha and Robins as a Disaster Resistant Community at a May 17 meeting at the Collins Plaza Hotel. The event also launches FEMA Project Impact to promote pre disaster preparation by government business and volunteers.
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Edgewood Road Closures North of Cedar Rapids for Rail Work
Edgewood Road will close at 8 30 a m today between Highway 30 and 60th Avenue for railroad track repairs. Detours go south via Highway 30 to Sixth Street SW and north via 60th Avenue to Sixth Street SW. A separate cable show airs tonight at 7 on AT&T Cable Services channel 18 addressing high prescription drug costs with U S Senator Tom Harkin and local advocates.
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Martha Quint
At&t
Marion teen jailed after Cedar Rapids police chase
Ian A. Lunak, 18, of 1928 Apache Dr, allegedly led Cedar Rapids police on a morning chase, reaching speeds over 150 mph. He is charged with attempting to elude and interference with official acts, plus about 32 traffic tickets, held on 7500 bail after a court appearance. Lunak fled from Sixth Street and Fifth Avenue SW, abandoned his car on Northtowne Court NE, and was caught after a brief foot chase. Officers say he was not wanted or suspended.
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Iowa City man caught in California over 1981 checks
Hedayat Jafari, 44, of La Jolla California, was charged in Johnson County with second degree theft for writing three checks to Sears totaling 677.36 on January 17 1981. He posted $10 000 bond in California and an arraignment is set for May 4. The offence carries up to 10 years in prison and a $10 000 fine.
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Strawberry Point Man Found Dead After Arlington Area Crash
A Strawberry Point man, William Scott McCullick, was found dead Wednesday morning after a vehicle accident about four miles west of Arlington in Fayette County. His overturned pickup lay in a cornfield near Highway 187. The Fayette County Sheriff's Department reported the body was found shortly after 6 a.m. No further details were released.
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Curby the recycling mascot chosen in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids officials unveil Curby as the mascot for the city recycling program after a public naming contest. The big blue bin with a smiling face emerged as the top pick among 430 entries, proposed following a Kernels baseball team suggestion.
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Cedar Rapids Amesty Limits Dumping to City Residents
Cedar Rapids declares this week’s garbage amnesty limited to city residents. Out of town pickups have increased, with 980 tons collected so far, including yard waste. Officials cite higher volumes, recycling lapses, and future restrictions while planning next year’s rules.
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Iowa Citians back splitting 319 area code
At a public hearing in Iowa City respondents favor splitting the 319 area code over an overlay plan. The Iowa Utilities Board cites exhaustion of 319 numbers by mid 2002 and proposes 15 split options across eastern Iowa with further hearings to follow.
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UI Students Embrace Cocooning In Campus Living Shift
At the University of Iowa students dwelling in campus housing increasingly prefer studying in their rooms. A US residence services study notes 64 percent now study in rooms up from 1995, spurring UI to add high speed Internet, cafeteria like dining and apartment style floor plans.
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Briony May
Daven
Governor honors Linn-Mar trio in state poster contest
Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack praised Kenneth Navy Grant Mahoney and Nolan Greiter of Novak Elementary Linn-Mar for sweeping top prizes in the ninth annual state poster contest. Grant won first earning a $1000 bond his Field of Dreams poster will appear on billboards Nolan second $500 bond Kenneth third $200 bond. While noting his own name change at birth Vilsack joked about the coincidence.
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