Open House On Cedar Rapids Flood Plan
Residents attend a 5 to 8 p.m. open house at Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel to learn about an Army Corps of Engineers flood protection feasibility study for Cedar Rapids. The study area covers downtown, Time Check, and riverfront districts, with a draft due next March and final by August 2010 for Congress funding in February 2011.
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Cedar Rapids
Army Corps of Engineers
Crowne Plaza
Five Seasons
First Ave
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids Board Debates Criteria for School Facility Sitings
Cedar Rapids school board reviews criteria for flood damaged district facilities with an 11 item list including initial and operating costs space needs and public support. May 11 board meeting will hear further input from members and administrators. Marion board targets new superintendent by week’s end after interviewing three of 30 applicants for the $140000 salary role replacing Nicholas Hobbs.
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Cedar Rapids
Becky Martin
Dave Markward
Marion
Marion Independent School Board
Dan Barkley
Barkley
Nicholas Hobbs
Construction limits access to Marion High parking lot
The South 15th Street entrance to Marion High School’s south parking lot will close until the new building addition is finished this fall. Access to the district offices is redirected via the north lot, and student parking is now limited to the north lot. The addition adds six science labs funded by the school infrastructure sales tax.
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Marion
15Th
Marion High School
Tornado leaves EF1 damage along Linn County path
Residents recount an EF1 tornado that swept through Linn County on Sunday, hitting Dave Machacek's Alburnett farm and Flying Squirrel Campground at Pinicon Ridge Park in Central City. No injuries were reported as campers and crews removed debris and counted ruined trees. National Weather Service spotters logged touchdowns near Alburnett Coggon and west of Central City within six minutes, estimating winds at least 100 mph.
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Machacek
Linn County
Marcy
Alburnett
Machaceks
Flying Squirrel
Pinicon Ridge Park
Central City
Pinicon Ridge
Michael Goldberg
Park
Aaron Batchelder
National Weather Service
Coggon
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Batchelder
Linn County Conservation Crews
Secondary Roads Department
Uliff Jette
the Gazette
Karen Carpenter
Pinicon Ridge County Park
West Delaware Bus Crash Kills Two in Iowa
Two people in a pickup were killed when a West Delaware school bus collided with a pickup near Manchester Iowa. Most of the 22 students on board were released from area hospitals with minor injuries. The driver and one student were treated and later released.
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Steve Gravelle
Manchester
West Delaware
Iowa State Patrol
Robert Cue
Cue
Highway 13
240Th Street
St. Mary’s Catholic School
Randy Stanek
Dane Firkus
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Amy Stodold
Renee Maikon
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