General Approval for Addition of 2 Lanes to 30
At a Cedar Rapids public hearing IDOT outlined a plan to add two lanes to Highway 30 west of Cedar Rapids along the existing route. The plan would shift the new roadway 24 feet from the current highway, affecting 29 homes and seven businesses, with 425 acres of farmland to be purchased. The estimated cost is 18.2 million for new lanes plus 3 million for upgrades, compared with a 16.9 million price tag for a south alternative. Prominent rural opponents voiced limited objections while noting land impact and maintaining that a new road was unnecessary.
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Atkins
Iown Department of Transportation
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Benton County
Harold Becker
IDOT
Department of Transportation
Commission
Ruth Mumford
Fairfax
Stan Ginsberg
Richard Wenzel
Road plans for highway 30 face farmland concerns
Residents discuss slowing progress amid fuel shortage and population concerns. Officials say I-380 completion will shift traffic away while Cedar Rapids to Waterloo links are expanded. Plans include right of way in 1981 grading next year with interchanges and frequent grade crossings to connect to a belt line.
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Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
IDOT
Zoning hearing weighs farming land save with housing limits
Linn County supervisors split over a proposed amendment to bar residences on prime agricultural land below 35 acres, except when platted. They heard farmers and developers debate future food supply, land rights, and higher housing prices as they weigh whether to proceed, with a final decision set for an announced date.
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Linn
Richard Williams Named Parade Marshal for Emerald Knights Event
Richard Williams conductor of the Cedar Rapids Symphony will lead the Emerald Knights Tournament of Drums parade on June 4 at 1 30 p m. The downtown march features visiting corps and local groups before competition at Kingston stadium with Fox Valley Raiders Aurora Phantom Regiment Pioneers Black Knight and Wausau Story. Parade chairman Al Smith and drum corps director Dean Strom coordinate the event.
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Richard Williams
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Emerald Knights
Kingston Stadium
Fox Valley Raiders
Aurora
Ill
Phantom Regiment
Rockford
Pioneers
Cedarburg
Wis
Black Knight
Belleville
Wausau Story
Wausau
al Smith
Dean Strom
Pageant Contestants Named for Iowa Events
Linda Pierson of 4600 Marine Circle NE is accepted as a candidate-at-large for the Iowa All American Girl state pageant in Des Moines July 5-6. Lisa Kay Reid of 74 Julia Ann Drive NW is chosen as a finalist for the 1977 Miss Iowa National Teenager pageant in Des Moines June 3-5.
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Linda Pierson
Robert Pierson
Marine Circle
Des Moines
Lisa Kay Reid
Roger L. Reid
Julia Ann Drive
Indecent Exposure Charges Dismissed Over Vague City Ordinance
Cedar Rapids District Associate Court Judge Lynne Brady dismissed indecent exposure charges against Dawn Rene Brooks and Francis Sharky Long, ruling the municipal code 62.15 vague and overbroad. The decision finds the ordinance unclear on what constitutes nudity and indecent dress, risking arbitrary application. companion disorderly place cases remain active with deadlines to plead or move.
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Cedar Rapids
Lynne Brady
Meeting Place
Avenue NE
Dawn Rene Brooks
Francis Sharky Long
Septra Fontayne
Fred Dumbaugh
Brady
Dumbaugh
Joe Abodeely
Bruce Croy
Gold Mine
Sixteenth Avenue
Health Job Fair Monday draws 16 Iowa health sites
Health occupations job fair at Kirkwood Community College showcases 16 participating hospitals and care centers from across Iowa. Directors invite Kirkwood students graduates and interested alumni for interviews, with the Cedar Rapids hospitals notably absent.
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Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
KCC
Jane Warner
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Hall
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
Clinton
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Woodward State Hospital
Woodward
Beverly Manor
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Edgewood Manor
David County
Bloomfield
Colonial Manor
Amana
Sacred Heart Hospital
Fort Madison
Veterans Administration Hospital
Davenport Osteopathic Hospital
Davenport
Des Moines General Hospital
Hills and Dales Child Development Center
Dubuque
Finley Hospital
Mason City
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