April 30 readable city events in Cedar Rapids area
Meetings at police and fire retirement systems and Kirkwood Community College. Venereal disease clinic at Linn County Health Department open 6 to 9 p.m. The Glass Menagerie matinee at Ballantyne Auditorium Kirkwood. Holocaust lecture by Dr. Milton at Cornell College and Coe College. Music department recital at Mount Mercy College and Cedar Rapids Youth Orchestras at Coe College.
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Cedar Rapids Police and Fire Retirement Systems
Third St
Kirkwood Community College Board
Linn Hall
Linn County Health Department
Center Point NE
Sybil Milton
King Chapel
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Hickok Hall
Coe College
McBaith
Mount Mercy College
Cedar Rapids
Sinclair
Short circuit cuts power to Cargill plant area
An underground cable short near Cargill Inc. at 1710 16th St SE caused a fire and knocked out power to 5145 northwest and southwest side residents. The outage began at 2:20 PM, eight west side substations went offline, the Cargill plant remained without power at 11 PM, with restoration not expected until today. Other customers were back by 5:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cargill Inc
16Th St. SE
Northwest
Southwest Side
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
West Side
Cargill
Braille school navigators lead drivers in Corvette rally
Thirty Corvette drivers team with navigators from the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton for the 10th Braille Rally through Cedar Rapids. Navigators aged 9 to 15 guide drivers using Braille rally instructions. The event starts at 10 a.m. and ends around noon at the Roundhouse Cedar Rapids with free lunch and no entry fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corvette
Iowa Braille and
Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Roundhouse
12Th Avenue
Corvette Club
City Hall remodeling nears its end with costly third floor upgrade
City Hall near completion of a long remodel costing about 161000 funded from interest earned on revenue sharing. Bids originally totaled 76782 for Canney Aller and several commissioners suites with later additions bringing the maximum to 160759. The council may extend work to Kramer office and clerk area to match existing decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heather Sloman
Bazette City Hall
City Hall
Don Canney
Tom Aller
Robert McMahan
Aller
Canney, Aller
Hal Schaefer
Floyd Bergen
Wayne Murdock
David Kramer
Council
Kramer
Canney
Marion theft report at Fleetway Stores
A man in his early 20s broke into the rear office cash drawer at Fleetway Stores Inc. in Marion during business hours. The thief fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, pursued by the store manager, and later left in a dark blue Dodge pickup with California plates and rear quarterpanel damage.
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Fleetway Stores Inc
Seventh Ave
Marion
California
Drunken Driving Charges List Several Offenders
A published list shows four individuals charged with drunken driving. Fred Thomas Buchanan age 36, 1139 Center Point Rd NE, arrested 3 40 p m Monday in the 2400 block of McCarthy Rd SE second offense Colleen Corcoran age 21 Mount Vernon arrested 3 30 p m Sunday one half mile east of 80th Street on E Avenue John Mulherin age 22 Route 1 Cedar Rapids arrested 12 53 a m Wednesday at Third Ave and Seventh St SE second offense Richard Gordon age 30 1480 25th St Marion arrested 2 50 a m Wednesday in the 1900 block of Blairs Ferry Rd NE.
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Fred Thomas Buchanan
Center Point Rd
McCarthy Road
Colleen Corcoran
Mount Vernon
80Th Street
E Avenue
John Mulherin
Route 1
Cedar Rapids
Third Avenue
Seventh Street SE
Richard Gordon
Burglaries Reported At Two Homes On Center Point Road
A burglary at Ricky McConnell's residence 1515 Center Point Rd NE Tuesday night saw stereo and camera equipment, a television, jewelry valued at 1905 dollars, with entry through a door window. Richard Henning's home at 1511 Center Point Rd NE reports rifles and gold rings valued at 795 dollars, entry through a window.
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Ricky McConnell
Center Point Rd
Richard Henning
Fire Calls Log Highlights From Week
Fire department responses include a malfunctioning alarm at 3605 Caribou Ct NE on Tuesday at 6 25 PM and multiple medical emergencies at 630 21st Ave SW 12 04 AM and 12 43 PM along with an accidental alarm at 1201 Blairs Ferry Rd NE and an overheated transformer at 1710 16th St SE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caribou Ct
21St Ave
Blairs Ferry Rd
E Ave
16Th St
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Ballantyne Auditorium
Kirkwood
Rich Merritt
Steve Stone
Joe Beringer
Blairs Ferry Road
Tan & Spa
Ina We
Gazette
the Gazette
3Rd Ave
Mristian
Atian
Itian
Christian
Vwox
Dior
Ristierr
Ristian Dior Christia
Ristian Tor Ch
Hos
Manelli
Dexter
Shoe Horn
7Th Ave
Nurs. Uropine Collins
Northwest Fabrics
Ray’s Family Shoes
Thurs
Tues
Wed
Sun
Orig
Johnny Carson
Ocean Pacific
KGRY
Anthony Foxx
Arrow’ & van Heusen
Arrow’, van Heusen
Hennessy
Kwon Rom
Levi's
Center Court
Westdale Mall
Crossroads Center
Waterloo
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