New Cedar Rapids stadium budget on track with bids
The Cedar Rapids stadium project shows bids coming in under estimates. Iowa Athletic Field Construction Co. bids $575,000 for the higher gravel field option and $501,000 for the lighter version. The contractor’s price helps cover the playing field within the $15.3 million plan as the scoreboard and parking lot bids remain to come.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Iowa Athletic Field Construction Co
Webster City
Doug Neumann
Neumann
Cold offices drive workers to endure blast of heat and chill
In Cedar Rapids workers report extreme indoor temperatures as offices stay cold while outside heat lingers. McPhail and Dubreuil describe shivering at work and stepping outdoors for warmth during breaks. They accept the discomfort, noting outdoor conditions can be harsher and colder than their offices.
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McPhail
Tammy Dubreuil
McLeod Publishing
Dubreuil
Cedar Rapids
McLeod USA
Teen held after Wisconsin double slayings
A 14 year old boy is in custody in connection with the shooting deaths of his father Wilber Lepley Jr 38 and Amber Williams 23 at a rural Washburn County home near Hayward. Authorities said the boy Joshua Lepley lived at the scene and was found by law enforcement near Mason. No charges filed yet. authorities expect to seek adult court on two counts of first degree intentional homicide.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Washburn County
Sheriff Department
Wilber Lepley Jr
Amber Williams
Lepley
Terry Dryden
Joshua Lepley
Hayward
Dryden
Iowa
Marion
Fred Lepley
Dan Clark
Bayfield County
Old-fashioned picnic in Marion Square Park
The Marion Chamber of Commerce hosts an old fashioned picnic in Marion Square Park. The Best Western Longbranch sponsors six dollar meals with barbecue sandwich and sides. The Marion Chamber plan to offer Dairy Queen ice cream. Dinner runs 5 30 to 7 p m. Marion Big Band performs 6 to 8 p m and the Fantastic 5 Clowns entertain.
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Marion Park
Marion
Marion Square Park
Best Western
Long Branch
Kissmobile Charitable Tour Hits Cedar Rapids
Hershey’s Kissmobile arrives with 2000 pounds of chocolate to aid the Children’s Miracle Network and support the University of Iowa Children’s Hospital in Iowa City. Ambassadors Kelly Jordan and Tom Paprocki plan magnet and postcard sales, visiting locals and attending a kernels game.
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Cedar Rapids
Children’s Miracle Network
Kelly Jordan
Jordan
Tom
Procki
Children’s Hospital of Iowa
Iowa City
Paprocki
Former Center Point mayor Robert Pepin dies at 58
Former Center Point Mayor Robert Pepin who led the city during growth in the late 1980s died after a sudden illness in Cedar Rapids. He was 58 and had served as mayor from 1988 to 1992 and previously in the 1970s. Pepin retired in 2000 after 33 years with Rockwell Collins. Services set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Jamison Schmitz Funeral Home in Oelwein.
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Rockwell Collins
Center Point
John Stuelke
Pep
Pepin
Jamison- Schmitz Funeral Home
Oelwein
Meskwaki Tribe Offers Police Contract Alternatives
The Meskwaki tribe proposes funding a two deputy unit for two years at 118000 annually including training, maintenance, supplies, and fuel. The tribe’s latest offer was 75000 yearly for two deputies with minimal fuel and no deputy insurance. If no contract is approved, alternatives include the Iowa State Patrol or Tama police.
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Sheriffs Department
Kucera
Meskwakis
Iowa State Patrol
Tama Police
Larry Lasley
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Wendy Weiskircher
Gazette
Bobbi McPhail
Principal Financial Group
Jim Slosiare
Wisconsin
Mason
Clark
Minnesota
Dairy Queen
Marion Business Committee
The
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Kissmobile
Sweet Charity
Chies
Robert Pepin
City
Stuelke
Freida Aldrich
Rockwell
Aldrich
Lasley
Johnathan Buffalo
Kristophere’ Owens
Kriso
Fyiowa
Adidas Polo
Calvin Klein
Harley Davison
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