Cedar Rapids Public Library tops 1 million items lent
Cedar Rapids public library system reported 1,025,900 items checked out in the year ended June 30, led by main library and Edgewood and Kenwood branches. Traffic fell 6 percent while circulation rose due to new materials and helpful staff. 47,264 reference questions and 10,065 new library cards issued.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette City Hall
Edat Rapids Public Library
Edgewood
Kenwood
Public Library of
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Tom Armitage
U of I Names Hunter Rawlings III President
Hunter Rawlings III began his tenure as the University of Iowa president on Monday meeting with vice presidents and campus leaders to discuss the budget minority recruiting and other issues He succeeds James O Freedman who left to lead Dartmouth College Rawlings already met administrators and student faculty and staff groups and attended events including a State Board of Regents meeting and a 25th anniversary Iowa Black Alumni Association banquet He and his wife Elizabeth also visited several fraternities at night courting student reactions
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Iowa City
Hunter Rawlings III
University of Iowa
Rawlings
James O. Freedman
U of I’s
University of Colorado
Freedman
Dartmouth College
State Board of Regents
Okoboji
Iowa Black Alumni Association
Elizabeth
Drunken driving arrests list multiple offenders citywide
The log records several drunken driving arrests with times and locations including Wade Lutheran in Lisbon 10:35 p.m. Friday on third offense Chad Bisinger in Marion 2:13 a.m. Saturday Hiawatha Center Point Road and East Clark Street Gregory Pauly Springville 11:47 p.m. Friday Highway 13 David Blake 1:40 a.m. Saturday Interstate 380 Eighth Street NW Kenneth Crawford Iowa City 1:40 a.m. Saturday Mount Vernon Road SE Thomas Kins Terrazo Drive NW 12:15 a.m. Saturday Ellis Boulevard NW Ronald Leeper Jn 2:16 a.m. Saturday Eighth Avenue SW Christopher Lux Waterloo 8:32 p.m. Friday Boyson Road Kainz Drive Russell Bales Davenport 12:58 a.m. Sunday 15th Avenue Ninth Street SW Larry Stevens Center Point 2:21 a.m. Sunday Interstate 380 mile marker 31 Kadim Al-Hamly Denver 2:10 a.m. Sunday Southgate Court SW Joseph Brunson County Road E-34 C Avenue Extension Edward Callahan Marion 9:50 p.m. Saturday Radio Road east of Highway 13.
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Wade Lutheran
Lisbon
Chad Bisinger
Third Ave
Marion
Center Point Road
Clark Street
Hiawatha
Gregory Pauly
Springville
David Blake
Johnson Ave
Eighth Street
Kenneth Crawford
Iowa City
Mount Vernon Road
Thomas Kins
Terrazo Dr
Ellis Boulevard
Ronald Leeper Jn
10Th Ave
Eighth Avenue
Christopher Lux
Waterloo
Boyson Road
Kainz Drive
Russell Bales
Davenport
15Th Avenue
Ninth Street
Larry Stevens
Center Point
Interstate 380
Kadim Al-Hamly
Denver
Colo
Southgate Court
Joseph Brunson
23Rd St. Dr. SE
County Road
E-34
C Avenue
Edward Callahan
Eighth Ave
Radio Road
Highway 13
Break‑in at 2756 Teresa Dr Southwest Reported
A residence at 2756 Teresa Dr SW was burglarized over a Friday night or Saturday morning. Taken items include a video recorder and two watches with a total value of 3350 dollars after a door was pried open.
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Teresa Dr. SW
Heat shelters draw more residents as temperatures spike
Heat relief continues as Jane Boyd Community House hosts an overnight night shelter for up to 40, with six guests as of 9:30 p.m. Other sites include Marion Senior Center and Ambroz Recreation Center. Red Cross and National Guard assist. meals funded by Red Cross with HACAP catering.
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Jane Boyd
Grant Wood
American Red Cross
Iowa National Guard
Barb Ernst
United Way
Ernst
Linda Winston
Marion Senior Center
Ambroz Recreation Center
Salvation Army
Winston
Schoen-Clark
I&r
14Th Ave
Witwer Senior Center
Second Ave
Salvation Army Community
C Ave
Mount Vernon Rd
10Th Ave
Central Ymca
First Ave. NE
Grant Wood Chapter
Debbie Jones
HACAP
Red Cross
Melvin McCrea
Jack Gallagher
Mary Wells
Cedar Rapids
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U of I
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
St. Luke’s and Mercy Hospitals
Witwer
Carol Hutchings
Mary Schoen-Clark
Gazette
Chris Stewart
Levolor
Slender World
Vicki Ciha
Christine Choinard-Sain
William Davis
Indian Creek
Iowa
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