City recoups 62500 from Mount Vernon Road project
Cedar Rapids recovers part of 9.3 million Mount Vernon Road widening costs. The city paid 150000 to AMA Co. for Duchess Cleaners property in 2000 and will sell the reconfigured site to Davida and Linda Schulte for 62300 after bids.
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Cedar Rapids
Duchess Cleaners
Mount Vernon Rd
Mount Vernon
AMA Co
Davida
Linda Schulte
Schultes
Rob Davis
Mount Vernon Road
28Th Street
Davis
Iowa City seeks CAP office at municipal airport
Iowa City moves toward a Civil Air Patrol office at the municipal airport with rent negotiations and a small staff while Des Moines and Anamosa CAP facilities close. A city council hearing Aug 18 will discuss a $15,000 consultant plan to boost airport business and attract investment to nearby commerce park, with subsidies expected to top $183,000 this year.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Civil Air Patrol
Air Patrol
Ron O’neil
Des Moines International
Anamosa
O'Neil
Masonic Lodges Join for Cornerstone Ceremony in Cedar Rapids
Two Iowa Masonic lodges the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Iowa and the Grand Lodge of Iowa held a historic joint cornerstone laying at the African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of Iowa in Cedar Rapids to mark the museum's grand opening on Sept. 19 A time capsule was placed between the cornerstones and officials pledged unified fraternal brotherhood for the lodges.
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Ine Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Owen T. Sloan
Prince Hall
Grand Lodges of
Iowa
David Wallace
the Gazette
Eastern Iowa towns share HUD housing grants
Ten communities in Eastern Iowa receive a portion of more than $1.1 million in HUD grants as part of a statewide $5.8 million Capital Fund Program. Burlington Clinton Davenport Dubuque Evansdale Iowa City Lone Tree Muscatine Waterloo Waverly are listed among recipients.
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Iowa
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Capital Fund
Burlington
Clinton
Davenport
Eastern Iowa Housing Authority
Dubuque
Evansdale
Iowa City
Lone Tree
Muscatine
Waterloo
Waverly
Man banned from City Hall after taxicab permit denial
James Leroy Willems 52 of Sergeant Bluff is banned from City Hall after he allegedly threatened Sioux City city manager Paul Eckert following a permit denial. He faces harassment of a public official and simple assault charges and must avoid city offices and phone calls.
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Sioux City
James Leroy Willems
Bluff
Paul Eckert
Willems
Patrick Breyfogle
Eckert
Area Ambulance goes digital to improve citywide comms
The Area Ambulance Service in Cedar Rapids switched June 2 to the citys 800 MHz digital radio system. It covers southern Linn, northern Johnson, and southeast Benton counties with eight ambulances and allows direct talk with Cedar Rapids police and fire departments. Upgrade cost was 85000 with about 80 percent funded by Linn Countys E 911 Board.
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Christoph Trappe
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Johnson County
Benton County
Bob Agarph
Area Ambulance Service
Agarph
Marion
Westdale Mall
Mercy Medical Center
E-911
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Dick Hogan
Cindy Hadish
Frank Gluck
Nicole Schuppert
Metro
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