Corridor road work limits Linn-Mar High access
Linn-Mar High School in Marion will restrict morning and afternoon access via North 10th Street starting Aug 18 as North 10th Street is rebuilt. Alternate entry on 29th Avenue remains the main entrance. The board also approved a $254,082 bid from Sheets Design Build to remodel the Novak Elementary building for office use, the lowest of seven bids.
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Sheets
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Sinclair demolition price rises to 15.3 million
Cedar Rapids officials say the former Sinclair meatpacking plant demolition will cost 15.3 million with FEMA covering the full amount. The City Council amends the D.W. Zinser Co. contract raising it from 7.366 million as the work moves from initial to subsequent phases amid flood damage and post flood fires. Greg Eyerly notes the project’s scope increased as the second phase began. FEMA deemed the site an imminent threat to public health and safety.
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Cedar Rapids
Sinclair
Federal Emergency Management Agency
D.W. Zinser Co
Walford
Greg Eyerly
FEMA
Jury selection continues in Muldoon murder trial
The Linn County District Court resumes selection for the first degree murder trial of 25 year old Lee Muldoon of Coggan. Opening statements could begin this afternoon and the trial is expected to last about three weeks. Muldoon is also charged with child endangerment causing death in the death of 2 year old Skylar Inman on July 11, 2008 in Coggon.
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Cedar Rapids
Lee Muldoon
Coggan
Linn County
Trish Mehaffey
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Teens accused of vandalizing Mount Vernon cemetery
Three Cedar Rapids teens were charged with second degree criminal mischief after more than 50 tombstones at Mount Vernon Memorial Cemetery were damaged last month. Austin Ferch, 16, Anthony Hodges, 16, and Kaleb Wilcox, 16, were taken into custody and released to their parents. the vandalism was reported July 8 and volunteers helped repair the damage.
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Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon Memorial
Austin Ferch
Anthony Hodges
Kaleb Wilcox
Couple reunite and marry at school where love began
Karen Wilcox and Mike Wilson, high school sweethearts who met in a seventh grade Latin class, married on Valentine's Day at South East Junior High. The couple recalled shared classes and dances, dating in eighth grade, and decades of friendship before tying the knot at the same school.
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Katie Stinson
Gazette
Owa City
Karen Wilcox
Mike Wilson
South East Junior High
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Wilcox
Bobby Vinton
South East Junior High School
Iowa City
Kernels underpaying stadium insurance blamed on oversight
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Commission learned the Kernels have not paid annual property insurance for eight years, despite the lease charging the team. Over $16,000 due yearly. city plans to bill the Kernels as a fiduciary duty to taxpayers. A committee will hash out lease issues and repairs totaling about $122,000.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Commission
Pete Welch
Kernels
Howard R. Green Co
Welch
Jack Roeder
Utility structure proposed for Island mission progresses
City veterans memorial director Mike Jager outlines plans for a lawn backed utility structure on May's Island to house a backup generator for the Veterans Memorial Building and to move electrical equipment underground. FEMA and state historic officials approve the concept with FEMA funding. the commission would cover a larger generator up to 50,000 dollars.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Commission
May’s Island
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Veterans Memorial
Commission
Jerry Ziese
Jager
Federal Emergency Management Agency
State Historical Preservation
FEMA
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