Rezoning request for Green Valley now single family
A Green Valley rezoning dispute shifts from multifamily to single family. Donald R. MacKay Jr. seeks to rezone land south of East Post Road SE and north of Mount Vernon Road SE from agricultural to R-1. The prior multifamily petition will be withdrawn amid resident protests. A city planning spokesman says up to three single family homes could be built under A-1 zoning, each needing 65 by 150 feet.
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Green Valley
Cedar Rapids
Bill Ryan
Donald R. MacKay Jr
Baton Rouge
East Post Road
Mount Vernon Road
Ryan
City Planning Commission
MacKay
City Planning Department
Power outages hit Cedar Rapids area briefly
Multiple outages hit the Cedar Rapids region on Wednesday with about 51 customers in the Midway area losing power around 2:30 p.m. and 60 Iowa Electric Light and Power customers in the 35th Street SE district. Restorations varied from 60 minutes to about two hours. Causes included a transformer impact, tree limbs on transmission lines, and an overloaded circuit, per a Linn County Rural Electric Co-op spokesman and IE vice president Horace Webb.
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Cedar Rapids
Midway
Hiawatha
Linn County Rural Electric Co-op
35Th Street SE
Iowa Electric Light
Glenbrook Drive
40Th Street Drive
Horace Webb
River used as fisherman hooks blue jean piece
Cedar Rapids Fire Department crews searched a stretch of the Cedar River after a fisherman reported snagging something heavy on his line near the old railroad bridge Tuesday night. The call came in at 10 pm and was suspended before midnight after blue jean material was found. no missing person was reported and no clues were found.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Palo man in critical condition after rollover crash
Randy A. Hendrickson, 33, was east of Cedar Rapids on 42nd Street NE when his westbound car failed to negotiate a curve. The vehicle struck a bridge, crossed a creek, overturned on the west bank, and stopped. He was hospitalized in Iowa City in critical condition and charged with drunk driving.
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University Hospitals
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
42Nd Street
Randy A. Hendrickson
St. Luke’s Hospital
Hendrickson
Six drivers charged after Linn County drunk driving arrests
Six people were arrested for drunk driving in Linn County over Tuesday and Wednesday. Randy A. Hendrickson, 33, was charged after a one car crash that left him critically injured at 1:55 a.m. Wednesday. Others include Donald E. Wernentin, 52, charged after a scooter mishap on Glass Road near Redbud Road, Vernentin in fair condition with abrasions, and additional arrests of Thomas L. Call, 22, Daniel P. Shea, 21, Joel L. Seegers, 31, and Gary L. Clark, 28, with various related traffic charges and one possession charge.
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Linn County
Randy A. Hendrickson
Palo
Donald E. Wernentin
Glass Road
Redbud Road
Vernentin
St. Luke’s Hospital
Thomas L. Call
First Ave
Daniel P. Shea
66Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Joel L. Seegers
Central City
Springville
Gary L. Clark
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids librarian urges kids to finish summer folders
Pam Lane of Cedar Rapids Public Library asks young readers to submit report folders for the summer program. The event ends with a Pirate Parade next Tuesday at Greene Square Park at 2 PM. Children with over 50 books get honor roll certificates, and prizes are redeemable for all participants across downtown and Edgewood Kenwood branches.
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Pam Lane
Cedar Rapids Public
Edgewood
Kenwood
Neighbors push demolition for Prairie Drive NE house
Cedar Rapids residents petition to demolish the rental at 3224 Prairie Drive NE. The house, owned by Everett Nemer and inspected by Terry Steinbach, is deemed to need landlord and tenant remedies with issues like a faulty water heater flue and missing stove and refrigerator. Citations may lead to a public hearing. Additional nuisance cases include 3324 Oakland Road NE and 1200 32nd St NE, owned by Barker and Vlahopoulos.
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Cedar Rapids
Chuck
Betty Draker
Center Street
Prairie Drive
Everett Nemer
Housing Services Department
Terry Steinbach
Housing Services
Steinbach
Floyd Bergen
Northeast Side
Oakland Road
32Nd St
32Nd Street
Alvin
Margaret Barker
Steve Vlahopoulos
Gainesville
Fla
Matthais Scheetz Named to Fill Hiawatha Council Seat
Matthais J. Scheetz of 304 Seventh Ave was appointed by the Hiawatha City Council to fill the seat left vacant June 28 after Steve West won the mayoral post. His term runs to November election. he aims for lower costs and possibly reduced property taxes. He has served with the Hiawatha volunteer fire department civil defense and is a member of American Legion Post No. 5 and Hope Church. The council also approved first reading to raise the part time mayor's salary from 3600 to 4000 dollars per year, effective January 1 1984, with final action after two more readings.
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Matthais J. Scheetz
Seventh Ave
Hiawatha City Council
Steve West
Scheetz
the Gazette
Hiawatha
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