Cedar Rapids mayor and council nominees file petitions
Three people filed nomination papers for Cedar Rapids City Council. Twenty candidates, including five incumbents, seek the five two year terms in November. Mayor candidate P T Larson, Finance Commissioner Lyle Hanson and challenger Nancy Kinzey Bruner filed petitions with 1,186 to 1,619 signatures. Deadline 5 p.m. August 30.
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Cedar Rapids
P.T. Larson
Larson
Park Towne Ct
Lyle Hanson
Nancy Kinzey Bruner
Hanson
L Ave. NW
Bruner
31St St
Cargill
Pools Closures Set for City Recreation Sites
City recreation director Julie Lina says Bever Jones and Noelridge pools close for the season at 5 p.m. Sunday Aug. 19. Cherry Hill pool closes Sunday Aug. 26. Ellis pool remains open until 5 p.m. Labor Day. School starts Aug. 22 in Cedar Rapids.
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Julie Lina
Bever
Jones
Noelridge
Cherry Hill
Ellis
Cedar Rapids
Gas main break causes detour in Cedar Rapids intersection
A backhoe struck a 4 inch natural gas line at 32nd Street and Center Point Road NE triggering a leak and detour Wednesday morning. Firefighters monitored the scene until MidAmerican Energy Co. shut off the gas and no evacuations were required.
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Cedar Rapids
32Nd Street
Center Point Road
Dave Koch
MidAmerican Energy Co
Powerball glitches limit sales in Cedar Rapids area
Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer said last night minor issues affected ticket machines in southeast Cedar Rapids and did not indicate a widespread failure. Temporary problems halted sales at Drug Town and Osco Drugs on Mount Vernon Road SE while overall Powerball sales reached over 917,000 tickets with an estimated $103.5 million jackpot.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Lottery
Mary Neubauer
Neubauer
Osco
Mount Vernon Road
Child Hurt After Leaving Moving Car In Oelwein
A 2-year-old was injured Wednesday in the Pamida Discount Center lot when a door opened as the car moved and the child was run over by the left rear tire. The mother, Melanie Pates, drove the car. the child is at University Hospitals Iowa City with liver and lung injuries not considered life threatening. Police released few details about the unidentified child. The accident occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m.
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Melanie Pates
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Oelwein
Pamida Discount Center
Engineer faces civil complaint over three Iowa projects
Cedar Rapids engineer Kevin J. Burt is charged with professional incompetence and repeated careless acts in a state complaint. The case cites design errors at the McLeod Busse IMAX Dome Theatre Science Station Cedar Rapids Tuma Soccer Complex pavilion and an elementary school in Brooklyn. The How ard R. Green Co. paid for corrections. a hearing is set for Oct. 19.
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Steve Gravelle
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kevin J. Burt
Harwood Dr. NE
State Engineering and Land Surveying Examining Board
Burt
McLeod/Busse
Cedar Rapids’ Science Station
Tuma
Brooklyn
Howard R. Green Co
Marion Tavern License Suspended Pending Hearing In Iowa
The state suspended a Marion bar license Wednesday and closed the tavern until a hearing on alleged violations. An investigator found marijuana and other infractions at Doc Holiday's and the city seeks an emergency suspension while Maurina Murphy awaits a hearing, possibly within days.
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Steve Gravelle
Marion
Harry Daugherty
Doc Holiday
State Alcoholic Beverages Division
Sixth Ave
Doc Hobbiday’s
Iowa
Walding
Lynn Walding
Alcoholic Beverages Division
Maurina Murphy
Federal drug defendant acquitted in Iowa racketeering case
Clifford Grother III of Marion, charged in a federal conspiracy to distribute marijuana and cocaine from 1994 to 1996, was found not guilty on Count 1. The jury hung on a money-laundering conspiracy count, with deliberations extending into the following week. Judge Melloy and AUSA Reinert noted the rarity of acquittals in federal drug trials.
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Elizabeth Rutter
Cedar Rapids
Clifford Grother III
Marion
Michael Melloy
U.S
Patrick Reinert
Grother
Cleanup begins on cemetery vandalism in Manchester
A vandalism spree toppled 58 tombstones at Oakland Cemetery in Manchester damaging a Mitchell family obelisk. Police charged 11 year old Rachel Montes and 12 year old Steven Zehr with first degree criminal mischief, seeking restitution and Juvenile Court handling as repair work may take four to five days.
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Orlan Love
Iowa
Manchester
Abe
Hepzebah Mitchell
Oakland Cemetery
Rachel Montes
Steven Zehr
Montes
Zebr
Bruce Trapp
Trapp
Jim Broghammer
Broghammer
Manchester Cemetery Co
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Science Station
Ganesh Ganpat
Gazette
Brian Ray
Liz Naso
First Street
Jenna Ajram
Bilal Ajram
David Ellis
Noah Ajram
Kcrg-Tv9
Marion Tavern
State
Jonathan Hammond
Melloy
Reinert
Hammond
Wallace Taylor
Delibera
Taylor
Rod Grother
David Sawyer
Harold Racz
Delaware County
Rick Feeney
Feeney
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