Cedar Rapids officials circulate nomination petitions for fifth terms
Cedar Rapids Finance Commissioner Harold G. Schaefer circulates petitions for a fifth term and is joined by Stan Reinis the parks commissioner who obtained papers earlier. Nomination petitions also circulated for Floyd Bergen with his permission. Mayors Cantney and Phillips have not stated plans to run. At least nine others have petitions for City Council posts.
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Cedar Rapids
Harold G. Schaefer
Schaefer
Stan Reinis
Floyd Bergen
Public Safety
Bergen
Don Canney
Public Improvements
Richard Phillips
Cedar Rapids Honda hosts final summer motorcycle class Saturday
Cedar Rapids Honda, with Police and Sheriff departments, offers a free one day motorcycle and moped education course for ages 14 plus this Saturday from 10 AM to 3 PM at 6353 16th Ave SW. The program includes a visual, safety talk, exam and practical test and awards from the Motorcycle Safety Foundation Kirkwood Community College Iowa DOT and the Department of Public Instruction.
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Sheriff's
16Th Ave
Motorcycle Safety Foundation
Kirkwood Community College
Iowa Department of Transportation
Department of Public Instruction
Hazleton man held on assault charge in Independence
James Eugene Smith 21 of Hazleton is held in Buchanan County Jail Independence on 5000 bond after prelim arraignment for assault with intent to inflict serious injury. He was arrested after attempting to strike pedestrians with his car in Hazleton and faces Lee County involuntary manslaughter charges from a Fort Madison accident. A Linn County drunk driving charge is also pending.
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Independence
James Eugene Smith
Hazleton
Buchanan County
Smith
Lee County
Fort Madison
Linn County
Farmer testifies on river channel change in Iowa hearing
Willis Johanningmeier, a Des Moines area farmer along the Yellow River near Waukon, testifies at a five hour Iowa Natural Resources Council hearing that he did not intentionally alter the river channel. Experts warn the change endangers aquatic life while Johanningmeier says erosion has affected his farmland and the alteration occurred naturally. Two bulldozer operators hired by him support the claim but say they did not create a new river channel.
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Des Moines
Willis Johanningmeier
Waukon
Iowa Natural Resources Council
Fish and Wildlife
Johanningmeier
Iowa City couple seeks new venue for murder trial
Iowa City residents Robert and Judy Kern asked for a change of venue for their murder trial over the April 14 shooting of Ady Jensen in rural West Branch. Jensen’s wife Jeanne Jensen has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit a forcible felony and was sentenced to 10 years. The Kerns are free on $100000 bonds and the trial is set for Sept 11, with Cedar County as the current venue.
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Tipton
Iowa City
Robert
Judy Kern
Ady Jensen
Cedar County
Kerns
Jensen
West Branch
Jeanne Jensen
Women’s Reformatory
State agents shut down unfair carnival games at Iowa State Fair
DES MOINES AP State agents ordered three carnival games of skill halted after tests showed falsified odds. Two bottle toss games used 12 pound lead-filled bottles that did not drop after 50 attempts. Ring toss failed to land a ring on the pedestal, prompting closure pending demonstration of fair play.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Fair
Division of Criminal Investigation
DCI
Gerald Shanahan
Shanahan
Carnival
Iowa privacy task group startled by IDEAS data system plan
Iowa legislators propose IDEAS, a centralized computer system linked to five state agency data banks. Task force members fear privacy invasion while Rep. James West says the system will only process statistics for budgeting. Tom Beell questions the plan as a Frankenstein monster and warns it could end the privacy study.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Task Force
Tom Beell
Iowa State University
Beell
Fire training exercise at 1906 Wilson Ave SW
Cedar Rapids Fire Department conducted a day long training exercise at 1906 Wilson Ave SW. Firefighters set small fires in various parts of the building and then brought in new trainees to extinguish them under supervision. The structure is planned for demolition after practice.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson Ave
Davy Crockett Born on This Date in 1786
On this date in 1786 the American frontiersman Davy Crockett was born, a figure later famed for his wilderness exploits and frontier politics. His birth marks a landmark in early American frontier lore and Revolutionary era memory.
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Davy Crockett
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