Claim Upheld in Marion Police Union Dispute
A PER Board hearing officer upheld Marion Police Officer Jim Weilenhagen's grievance against Police Sgt. Gordon Dolley over a pattern of harassment tied to union leadership. The decision notes Dolley closely monitored Weilenhagen due to union connections, with the city likely to appeal to the full PER board.
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Tom Fruehling
Lazette
Marion Bureau
State Public Employment Relations Board
Marion
Jim Weilenhagen
Weitenhagen
Don Hoskins
Wellenhagen
Gordon Dolley
Danae Ve
Dolley
Susan Schreurs
Marion owners seek rezoning for mobile home park plan
Mary and William Hennessey seek to rezone an 80 acre area in northwest Marion from agricultural use to mixed use including single and multi family housing and commercial zones. The western site would hold single family homes, the east multiple family, with over 50 acres slated for a mobile home park. Planning commission will review next month before Council action.
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Marion
Mary and
William Hennessey
Tenth Street
29Th Avenue
10Th Street
Larick Drive
Boyson Road
Planning and Zoning Commission
Marion Dog Show Slated for Saturday
The second annual Marion Dog Show sponsored by the Marion Retail Bureau will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at City Square Park. Open to all children under 15 with their pets, judged in beauty and an optional talent contest. No entry fee. Dogs on leashes under owner control. Props for talent provided by owners. A prize for each participant. Last year 37 entries.
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Marion
Marion Retail Bureau
City Square Park
Marion High School Band Performs Friday Evening
Parents are invited to a 7:30 to 8 p.m. performance at the bi school gymnasium by Marion High School marching band Scarlet Spectrum. The concert wraps a Friday marching band camp starting at 2 p.m. Students should bring instruments marching shoes and a sack lunch. After practice members may swim at Indian Creek Country Club from 8 to 10 p.m. for $1.75.
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Marion High School
Scarlet Spectrum Group
Indian Creek
Supervisors release funds to United Cerebral Palsy Center
Linn County supervisors approved over 1700 for services at the United Cerebral Palsy Center after a meeting clarifying funded programs. The rate is 4.63 per hour for activities like swimming and therapeutic recreation, with future funding for Scout Explorer posts and consumer education workshops under study.
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Linn County
United Cerebal Palsy Center
UCP
Oxley
Boy Scouts
United Way
Beatty
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Warner Brothers
Iowa
Mary Burke Gazvatia
Forbes Johnson
Sue Beatty
Johnson
Jean Oxley
Area Substance Abuse Council
Joe Rinas
Cerebal Palsy
Rinas
Sidney Margolius
Bea
Tyrest
Simmons
Kroehler
Smulekoff’s
Tell City
Armstrong
Bigelow
Karastan
Coronet
Mohawk
Saxony
Smulekoff
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