Linn-Mar plans auditorium at front of high school
Linn-Mar school board received details on seven building projects funded by a $25 million bond issue approved by voters in February and April. Architect Ted Rozeboom showed floor plans moving an 850-seat auditorium to the front of the present Linn-Mar High School along with a back-placed gymnasium and other space expansions set to finish by 1999-2000. A separate note reports a mysterious odor prompting about a dozen APAC TeleServices workers to evacuate a Marion office briefly. no injuries occurred.
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Linn-Mar High School
Linn-Mar
Ted Rozeboom
Rozeboom Miller Architects Inc
Marion
Apac TeleServices
Armar Dr
Robert Handley
Elderly Driver Causes Cedar Rapids Home Crash
Police estimate 20000 damage to a northeast Cedar Rapids house after Emmett L. Lillard 77 drove off Sherman Street NE and struck the home of Ray and Judi Amsler at 4504 Sherman St NE. No occupants were home. Lillard was taken to Mercy Medical Center for medical evaluation.
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Cedar Rapids
Emmett L. Lillard
46Th St. NE
Sherman St. NE
Ray
Judi Amsler
Lillard
Mercy Medical Center
Waterloo Man Charged with Murder in Theater Death
Sean Castine, 29, faces first degree murder charges in the August 6 stabbing death of Larry Casto, 46, at the Mini Cinema Adult Theater in Waterloo. Castine is held on a $1 million bond and will appear today in court. Police responding to a burglary call found the victim's body.
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Waterloo
Sean Castine
Bernal Koehrsen
Castine
Black Hawk County
Larry Casto
Status of Eastern Iowa landfills and solid waste
The report surveys Linn and neighboring counties with multiple landfills and transfer stations. It cites life expectancies from 2 to 15 years, notes a new landfill cell under construction, and mentions contracts with Waste Management of La Crosse and Browning Farms in Milan. It also covers a county study on landfill costs and a contentious contract dispute with Iowa Waste Systems.
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Linn
Iowa
Citizens Advisory Committee
Board of Supervisors
la Crosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Iowa Waste Systems
Browning Farms Industries
Milan
Ill
Gary Crock
Cedar County
Jack Klaus
Delaware County Solid Waste Commission
Counties weigh landfill options carefully
Buchanan County's Landfill Commission opts for a five year Waste Management contract to haul garbage to a distant site as a flexible short term solution. Officials consider expanding regional options but face opposition to becoming a regional landfill hub and weigh costs of adding cells and transport.
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James Q. Lynch
Iowa
Bureauuchanan County
County Landfill Commission
Wisconsin
Ellen Gaffney
Board of Supervisors
Landfill Commission
Buchanan Landfill Commission
Iowa Waste Systems
Gaffney
Brian Keierleber
The Gazette and WMT roots in Cedar Rapids history
Dave Rasdal traces the Cedar Rapids media landscape from early radio WJAM and WKAA to WMT and the Gazette, noting The Gazette funded WJAM in 1922 and helped launch local broadcasting. The piece highlights 75 years of local news, radio, and TV ties, with historical milestones and key figures.
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The
Gazette
WMT Radio
Cedar
Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Rick Sellers
WMT
KCRG
Cedar Rapids Gazette
WJAM
WKAA
Minnesota
Missouri
Douglas M
Tex
Perham
United States
Serenade Manufacturing Company
George Wagner
Waterloo
Harry Shaw
Waterloo Morning Tribune
Rick Plummer
Republican Times
Rick
9SG
Coe College
Amd
Dave Rasdal
Gazette Phony
Douglas i. Tex" Petia
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Odor Forces
E. Lowa
Linn County
Benton County
Pam Gorsch
Buchanan County
Delaware County
Iowa County
Illinois
Allamakee County
Bill Adam
Fayette County
Bill Moellering
Clayton County
Postville
Shiek
Tama
Varion County
Owa
Keokuk
Nashington
Washington and
Jefferson Counties
Allamake
Jelaware
Dubuque
WIAE
Vinton
Marie Zimmerman
Donna Harper
Emerson College
Boston
Ramblin
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