Chamber Urges Appeal Over New Property Valuations
The Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce asks local assessors to appeal state orders that raise commercial property valuations by 10 percent within Cedar Rapids and 11 percent outside. Assessors have 10 days to appeal. If appeals fail, chamber leader Ron Corbett asks city and county boards to cut tax rates to offset the higher valuations.
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Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Chamber
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Meridian boy dies after Sunday vehicle accident
Nathan Waite age 3 of Meridian Idaho died from injuries suffered Sunday when struck by a vehicle at Mainstay Suites in Cedar Rapids. Police say the accident occurred as his father Raymond Waite backed up the vehicle and the boy walked behind it. No charges expected.
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Nathan Waite
Meridian
Idaho
Cedar Rapids
Chuck Mincks
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Nathan
Mainstay Suites
Rockwell Dr. NE
Raymond Waite
Cedar Rapids School District restores service after morning outage
The Cedar Rapids school district experienced a service outage before staff arrived Tuesday but restored access by 10 a.m. The district has a backup system per spokeswoman Linda Kuster, but the failed equipment prevented its use until the issue was fixed.
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Cedar Rapids
Linda Kuster
Power alerts eased as temperatures fall in Eastern Iowa
MidAmerican Energy lifted its peak alert after cooler weather reduced air-conditioning demand. The utility did not use its industrial curtailment and halted the program after cycling about 50,000 air conditioners. Alliant Energy kept interruptible customers on alert but did not interrupt Tuesday.
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MidAmerican Energy
MidAmerican
Allan Barliss
Alliant Energy
Ryan Stensland
Alliant
Anamosa widow honors husband fallen in Iraq
Brooke Kirchhoff recalls love with Pfc. David Kirchhoff as his body arrives in Iowa from Germany. He died of heat stroke on duty in Iraq at 31. She honors him with an Army insignia tattoo and reflects on their life together in Anamosa.
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Pfc
David Michael Kirchhoff
Army
Brooke Kirchhoff
Anamosa
Iowa
Germany
Iraq
Dave Kirchhoff
Hiawatha Casey’s
Brooke
David Kirchhoff
Black River Falls
Wis
Belgians Favored Over German Shepherds for Police Dogs
Linn and Johnson County law enforcement officers prefer Belgian Malinois to German shepherds for patrol work. Patrol handlers note Malinois weigh about 60 pounds versus shepherds at around 100, shaping public perception of police dogs. Des Moines trainer Tim Baker cites experience with seven K 9s and ongoing training.
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Iowa State Patrol
Tim Baker
Des Moines
Christoph Trappe
Gazette
Olice
Linn
Johnson
Linn County
Nick Hamilton
Johnson County
Chris Langenberg
Marion
Phil Fort
Lazer
Johnson County Sheriff's Department
Bluestem Plans Landfill Expansion Sparking Land Purchase
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency must pay about 1.05 million dollars to acquire 150 acres for Landfill Site 2 at County Home Road and Highway 13. Appraisers valued 145 acres at 800 thousand dollars and 5 acres at 250 thousand dollars. Local opposition from Marion pits officials against expansion citing growth impact.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
County Home Road
Highway 13
Virginia Black
Dorothy O’brien
Theresa Chapel
O’brien
Chapel
Bluestemn
Bluestein
Marion
Lick
Hogan
Gazettecommunications.com
Man studies 1815 Chelmsford Chronicle mystery
R J Thorpe, a 54 year old designer from Cedar Rapids, examines an 1815 Chelmsford Chronicle issue. He scans it, searches online for clues, and ponders family links while preserving the fragile newspaper. The relic, once used as drawer liner, remains a puzzle.
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R.J
Essex Chronicle
Chelmsford
Patricia “Paddy” Bellamy Thorpe
Cedar Rapids
Grace Caroline Thorogood Bellamy
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
R.J. Thorpe
England
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