Cedar Rapids Daily Schedule and Community Meetings
Local government and community events list for Cedar Rapids and Linn County. Includes city council sessions, commissions, school board, theater and music events, farmers markets, health clinic, and recycling site hours with venues and times.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Historic Preservation Commission
Kirkwood Community College Board of Trustees
B.A. Jensen
Kirkwood Hall
Kirkwood
Marion City Council
North Linn Community School Board
Coggon
Linn County Firefighters Association
Troy Mills Fire Department
Lottery results and jackpot update across multiple games
No one won the Super Cash drawing last night. The Powerball numbers 12 15 25 23 were drawn with a 15 million jackpot. Upcoming draws include Illinois Pick 3 4 2 3 and Pick 4 5 2 3 4 plus Iowa and Daily Million entries with several prize tiers. Lottery numbers are posted via CITYLINE at 363 7000 or 337 7000.
Riverside area births and local crime report update
Vital statistics from Mercy and St. Luke's record multiple births on August 18 through 20 with several families named. Cedar Rapids police seek driver after a bicycle collision on Eighth Street NW. List of drunken driving arrests and two attempted robbery victims with brief incident details.
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Cedar Rapids
Eighth Street
Linn County Jail upgrades fund security video and laundry space
Linn County Sheriff Don Zeller will lose a parking space for a new jail laundry room at May's Island as supervisors approve two projects totaling about 60 000. The security system upgrade ties to 16 cameras and runs 24 hours with automatic tape recycling, improving liability protection and coverage. Jelinek Construction quotes up to 45 826 for converting a two stall car port into storage for laundry carts and folding tables, with Zeller to park on the building’s east side after completion.
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Lance
Kolz
Jelinek Construction
Cedar Rapids
Jelinek
Zeller
Unfit Cedar Rapids house to take weeks for cleanup
City officials said the northeast Cedar Rapids residence at 1736 A Ave NE remains unfit after inspectors declared it unsafe two weeks ago. Debris removal progresses, pets have been removed, and the owner Amelia Cejka faces animal abuse charges with a Sept. 4 court appearance.
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Cejka
Animal Control Shelter
Cedar Rapids to raze three homes for new fire station
City officials authorize a $20,405 demolition contract for 202, 206, and 208 29th St NE as Habitat for Humanity finds the houses unsuitable to move or burn. Demolition could start in ten days with construction on the station expected to begin this fall and take about a year. The new station replaces Station No. 7 on First Ave NE, after voters approved a $1 million bond three years ago.
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First Ave
Kenwood Park
35Th Street
B Avenue NE
Arthur Elementary
29Th Street NE
Oelwein arson arrest in vacant Union Pacific warehouse
Michael J. Johnson, 18, of Oelwein, was arrested on second degree arson charges after a fire gutted the northern end of a vacant Union Pacific warehouse. Police say up to five people may have been involved and more arrests are pending as investigators also tie the vandalism spree to the same morning.
Trial set for Nov 12 in Iowa assisted death case
Associate District Judge J G Johnson will oversee the trial of John Thomson on November 12 in the Black Hawk County case arising under a one year old Iowa law that bans assisted death by own action. The statute makes it a felony to cause solicit or incite another to commit death by own action with up to 10 years jail and a 10000 dollar fine. Thomson remains free on five thousand dollar unsecured bond while Caroline Thomson linked to UNI faced chronic pain related issues and mental health concerns described by friends and an Alliance official.
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Caroline Thomson
University of Northern Iowa
John Thomson
Black Hawk County
Trail projects advance on Cedar Lake route in Cedar Rapids
Linn County Trails Association contributed 70000 dollars to the Cedar Lake trail segment. A federal grant provided 400000 dollars and Cedar Rapids budgeted 30000 dollars. A trail bridge over McLoud Run near 29th Street will finish this fall allowing river crossing. Some signs and landscaping remain and officials seek to improve a rough railroad crossing between downtown and the Cedar River path. The association formed in 1990 and the Cedar Rapids route was defined in 1992.
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Cedar Lake
Cedar Rapids
McLoud Run
29Th Street
von ‘Thomas
Cedar River Path
Linn County Trails Association
Metro Area Trails System
UNI volunteers again help to ease dorm move
UNI volunteers begin the annual move-in effort at the University of Northern Iowa to assist about 4,500 students and families. Move-in crews operate in all 10 residence halls from Friday 8 am through Sunday, with staff members joining the student volunteers in yellow shirts.
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UNI
Cedar Falls
University of Northern Iowa
Michele Peck
Hagemann Hall
Hiawatha plans legal challenge to annexations
Hiawatha City Manager Oliver Merriam says the Robins and Cedar Rapids annexation appeals will argue the Development Board misinterpreted the law. Appeals head to Linn County District Court this fall with possible December hearings, and may reach the Iowa Supreme Court. Both annexations remain frozen during review.
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Hiawatha
Oliver Merriam
Robins
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Merriam
District Court
Iowa Supreme Court
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Daily Notebook
Cedar River
Ellis Park
KCCK
Jazz Under the
Daugherty-McPartland Group
Noelridge Park
Old Creamery Theatre
Amana Colonies
Donald Doe
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Farmers Markets
Riverside Roundhouse
St. SW
Coralville Farmers Market
S.T. Morrison Park
Linn County Health Department
13Th St
Public Works
Sixth St
Econofoods
51St St
Marion
35Th St
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Iowa
Illinois Lottery
Michelle
Roger Merta
Rossey Lane SW
Shelly
Greg Stickfort
Pine Tree Dr. NE
Kassandra
Mark Degenstein
Ely
Ann
Kevin Gilbertson
Swisher
ST. Luke’s
Jessica Mollenhauer
Christopher Engen
Central City
Linda
Dan Steele
Tipton
Sheena
Michael Jacobus
Paul Lee
Brandon
Christina
David Hernandez
Wiley Bird
the Gazette
George W. Johnson
Eighth Ave
Eighth Avenue
Scott A. Martin
Birch Dr
Blairs Ferry Road
Sean L. Ackerman
Anamosa
West Otter Road
Jeffrey L. Hook
Mariene Brady
N St. SW
Scott L. Schulte
Palo
Vicki Stone
Collins Rd
Douglas Slaskey
Center Point
Slaikey
Slaiken
St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn
By Steve Gravelle
Samuel Miller
Mike
Laura
Novak Elementary School
Samuel
Lisa Ackman
Libby
By Dale Kueter
Sue Molyneux
Boxa
By Douglas Neumann
Oelwein
By Cindy Hadish
Ing
X-L Specialized Trailers
Rundle
J.G. Johnson
Bob Brammer
The
Alliance For the Mentally Il
Bob Davisson
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