Marion and Riverside Farmers Markets and Local Events
Community listings include Marion Farmers Market at East End Shopping Center 3375 Seventh Ave 8 to 11:30 a.m. Riverside Roundhouse Market runs 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. Recycling sites operate 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Public Works complex 1201 Sixth St and Marion 195 35th St. Lottery results and a birth announcement form process are noted for The Gazette readers.
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Marion Farmers Market
East End
Seventh Ave
Riverside Roundhouse Farmers Market
Cedar Rapids
Public Works
Sixth St
Marion
35Th St
The
Gazette
Third Ave
Iowa City
E. Market St
Drunken driving arrests listed with times and places
The Log reports drunken driving charges for Ronald P. Novak 61 of 320 19th St SE arrested 11 26 p m at 12th St and Second Ave SE on second offense. Steve Powers 35 of 1400 Second Ave SE charged with assault with a dangerous weapon for chasing Calvin Duke with a hammer in the 1400 block of Second Ave SE. Items stolen at a Cedar Rapids construction site include a microwave oven valued at 400 dollars. Fire calls and medical alerts noted.
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Ronald P. Novak
19Th St. SE
12Th Street
Second Avenue SE
Steve Powers
Second Ave. SE
Calvin Duke
Cedar Grove Ct
Vending revenue funds Iowa City school programs
Iowa City school district collected 41 404 dollars from 37 vending machines across four secondary schools, funding student senate, departmental budgets, athletic and special education programs. Some board members question using junk food profits for education and call for budgeting changes. The board meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. to discuss vending issues.
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Zack Kucharski
Iowa City
Lane Plugge
Trict
Plugge
West High
City High
South East
Student Senate
Dave Franker
S. Dubuque St
Iowa freshman named Hawkeye Golden Girl debuts Aug 31
Diana Reed, 18 of Norwalk, wins the Golden Girl baton twirling post for the Iowa Hawkeye Marching Band. She earns a four year full tuition scholarship after a live audition among 25 applicants from five states. Reed succeeds Julie Canterbury as halftime show standout and faces a first game against Akron.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa Hawkeye
Diana Reed
Reed
Hawkeye
Golden Girl
University of Akron
Norwalk
University of Iowa
West Delaware district bids farewell to longtime manager
Manchester regional roundup notes Maxine McEnany resigns after 18 years as school district business manager and board secretary to take a job with Bettendorf. Vacancy to be filled after board approves advertisement.
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Manchester
West Delaware
Maxine McEnany
McEnany
Bettendorf
Larry Woellert
West Nile Virus Infections Hit 24 Iowa Horses
Iowa Agriculture officials confirm 24 horses infected with West Nile virus. Secretary Pat Judge notes 12 new cases, joining 12 previously diagnosed in Jasper Sioux Adair Lee Van Buren Palo Alto Sac Sioux O'Brien Lyon Johnson plus new cases in Boone Cedar Chickasaw Dickenson Harrison Mahaska Plymouth Winnebago Woodbury counties. Veterinarians urged reporting suspected cases to the State Veterinarians office.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Secretary of Agriculture
Patty Judge
Jasper
Sioux
Adair, Lee, van Buren
Palo Alto
Sac
O’brien, Lyon
Johnson Counties
Rural-urban sales tax dispute heats Iowa school funding
Twenty three of Iowa's ninety nine counties levy a one cent local option sales tax for schools. Opponents argue rural residents subsidize urban schools while Cedar Rapids is exempt. Attorneys discuss precedent as a ruling due within two months.
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TAMA
Toledo
Tama- Toledo
Linn County
Tama County
Tama County Farm Bureau
Nick Podhajsky
Steve Meyer
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Scase
US Supreme Court
Iowa Supreme Court
Wandro
Polk County
Valley Stadium
West Des
Iowa Drops Test Requirement While Scores Rise
In Cedar Rapids the test is optional, unlike Colorado and Illinois. Linn-Mar Marion and College Community show steady or small gains with Linn-Mar at 23.1, College Community 22.1, and Marion 21.8. Marion Principal Greg Thomas notes more students take the test as options stay open.
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Iowa
Colorado
Illinois
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Lew Finch
Linn-Mar
Marion
College
Greg Thomas
Marion High School
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Pop Fund Sweetens
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Franker
Sara Faiwell
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University of Northern Iowa
Twirls
Iowa State University
Norwalk High School
Ohio
Missouri
Sara
Farwell
Gazettecom
Nnations
Diana Reed UI
Buzz Orr
Colesburg
Elkader
Jeff Friis
Clayton County
Friis
Iowa News Service
Old Cap
Tricon Construction Group of
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Tricon
Knutson Construction
Drew Ives
Ron Richards
Tom Walsh
Southgate
Survey For
Southgate Development Co
Wetherby Park
Glenn Siders
Lowa City
Boone, Cedar, Chickasaw, Dickinson, Harrison, Mahaska
Plymouth, Winnebago and
Woodbury Counties
State Veterinarians
Ringgold
Decatur
Janet Borholm
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