Linn voters asked to fund radio upgrade in November
Linn County residents will vote in November on raising landline bills up to $9 annually to fund a costly upgrade to the public safety radio system. The measure aims to cover FCC mandated changes and keep E-911 services running as costs exceed 10 million dollars.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids Linn County
Shirley Hoppe
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Federal Communications Commission
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Jim Houser
Houser
University tailgate crackdown raises jail crowding concerns
Johnson County Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek warns tougher Iowa City enforcement at tailgates could strain the jail with 60 000 to 90 000 attendees while US Public Safety Director Chuck Green says citations will replace arrests for minor offenses. The Think Before You Drink plan also bans drinking in parking ramps after the game and halts tailgating two hours post game.
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Clark Cahill
Iowa City
Johnson County
Lonny Pulkrabek
University of Iowa
US Public Safety
Chuck Green
Green
Kinnick Stadium
Johnson
Pulkrabek
Cedar Rapids Police Buy Final Batch of Crown Victorias
The Cedar Rapids Police Department spends 256,631 dollars on its last batch of Crown Victoria Police Interceptors. Ford will stop making the model, leaving decisions on future replacements to Fleet Services Manager Dennis Hogan within the next month.
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G.R. Police
Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Ford
Crown Vic
Dennis Hogan
Linn County
Impala
Iowa City
Iowa State Patrol
UI Off CampUS Housing Fill As Iowa Campus Hits Record New Students
The University of Iowa plans off campus housing for about 200 first year students as a record enrollment of 4500 freshmen is expected. The Lodge apartment complex houses up to 160 beds and will run like a residence hall with UI staff.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
University
University Housing
von Stange
Stange
Jacob Lane
Muscatine Community College
Officials: Child playing with lighter starts fire
Cedar Rapids fire officials report a child sparked a house fire Monday morning at 411 30th St SE. More than a dozen firefighters arrived about 8:50 a.m. to find flames in a back room. A mother and two children escaped before crews extinguished the three-foot blaze near curtains.
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Cedar Rapids
30Th St. Dr. SE
John Pulver
Pulver
Warrant issued for Fortner in Council Bluffs murder case
Council Bluffs police issued an arrest warrant for Chad Fortner 20 on first degree murder and related charges in the weekend attack that killed Alejandro Sanchez 28 of Omaha and left Iyair Solis Marin severely injured. The victims had stopped at a Council Bluffs home to visit an unidentified woman.
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Omaha
Chad Fortner
Alejandro Sanchez
Iyair Solis Marin
Sanchez
Solis-Marin
Marion
Scott Elam
Elam
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