Cedar Rapids ranked 21st in national child-raising index
Cedar Rapids is listed as the 21st best city to raise children in a Washington based Zero Population Growth ranking evaluating 219 cities on health education economics crime and environment Naperville Illinois ranked first Des Moines Iowa placed 56th top 10 also includes Overland Park Irvine Plano Fargo Madison Sterling Heights Ann Arbor Livonia and Sioux Falls Bottom five are Hartford St Louis Newark Detroit and Gary
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Coralville Lake study finds no cost effective improvements
Army Corps of Engineers study on Coralville Lake, run May 1996 to May 1998, finds no proposed changes meet the standard of one dollar saved per one dollar spent. Study manager Clarice Sundeen notes current procedures outrank suggested options such as year round dam outflow. In separate Johnson County case, Jay Shaw faces assault on a police officer charge after allegedly shoving City Chief R J Winkelhake in Coralville City Hall lobby on August 6. Shaw’s son Eric was shot by an Iowa City officer on August 30.
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Coralville Lake
Army Corps of Engineers
Clarice Sundeen
Sundeen
Jay Shaw
Johnson County
Coralville
Shaw
Iowa City
R.J. Winkelhake
Coralville City Hall
Eric
Winkeshake
Branstad to lead Coggon economic development forum
Gov. Terry Branstad will chair a community discussion on sharpening local economic development with state officials. The 7 p.m. forum at Coggon Opera House on Main Street is expected to last 90 minutes to two hours.
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Terry Branstad
Opera House
Coggon
Branstad
Eric Woolson
State Department of Economic Development
Iowa
Woolson
Cedar Rapids to expand curbside recycling citywide
The city plans a public hearing September 10 on a solid waste amendment to launch full curbside recycling by spring or summer. The program will collect plastics, metal, cardboard, newspaper, magazines, chipboard and paper with a plastic container limit and a $1.25 sticker for extra bins. Open houses will explain the rollout to 4 900 homes this spring and about 4 200 more in October.
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Douglas Neumann
Cedar Rapids
Mark Jones
Jones
Iowa City man charged after dog shot at trailer court
Keith J. Stepanek 45 faces discharging a firearm and weapon carrying charges after firing a 12 gauge shotgun at least three times at Thatcher Trailer Court in Iowa City seriously injuring a dog that had bitten a child. Dog euthanized. rabies test pending.
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Keith J. Stepanek
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Thatcher
Mike Lord
Rusty Phelps
Rapids School District expands Internet access for 32 schools
The Rapids district installs a districtwide network this summer, enabling Internet and e-mail for 1,800 new computers across 32 schools. Harding Middle School adds 50 stations with a 40 unit lab to come, and training with parental consent will govern student use. The network includes faculty e-mail for about 1,100 staff and a Jefferson High School technology center with modular labs and flight simulators. Some sites like College Community and Marion already run district networks, while Linn-Mar works to finish ICN classroom connections by June 30.
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Becky Stover
Gazette
Rapids
Russ Novotny
Harding Middle School
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Harding
Denny Kohl
Kohl
Jefferson High School
Tion
Jim Cox
Cox
Novotny
Cedar Rapids
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Linn-Mar
Rights advocate highlights local action on women’s rights
Cindy Hadish reports Seble Dawit of Boston spoke to over 150 at Linn County Women’s Equality Day at the National Czech & Slovak Museum marking 77 years since the 19th Amendment. Dawit praised Linn County Women of the Year Corky Nydle Edith Atkinson Dr Julianne Thomas and Sister Cathleen Real for advancing local access to housing jobs and opportunities for women and girls. She contrasted U S civil rights with global human rights and cited ongoing issues including political prisoners and police violence.
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Cindy Hadish
Seble Dawit
Boston
Linn County
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
Dawit
Corky Nydle
Edith Atkinson
Julianne Thomas
Cathleen Real
University of Iowa
Iowa
United States
Circus performs with few animals amid Iowa suspension
A five ring King Royal Circus toured Strawberry Point under a 21 day USDA suspension after an elephant death, performing mainly with horses. The show and its itinerary were affected as officials investigate owner John Davenport’s handling and refunds were offered to sponsors including Berry Tender Child Care Center.
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John Davenport
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Davenport
Michael Dunn
Albuquerque, N.M
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Jane Kennedy
Janine Malone
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
New Technology Center
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U.S
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Real
Catherine McAuley
Strawberry Point
Adam Lowenstein
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