Marion school facilities upgrade capped at 9.58 million
Marion Independent school board voted to cap expenditures for a districtwide three year facilities upgrade at 9.575 million, about 230000 more than prior estimates and 1.6 million over the 1997 bond plan. Funding comes mainly from bond interest 621000, plant fund 423000, and general fund transfer 300000.
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Marion Independent School Board
Marion
David Bradley
Starry
Francis Marion
Toddville woman charged after mug attack on child and deputy
Robin R. Robertson a 37 year old Toddville woman faces charges including child endangerment assault causing bodily injury domestic abuse assault on a peace officer and drunken driving. The Linn County complaint says she struck her live in partner then her 3 year old daughter with a mug causing bruising and swelling and pushed deputy Jeff Harnish during a failed exit from the residence.
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Toddville
Linn County
Robin R. Robertson
Robertson
Christopher Hubbard
Kelsey
Jeff Harnish
Woman slips into Cedar River bank near 12th Avenue Bridge
Police say Kim Schloss-King, 38, slipped and fell onto the rocky riverbank beneath Cedar Rapids 12th Avenue Bridge. A passerby found her on the shore around 7:30 p.m. and she was treated at Mercy Medical Center for minor injuries and released.
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Broubheport
Cedar River
Cedar Rapids
Kim Schloss-King
12Th Avenue Bridge
Charles Mincks
Schloss-King
Mercy Medical Center
Five displaced by Onslow mobile home fire
A fire destroyed a mobile home in Onslow leaving five people homeless, two adults and three children, according to Red Cross worker Renee Acker. No injuries were reported and the occupants were not identified. Onslow lies about 30 miles east of Cedar Rapids. fire department contact was not available Monday.
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Onslow
Red Cross
Renee Acker
The
Cedar Rapids
Fire Department
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FAA Funds Major Share Of Wright Brothers Boulevard Relocation
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission was told the FAA will pay 4 191 875 dollars or 58 percent of the 7 241 064 dollar cost to relocate and widen Wright Brothers Boulevard SW near The Eastern Iowa Airport. The project includes a four lane divided road from Sixth Street to west of Edgewood Road SW. The city seeks a 1 421 263 dollar RISE grant covering about 20 percent with the airport covering 6 percent and Cedar Rapids about 16 percent. Phase one should finish by October.
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Gazette Financial Editor
Iowa
Commission
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Edgewood Road
Wright Brothers Boulevard
Sixth Street
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
City of
Airport
Moving day for Etzel house on 32 acres near Alburnett
George Etzel watches as Goodwin House Moving crews lift his two story four bedroom home onto a new foundation off a gravel road southwest of Alburnett. He plans a costly renovation and expects to sell for big bucks while preserving privacy on a rural 32 acre parcel. The move is a once in a lifetime event after 75 years on the family home place built by Henry Etzel.
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ARION
George Etzel
Alburnett
George
Goodwin House
Washington
Iowa
Henry Etzel
Goodwin House Moving Co
Etzel
St. Peter's Road
East Otter Road
Iowa Hospitals fined seven thousand for record-keeping violations
The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Bureau fined University Hospitals 7000 for incomplete and untimely entries in the federally required workplace injury and illness log. UI can contest within 15 days. AFSCME Local 12 had expected up to 25000.
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Ives
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 12
Mary Bryant
Occupational Safety and Health Bureau
Bureau
Dietary Services
Marion priest placed on leave over alleged online chats with teen decoy
Archdiocese of Dubuque confirms Rev. Michael Fitzgerald of St. Joseph's Marion was put on leave for inappropriate Internet activity after Better A Millstone Inc. undercover findings. The 49-year-old priest, ordained in 1978, had chats with a decoy posing as a 13-year-old Iowa City youth and may return pending professional assessment.
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Marion Priest
Michael Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Marion
St. Joseph’s
Hanus
Fitzgerald
Cresco
Michael D. Jones
North Liberty
Better A Millstone Inc
Marion Parish
Jones
National Center For Missing and Exploited Children
America
Iowa
Better
Millstone
Barnes & Noble
Coral Ridge Mall
Rev
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
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OSHA
University
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By Rick Smith
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