Cedar Rapids Welcomes New Dance Hall Lets Dance At Lindale Mall
Cedar Rapids opens its first new dance hall in decades as Lets Dance Cedar Rapids prepares to debut later this month at Lindale Mall. The Iowa State football team earned a Independence Bowl bid for December 27 against Arkansas or Alabama, while Iowa prepares for Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl under coach Kirk Ferentz.
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Ex comedian Vinson Champ appears in Johnson County Court
Ex comedian Vinson Champ faced a first degree kidnapping charge in Johnson County District Court on Monday. Anamosa resident Genny Koester aged 91 plans to quit playing her harmonica in public.
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Enron bankruptcy hits insurers Principal and AEGON
The Enron Corp bankruptcy filing will affect Principal Financial Group and AEGON nv financially. Details indicate potential impacts on their insurance businesses and exposure to Enron related assets.
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Artwork professor moonlights as jazz radio host at KCCK
Marion based art professor Bob Naujoks, known for Tomorrow Mount Mercy, works at KCCK radio by night and hosts two weekly jazz programs, neighbors report.
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McLeodUSA to swap debt for cash and stock in recapitalization
McLeodUSA Inc. announces a recapitalization with secured lenders and Forstmann Little. Bondholders would be offered at least 560 million in cash and 14 percent of post recapitalization stock for 2.9 billion of bonds. The plan reserves 300 million annual interest relief and funds cash via selling McLeodUSA Publishing Co. for 535 million. Forstmann Little to own roughly 45 percent of new equity. Series A preferred converts to common. Cedar Rapids headquarters and 1,400 local employees preserved. Steve Gray says employees customers and vendors unaffected.
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Cedar Rapids deer numbers rise amid urban sightings
Cedar Rapids outlook shows urban deer population climbing despite hunts in Iowa. Four-year trend since a municipal thinning effort links higher deer presence to more car deer incidents and damaged lawns, with 140 to 141 incidents reported yearly and thousands of hunters during the firearms season.
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Cities push to shift road funds toward high-density areas
Iowa city leaders from Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Dubuque form the Iowa Chamber Alliance to seek a new road use tax distribution in the 2002 legislative session. They want state and city shares raised toward 50 percent and 25 percent respectively, reducing county allocations. The effort follows concerns over funding distribution for growing populations.
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Israel vows war on terror and hits Arafat circles
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declares war on terror as Israeli airstrikes destroy two of Yasser Arafat’s helicopters in Gaza and strike West Bank targets. Ten Palestinians wounded near Arafat’s seaside headquarters. Tanks reportedly enter Gaza Airport as tensions rise.
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