Council weighs pool site buy as city studies cost
Marion Park Board wins a council inquiry into buying land for a new municipal pool as aging Thomas Park facility nears end of life. The council will report back within 60 days on land costs while residents oppose Taube Park. A bond issue may be needed, with other projects competing for funds. John Jay born in 1745.
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Marion Park Board
William Grundy
Park Board
Thomas Park
Taube Park
Boyson Road
Marion
Grundy
William Nelson
Marion Planning and Zoning Commission Cuts Members
The Marion Planning and Zoning Commission voted to reduce its size from 11 to nine members. Three terms expire this month, with Pat Barry and Bob Holub and Willis Schnell facing turnover. Darrell Hennessey was named to replace Barry and Boyd Potter became secretary. Quorum remains at five.
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Marion Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
Jeff Schott
Citizens Planning Group
Working Planning Commission
Willis Schnell
Darrell Hennessey
Barry
Boyd Potter
Schott
Good weather aids river traffic
Weather this December has favored Mississippi River movement. Dick Sharp of the Rock Island Corps notes Dubuque as the only pool ice, with potential rapid changes if temperatures drop. The river typically closes in the third week of December, with last year’s Rock Island closure on December 26 and 29 at Lock and Dam 22 near Hannibal.
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U.S Army Corps of Engineers
Dick Sharp
Rock Island Corps
Dubuque
Rock Island
Hannibal
No leakage of radioactive materials on Iowa I 80 crash
A semitrailer jackknifed between Mitchellville and Altoona on Interstate 80 during sleet and freezing rain. Authorities said there was no leakage of radioactive materials and Iowa Department of Environmental Quality officials responded to the scene.
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Mitchellville
Iowa
Altoona
Iowa Department of Environmental Quality
Young Cedar Falls Man Killed in Grundy County Crash
Dennis Newman, 18, died after a car failed to negotiate a curve on a Grundy County road about two miles east of Wellsburg near Wellsburg. Police said the early morning crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. He was dead on arrival at Eldora hospital.
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Wellsburg
Cedar Falls
Grundy
Dennis Newman
Eldora Hospital
Marion Briefs and Upcoming School Board Meetings
Marion briefs note the Independent School Board meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Longfellow administration building and a regular meeting at 5 p.m. at the park office. Linn-Mar school board meets at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Educational Services Center. Fire call logged at 10:07 p.m. Tuesday on Southview Drive.
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Marion Independent School Board
Longfellow Administration
Board
Linn-Mar School Board of Directors
Educational Services Center
Southview Drive
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Alburnett
Hiawatha
Killian
Swank
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Cedar Rapids
Lindale Mall
Iowa City Mail
Warner Brothers
J.M. Steffenson
Fellowship Hall
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Gazette Company
Public Daily
Third Ave. SE
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Associated Press
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