I 380 progress near Urbana in Benton County
Work underway on Interstate 380 north of Cedar Rapids with the first graded segment near Urbana. Iowa DOT district engineer Bob Henely said 2.4 more miles west of Center Point will be graded in spring and the Cedar Rapids to Highway 101 exchange section should be usable in 1984.
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Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Urbana
Waterloo
Linn-Benton County
Bob Henely
Iowa Department of Transportation
Center Point
Henely
Highway 101
County Blacktop
Men accused of assault named in damage suit
Ronald Cleppe files a $125000 damage suit in Linn District Court alleging he was intentionally struck by five men at the Double C Bar in Ely on Oct 7. Defendants Edward H. Marvin John W. Gudin Wilbur J. Menard Randy L. Gooden and Donald L. Bates allegedly assaulted him as individuals or a group causing serious injury property damage and lost wages. Cleppe seeks $75000 in compensatory damages and $50000 in punitive damages.
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Linn District Court
Ely
Ronald Cleppe
Edward H. Marvin
John W. Gudin
Wilbur J. Menard
Randy L. Gooden
Donald L. Bates
Cleppe
Mass Battle at Marye’s Heights Kills and Wounds Thousands
On this date in 1862, about 11,000 Northern soldiers were killed or wounded in the battle at Marye's Heights near Fredericksburg Virginia as Confederate forces held their line.
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Marye's Heights
Fredericksburg
Iowa Supreme Court Extends Courtroom Camera Experiment
Justice J L Larson of the Iowa Supreme Court said the extension to the one year trial of cameras and tape recorders in Iowa courtrooms is not a ruling in favor of the practice. The court will seek feedback from judges and lawyers before any permanent decision.
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Des Moines
J.L. Larson
Iowa Supreme Court
Iowa
Larson
High Court
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Terrance Webb
Sioux City
Calls for More Reporter Police Cooperation in Iowa
The Iowa Freedom of Information Council urges closer ties between reporters and police to ease access to public records. Ed Blinn cites misunderstandings of the public records law and a 61 percent friction perception among journalists as reasons for proposed FOI guidance and a training course.
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Bruce Kanner
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Freedom of Information Council
Ed Blinn
Iowa State University
Blinn
Iowa Daily Press Association
Barbara Meek
Des Moines Register and
Tribune Co
Zoning Meeting in Independence Sets Variance Hearings
A public meeting is set for p.m. on Dec 22 in the supervisors’ room at the courthouse to consider 17 variance requests to the Buchanan County Zoning Ordinance. The lots involved include Pint’s additions east of Independence and Pint’s Second Addition, all in R-1 districts with minimum one acre lot sizes. Donald Schoentag of Hazleton seeks variances to A-1 rules limiting lot size to three acres and yard area requirements for two lots.
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Independence — A
Buchanan County
Buchanan
Independence
Donald Schoentag
Hazleton
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