Robberies in Cedar Rapids May Be Linked
Police tie Sunday robberies at Flowerama and Family Video to three earlier incidents over three days. A white or Hispanic man in his 20s or 30s with dark hair and a mustache wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and cap. He used a handgun, demanded cash and vehicle keys, and fled in a stolen car from Family Video.
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Steve Gravelle
le Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Flowerama
First Ave. SE
32Nd St. NE
John Phipps
Tim Daily
First Ave
HandiMart
Edgewood Rd
BP Convenience
Iowa City seeks grant for Iowa River pedestrian bridge
The city aims to obtain a 385 843 grant from the Iowa Department of Transportation to build a pedestrian and bicycle bridge over the Iowa River near the Butler Bridge on Dubuque Street. City pays 96500 and Coralville 32200 if funded. safety is the stated goal. The College Community school board plans a work session on district fitness data before tonight’s meeting at the Educational Service Center.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa River
Butler
Iowa City
Dubuque Street
Coralville
the College Community School Board
Educational Service Center
76Th Ave
Early Morning Gazette Route Delivers Despite Snow
Cedar Rapids driver Max Dyson begins a 65 mile shift from 2 to 5 30 a m delivering about 400 papers daily 500 on weekends through northeast Cedar Rapids Hiawatha and Linn County. He navigates slick streets with skill despite icy roads and housing developments and often must drive on the wrong side to reach roadside boxes.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Max Dyson
Dyson
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Linn County
the Gazette
Palo
Longtime Gazette motor route driver Max Dyson at 72
Max Dyson of Cedar Rapids has delivered Gazette papers for 35 to 40 years and still works about 21 hours weekly with a substitute for illness. He recalls two accidents and several acts aiding police and deputies, including reporting a drunk driver and a car stalled on Milburn Road. He recently handed over a small engine repair business to his son Shane.
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Dyson
Blairs Ferry Road
Hiawatha Police
Milburn
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
the Gazette
Shane
Meskwaki expansion on schedule ahead of plan
Betsy McCloskey of the Meskwaki Bingo Casino Hotel says the $100 million expansion is slightly ahead of schedule. Phase one adds a 900-slot annex set to open in April, with a 200-room hotel due next December along with a convention center and theater. The project includes a large parking garage and engineering building, and will reshape the hotel facade to unify the complex. Tribal leaders call it Iowa’s largest full-service destination resort.
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Orlan Love
the Gazette
Betsy McCloskey
Tama
McCloskey
Tribal Council
Homer Bear Jr
Iowa
Meskwaki Tribe Breaks Ground for Major Expansion
The Meskwaki Tribal Council held a late June ground-breaking ceremony for a project to nearly double the size of the Meskwaki Bingo-Casino Hotel near Tama. Officials announced plans in February 2004 and secured approval by referendum eight months later.
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Tama
Newstrack Monday follow ups with local newsmakers
Newstrack provides weekly follow ups on notable local figures and events. The Gazette outlines contact options for readers to submit inquiries and stories to Cedar Rapids based newsroom.
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the Gazette
P.O
Cedar Rapids
News
Gazettecommunications.com
Mystery postcard pinpoints Union Park in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids a 1910 postcard reads Union Park Cedar Rapids Ia. Rita and Larry Tharp seek the park’s location amid two creek options Indian Creek or Prairie Creek with Marion or southwest Cedar Rapids as possibilities. They note other era cards from Beaver Park and Ellis Park and dated mail from J K to Edna Kuhlinbergh.
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Cedar Rapids
Union Park
Edar Rapids
Rita
Larry Tharp
Larry
Indian Creek
Prairie Creek
Marion
Linn
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Beaver” Park
Ellis Park
Tharps
J.K
Edna Kuhlinbergh
Kuhlemberg
New London
Bever Park
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Dick.hogan
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Newstrack
Ramblin
Dave Rasdal
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