Deaf aid via TDD devices deployed in Linn County
Linn County deputies and Area Ambulance receive two $600 Telecommunications Devices for the Deaf. The units with a typewriter keyboard and paper printout help deaf callers reach law enforcement or fire services. Dispatchers connect the caller’s line to the TDD and printouts relay the needs and address.
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Linn County
Sheriff's Office
Area Ambulance
Cedar Rapids Quota Club
Greater Cedar Rapids Sertoma Club
Brenton Bank
William May
Sheriff's Department
Radio Room
May
Linn
Mau
Jefferson High School floods delay classes
Water line break under a transformer room flooded Jefferson High School three to four feet deep Wednesday morning spilling into the transformer area. A frozen underground pipe split, triggering repairs and a power shutoff for about half a day. Repair costs could reach $1,000 with pumping and generator rentals.
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Jefferson High School
Gerry Yeggy
Yeggy
Nash Finch aids Linn County families with Christmas bags
The Nash Finch Co. of Cedar Rapids provides 500 Christmas food bags to Linn County families. Each bag includes pork fritters, vegetables, cookies, cereal, a chicken, soup, fruit, and 20 pounds of potatoes for distribution with regular weekly supplies to about 1,100 participants of the Linn Human Services Emergency Survival Needs Committee.
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Linn County
Nash Finch Co
Cedar Rapids
Linn Human Services Emergency Survival Needs Committee
$1 a year reserves eyed to aid Hiawatha Police
Buck a year reserve officers may join Hiawatha Police by next fall to boost a four full time and two part time force. Five volunteers would train 80 hours at Linn County program with $38 cost each, carrying guns and issuing citations under supervision.
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Rick Smith
Hiawatha
Linn County
Marion
Coralville
Keith Kress
Dave Saari
Bernie Reuter
Greg Brown
Brown
Saari
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Steve West
City Hall
Tom Patterson
Free Christmas calls offered at Witwer Senior Center
The Witwer Senior Center will offer free long distance calls to relatives and friends this Saturday. Four phones in the Council on Aging offices on the Witwer Building’s second floor will be available. Teleconnect Co of Cedar Rapids provides the service with staff on hand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Witwer Senior Center
Council On Aging
Witwer
Teleconnect Co
Cedar Rapids
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