Local Government Meetings and Holiday Events Schedule
A December 22 calendar lists Morning to evening meetings across Cedar Rapids Linn County including Five Seasons Center Commission City Council Linn County Supervisors and school board. Evening events feature Victorian Christmas at Brucemore with varied admission and a Jefferson High School music concert at the school auditorium.
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Five Seasons Center Commission
Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Jefferson High School
Ladora murder trials moved to Linn County
Three Mahaska County men charged with the murder of Carl Wiedemeier will be tried in Linn County rather than Towa County. Joseph Fowler Terry Fowler and David Clark have separate trials to be held March 7 March 28 and May 2 respectively. Collett faces a 50 year term after pleading guilty to second degree murder.
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Donna Lee
Gazette
Towa
Marengo
Towa County
Ladora
Linn County
Iowa County District Court
Larry Conmey
Mahaska County
Carl F. Wiedemeier
John L. Collett
Fremont
Joseph Fowler
Terry Fowler
Rose Hill
David Clark
Oskaoosa
Sulave
UF Eta
Conmey
Collett
Clark
Iowa County
Benton County
Waterloo couple convicted in murder for hire scheme
Vanessa Shelton reports a Waterloo pair Mary and Steven Peterson were found guilty by a federal jury of taking part in a murder for hire plot to silence a police informant. The verdict followed about ten hours of deliberation with sentencing set for February 5.
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Vanessa Shelton
Statf
Evansdale
Waterloo
Mary
Steven Peterson
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
All Men
Cheney
Peterson
Larry Stocks
Curtis Dean
Stephanie Ober
Cedar Falls
Petersons
Obering
Stocks
Linn supervisors recount Cedar Rapids bond result and votes
The Linn County supervisors canvassed the Dec 15 Cedar Rapids Recreation Center bond issue finding 227 more ballots 221 of them no votes. The revised tally shows yes 1277 no 7185 total 8462 15.1 percent approval and 13.3 percent turnout. Police seek help locating a hit and run driver who struck Julie Ryan in downtown Cedar Rapids and left the scene. Ryan 39 hospital in good condition with a leg injury. Also Mare n go awaits a two member board until a successor to Robert Buelow is named by a county trio following his death. Buelow served two terms ending 1982 and 1984 to present.
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Linn
Cedar Rapids Recreation Center
Cedar Rapids
Julie Ryan
Hawks Haven Road
Third Avenue
Third Street
Fourth Street
Ryan
Mercy Hospital
Louis Stepanek
Board of Supervisors
Robert Buelow
Buelow
Shirley Dye
The
Gazette
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Linn County Historical Committee
Mariah City Council
C.R
Barabara Moore
Mercy
St. Luke's Hospitals
Moore
Apex« Systems
Smzen
Panasonic
Neo
Toshiba
Ape
Carmen Sun
Rosoft
Ino's Quest
Arcales
Microsoft
Cute Warehou
3Rd Ave
Mary Peterson
Thomas Cheney
Minneapolis
Evansdale Police Department
Guage David Hansen
Iowa
Iowa Co
Janu
Ary. Buelow
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Schwinn’ Air-Dyne
Hall Sir Win
Second Ave
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