Snow Haul Trucker Strikes Wire Causing Cedar Rapids Outage
A truck pulling snow knocked a guy wire in southwest Cedar Rapids halting power to about 215 customers from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The outage affected Public Works and the County Administrative Office Building and was followed by routine repairs.
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Cedar Rapids
City Public Works Department
Tom Petersen
IES Utilities
Petersen
Mike Strope
Strope
Police warn of counterfeit $20 bills in Marion area
Marion police alert residents to look out for counterfeit twenty dollar notes after six bills were found. Two were passed at Marion Hy-Vee, one at HandiMart, two at Phar-Mor, and one at Farmer's State Bank in Lindale Mall. four bore serial H03344040A and two bore H43169352B.
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Marion
Farmer’s State Bank
Marion Hy-Vee
HandiMart
Phar-Mor
Lindale Mall
Acquitted Woods faces federal ammunition charge
Edward Woods of Center Point, previously acquitted on state charges, remains jailed in Linn County on a federal felon in possession of ammunition charge. Authorities seized the ammunition and other items from Woods’ home Feb 11 under a search warrant.
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Dick Hogan
Edward Woods
Center Point
Woods
Linn County
U.S. Marshal’s Office
Toys that teach diversity through culture in Iowa City
Enedina Vazquez uses multicultural toys to educate children about world cultures. At Elike Traditions in Hall Mall, Miranda Akyea creates African dolls dressed in Kente cloth, sparking curiosity and conversation about African traditions as children learn through play.
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Vazquez
Iowa
Elike
Hall Mall
Iowa City
E. College St
Miranda Akyea
Elike Traditions
Akyea
Africa
Thomson Reynolds Vie For House Seat In Iowa Special Election
Linn County Republicans nominate Rosemary Thomson after three ballots to run for the District 51 seat. Marion Democrat Frank Reynolds secures the rival nomination as party lines shift after Mary Lundby resigns to join the Iowa Senate. The special election is set for January 10 with Thomson and Reynolds pledging education and job focus.
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Thomson
Meadowview Dr
Loras Schulte
Tom Dineen
Greg Hapgood
Marion
Marion City
Reynolds
Rockwell
Brown
Lundby
House
Special elections hit Linn County costs in fiscal year
Linn County faces nearly 72000 dollars in three special elections for sheriff and to fill legislative vacancies, nearly matching the general election spend. Officials cite higher profile races, more precincts and voters, and the use of bonds on ballots as drivers, with Johnson County noting a statewide rise in off cycle elections. Political experts predict the trend may reverse but see no quick fix to the rising price tag.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Linn County
Iowa
Linda
Tom Stockett
Johnson County
Arthur Miller
University of Iowa
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East Iowa Journal
Kettle
Cedar Rapids Salvation Army
Salvation Army
C Ave
Optimist Club
By Darain Metz
Enedina Vazquez
Gazette
Linda Kahibaugh
Ken Sullivan
Douglas Neumann
Linn-Mar
U.S. Department of Education
National Advisory Council On Women’s
Jim Thomson
19Th St
Rosemary Thomson
Frank Reynolds
Democrat
Linn
Miller
Soah
County Auditors
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