City seeks owner for blighted 1111 Second St seat house
Cedar Rapids building official Ed Winter requests the lawful owner of 1111 Second St SE, among 22 dilapidated dwellings, be identified before a January 20 City Council hearing on potential repairs or demolition. If unreachable, the house may remain until action is taken.
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Cedar Rapids
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Cedar Rapids Council Approves Bonded Project Additions
The Cedar Rapids City Council OKs two non city funded projects. Pittsburgh Des Moines Steel will issue 600000 in industrial development bonds for a 6000 square foot service center addition and 17 new staff. A January 13 public hearing will finalize the bond. The Police Academy add a classroom with a 65000 Hall Foundation grant.
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Christie Wallace
Cedar Rapids
Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel
Police Academy
Cedar Rapids Center
C Street
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Hall Foundation
Iowa high court rejects Luter appeal in drug conviction
Mary Luter of Cedar Rapids lost her appeal of a 1980 drug conviction before the Iowa Supreme Court. She pleaded guilty to possession with intent to deliver after agents seized heroin, cocaine, and marijuana at her 725 19th St SE residence, and the court ruled her guilty plea waived the warrant challenge.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Supreme Court
Mary Luter
High Court
Luter
19Th St. SE
Linn County District Court
Judge orders bar owner to honor discriminatory agreement
Linn District Court enforces parts of a 1960s race discrimination settlement with Carl M. Witt over Central Dispatch Lounge. Witt must pay 200 dollars to a black patron and write an apology, but posting non discrimination notices at the closed tavern cannot be fulfilled. A separate hearing considers five related complaints about service and pricing disparities at the bar.
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Linn District Court
Central Dispatch
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Carl M. Witt
Commission
Witt
August Hansell Jr
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Ida
City warns no permits for park wood cutting
City officials say no forestry cutting permits exist for park trees and no verbal permissions are valid. Thieves cut ninety five Cedar River trees last week, with most wood destined for landfill as a cost saving. City and airport officers will prosecute trespass, and airport wood is used for heating airport residences.
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Forestry Department
Dave Kramer
Cedar River
Kramer
Cedar Rapids
Roy Jameson
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