Library board backs Gazette KCRG site for downtown library
Cedar Rapids library board votes 5-3 to recommend building a new downtown library on The Gazette and KCRG-TV9 site across from the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art near Greene Square Park. City Council set final decision for Feb 24. Emerald Knights block was narrowly rejected.
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Adam Belz
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
St. Martin Land Co
KCRG
Greene Square Park
Susan Corrigan
Library Board
Landfill fee pull faces City Council on asbestos debris
ALS Sinclair notes the Solid Waste Agency did not accept the council suggestion to drop fees for asbestos laden debris. The report cites plans for surface parking at Peoples Church site and highlights supporters Corrigan Doug Elliott Hilary Livengood Matthew Wilding Phyllis Fleming. Livengood and Fleming are former Gazette employees.
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Sinclair
Solid Waste Agency
Peoples Church
Third Ave
Corrigan
Doug Elliott
Hilary Livengood
Matthew Wilding
Phyllis Fleming
The
Gazette
KCRG
Livengood
Fleming
Iowa City woman slain in Chicago
Maryrosa Russell-Green, 44, an Iowa City resident and mother of three, and her boyfriend Charles King, 28, were shot to death in their car in the Gresham neighborhood on South Morgan Street. Police say a vehicle drove up and opened fire around 6:30 p.m. both victims died at a hospital.
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Cynthia Dizikes
Cago Tribune
Chicago
Maryrosa Russell-Green
Iowa City
Gresham
Russell-Green
Yolanda Swift
Iowa
Carla Harmon
Charles King
King
South Morgan Street
Advocate Christ Medical Center
Oak Lawn
Larry
Joann Anderson
Russell Green
Cedar Rapids police overtime tops fifty thousand in flood patrol
Cedar Rapids Police Chief Greg Graham notes overtime pay from flood patrol has boosted officers. About 35 of 200 sworn officers earned $20,000 plus in overtime, with four exceeding $50,000, and Officer Mark Asplund totaling $71,047 in extra wages. Senior non command officers get first overtime opportunity under the union contract.
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Gazellée
Edar Rapids
Greg Graham
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Mark Asplund
Heinz Unveils Dip and Squeeze Ketchup Packet
Heinz introduces a major redesign of its ketchup packet with a cup-like base for dipping and a tear-off end for squeezing. The new packet holds three times as much ketchup, tests in the Midwest and Southeast, and will cost slightly more than traditional packets while continuing to offer the old design.
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H.J. Heinz Co
Dave Ciesinski
Heinz Ketchup
Heinz
United States
Midwest
Heinz 1968 ketchup packet introduced worldwide sales
Heinz launched the ketchup packet in 1968 and now sells about 11 billion packets annually. That totals roughly two packets per person on Earth. The company uses over 2 million tons of tomatoes yearly, more than any rival, and a new packet contains the equivalent of three traditional packets.
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Heinz
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