New LeeBoy machine speeds Cedar Rapids snow cleanup
Cedar Rapids will deploy a $139,923 LeeBoy mobile force feed loader from Lee Industries to clear 18 miles of downtown lanes faster. The auger conveyor dumps snow into trucks, halving cleanup time from three to five days to one to three days and reducing overtime costs.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Streets Department
Greg Parker
Lee Industries
Denver
N.C
Parker
LeeBoy
Meet and greet with greyhounds in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Greyhound Adoption Inc invites adopters to a two hour meet-and-greet at Petco Marion from 1 to 3 p.m. Dogs are spayed or neutered vaccinated and have dental checks. Adoption fee is 175 dollars tax deductible. Contact John Cox for details.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Valley Greyhound Adoption Inc
Petco
Town Rd
Marion
Peg Baldus
John Cox
Aol
Civil suit targets Sunrise Dairy over manure discharges
The state alleges Sunrise Dairy Farms caused water quality violations in Coon Creek and Prairie Creek with illegal manure discharges. It seeks civil penalties up to 50 000 per count and up to 5 000 per day per violation plus injunctions. The action notes broken and plugged pipes, runoff from field-applied manure, and two unreported discharges.
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Sunrise Dairy Farms
Coon Creek
Prairie Creek
Bob Brammer
Attorney General's Office
Crane accident halts work on Arm strong Hall theater
An accident during crane operation halted work on the new theater add on Armstrong Hall as investigators prepare next week. Dawn Goodlove of Cornell says the $16 million fine arts project includes renovations to Armstrong and McWethy halls with six to nine months of work remaining. Martz, family man and Harley rider, leaves behind a wife and two stepsons as colleagues express support.
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Hahn
Armstrong Hall
Cornell
Dawn Goodlove
McWethy Hall
Goodlove
Good Love
Head Start to close three area programs by year end
HACAP heads will end Head Start services in Central City Center Point and Monticello at the close of the current school year to meet enrollment requirements and preserve federal funding. Remaining areas will handle demand, and new preschool models using licensed day care providers may replace the sites.
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Dick Hogan
Ine Gazette
Central City
Center Point
Monticello
Jane Drapeaux
Drapeaux
HACAP
Center
Point
United Church of Christ
Barbara Loop
Head Start
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Hawkeye
Trial date reset in C R slaying case in Cedar Rapids
The trial of Phyllis Nelson charged with first degree murder in the Dec 12 stabbing death of her husband Dr Richard Nelson, executive dean of the University of Iowa College of Medicine, is moved from March 11 to Sept 23. Final pretrial is Sept 12.
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Ne Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Phyllis Nelson
Thomas Horan
Nelson
William Kutmus
Des Moines
Richard Nelson
University of Iowa College of Medicine
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Donnie Lurch
Doug McArtor
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Sixth St
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Sunrise Dairy
DNR
Blaser
Frank Gluck
Frankg
Richard E. Johnston
Coldwell Banker Hedges Realty
Gileramt
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Kutmus
Harold Denton
Horan
Betsy Kutter
Betsyk
Phyllis Amelaar
Kenwood
al Athos
Athol
Enwood House
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Cepar
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Coralville
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