Possible road rage case on I 80 near Atalissa
An Iowa State Patrol sergeant described the incident as a possible road rage. A Palo man reported a gun flashed at him by a driver in a sport utility vehicle on Interstate 80. A deputy stopped the other vehicle and found a semi-automatic handgun. No injuries or arrests. Charge decision to be sent to Cedar County attorney. Names not released.
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Iowa
Interstate 80
Atalissa
Rob Thomas
West Branch
Cedar County
Thomas
Cedar Falls
Manchester Man Charged in Dog's Death Abuse Case
An 18 year old Manchester man Douglas D. Scherbring was charged with intentionally destroying a black Labrador belonging to Dave and Deb Wendt on their rural Delhi farm. The incident occurred January 5 when Scherbring reportedly ran over the dog multiple times with a snowmobile on the Wendt property per Delaware County District Court information.
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Manchester
Douglas D. Scherbring
Dave
Deb Wendt
Delhi
Delaware County
Scherbring
Wendt
Cedar Rapids St Patrick's Day Parade Entries Due
Entries are due by March 3 for the 26th Annual Cedar Rapids St Patrick's Day Parade. The parade will be held Saturday March 17 in downtown Cedar Rapids. Sponsored by SaPaDaPaSo. Information calls 8574499 or 3633861 or website sapadapaso.org.
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Cedar Rapids
SaPaDaPaSo
Sapadapaso.org
Tax forms available at Cedar Rapids library system
The downtown Cedar Rapids Public Library and Westdale Mall branch provide basic state and federal tax forms with instructions. Downtown offers a CDROM station with over 6000 federal forms since 1994 and seven web stations for free downloading. Reservations are required for 55 minute blocks. call 398-5123.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Westdale Mall
Week Ahead Financial Meetings and Economic Data Schedule
Treasury bill auction Monday at 1 p.m. and January retail sales reports at 7:30 a.m. The Cedar Valley APICS chapter meets 6 p.m. in Cedar Rapids at Longbranch Restaurant. PM Institute chapters meet at Clarion Hotel Iowa City and Sheraton Four Points Cedar Rapids. Toastmasters and business associations gather midweek, plus Freddie Mac mortgage rates Thursday and housing starts Friday. Send notices to George Ford at The Gazette.
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Treasury
Commerce Department
Cedar Valley
APICS
Longbranch
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa
The
Project Management Institute
Clarion Hotel
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids Area Credit Association
Sheraton
Four Points
Watts
Alliant Tower
Downtown
Criabwa
American Business Women's Association
Bishops
Lindale Mall
Freddie Mac
Heritage Toastmasters
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Vermiculture duo turning waste to soil with worm magic
Dave and Deb Hofmann run a Swisher vermiculture operation turning trash into worm castings under the Back to Earth label. They diverted 156 tons of waste from landfills last year and reuse discarded materials from nearby businesses to cut costs and promote recycling. They host an open house March 16 at D&D Ranch near Swisher with contact details for vermicomposting information.
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Marlene Lucas
Wisher
Dave
Deb Hofmann
Hofmanns
Hofmann
Earl May Nursery & Garden
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Swisher
Frontier
D&d Ranch
D&d
Business Recycling Challenge at Collins Plaza Hotel
A Business Recycling Challenge will run 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 4 in part of the Collins Plaza Hotel ballroom. Fifteen Cedar Rapids area businesses will discuss waste recycling experiences sponsored by the Iowa Waste Exchange Bluestem Solid Waste Agency and the Iowa Waste Reduction Center.
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Goss Graphic Systems
Des Moines
Hofmanns
Rick Meyers
John Koch
Iowa Waste Exchange
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Meyers
Iowa Department of Transportation
Hunter Specialties Industries
West Music
Coralville
Frontier Herbs
Norway
Collins Plaza Hotel
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
Cedar Falls
Rmeyers
Kirkwood
Lowa
Gladden’s walls reveal a life in baseball and recycling
Lloyd Gladden of City Carton Co. in Iowa City showcases a passion for baseball with cards and a Williams print, plus a love of roses and golf. A former minor leaguer who signed with the Kansas City Royals in 1965, he left baseball in 1974 to pursue a real living, later moving into recycling sales and marketing. He planted roses at each workplace and now serves as marketing manager at City Carton Co. Inc., married with two children.
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Marlene Lucas
Iowa City
Lloyd Gladden
City Carton Co. Inc
Ted Williams
Larry Bird
University of Nebraska Cornhuskers
Gladden
Kansas City Royals
Evansville Triplets
Omaha Paper Stock
Jefferson Smurfit Corp
Nashville
Tenn
Jacksonville
Fla
Portland, Or
City Carton
Carol
Steven
Michelle
Old Capitol Kiwanis Club
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St. Pat’s Parade
Labor Department
Federal Reserve
George Ford
the Gazette
P.O
Georgef
Fylowa
East Iowa
John Kochlowa
Dave Hofmann
Deb
Gazette
Brian Ray
Mariene
Fyiowa
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