UPS workers avoid disaster after benzaldehyde spill
Quick action at UPS loading station in Coralville prevented serious harm when a package broke open spilling benzaldehyde. Eight employees sought medical care for throat irritation but returned to work as the Johnson County HazMat team cleaned the scene.
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United Parcel Service
UPS
Quarry Rd
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Iowa City
Coralville
Gary Kinsinger
Kinsinger
Johnson County
Decorah Man Wins Top Iowa Lottery Prize
Decorah resident Wes Wicks, 52, won the $100,000 top prize from the Iowa Lottery Cash Game with a $1 ticket bought before his Navy son’s deployment. He plans to keep working at Wicks Construction and continue his thrifty habit of buying a lottery ticket every Wednesday and Saturday.
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Decorah
Wes Wicks
Wicks
Wicks Construction
All Iowa Fair and Music Fest Receives Grant Funds
State Treasurer Michael Fitzgerald announced a $9,500 grant for the All Iowa Fair and Music Fest to support the county fair and improvements to the fairgrounds. Funds, sourced from lottery profits, require dollar-for-dollar matching from the All Iowa Agricultural Association to build a security fence around the grandstand and race track and to upgrade wiring.
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Michael Fitzgerald
All-Iowa Agricultural Association
Boundary changes proposed for new Coralville elementary school
Johnson County students west of Highway 965 and Golfview Mobile Home Court may attend the new Coralville elementary school opening August 1997. Two boundary plans P and Q would shift students from Kirkwood Coralville Central and Lincoln elementaries. Public hearings set for Feb 20 and Apr 2 with a board vote on Apr 23.
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North Liberty
Golfview
Coralville
Iowa City
Kirkwood
Coralville Central
Lincoln
Cityline
Red tape delays Marion 35th Avenue road plan
The proposed 2.2 million extension of 35th Avenue from Indian Creek Road to 10th Street will be postponed one year after federal funding targeted for 80 percent of costs is unavailable. The Linn County Regional Planning Commission rejected the funding request, since 35th Avenue is not on the federal aid eligible list. City officials will seek to add it to the federal list, though not before the council meeting on 3B.
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Lonnie Zingula
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Jeff Schott
Erv Mussman
35Th Avenue
Iowa Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Cedar Rapids Council Manager Plan Gets Support
A Cedar Rapids group named Citizens for the Council-Manager Form of Government unveiled at City Hall. They back replacing the 1908 commission system with a council-manager model and host a public forum March 5 at the Public Library Beems Auditorium. Voters face three options on March 12 including the current commission system and a strong-mayor charter.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
P.T. Larson
Citizens For
City Hall
Carol Martin
Martin
Darrell Walters
Ruth Martwig
Charter Commission
Zoning panel rejects plan for bypass apartments
The Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended denying Barry Smith’s request to rezone 18.2 acres for 372 units including 13 four unit buildings 13 16 unit buildings and a 48 unit hotel along Marion Highway 100. Neighbors oppose multifamily housing adjacent to single family homes ahead of March 7 City Council hearing.
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Lonnie Zingula
Marion
Highway 100
Planning and Zoning Commission
Barry Smith
South 22Nd Street
Pleasantview
Apartment View
Jeff Schnieders
Pleasantviewer
Kevin Engel
Pleasantview Dr
Jim Cooper
Smith
Paralysis can't hold Marion man back
Kerry Goettsch, once top tenth in his Linn-Mar High class and headed for Iowa State, was paralyzed from a diving accident on Rice Lake Wisconsin. He spent months in Minneapolis and Golden Valley rehab and now pursues intensive therapy at home and in Minnesota to regain arm and chest strength while planning to attend college and work.
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Tom Fruehling
Lazelle
T'S
Kerry Goettsch
Kerry
Linn-Mar High School
Iowa State University
Kyle Ledger
25Th Ave
Marion
Linn-Mar
Don
Nancy Erickson
Rice Lake
Wisconsin
Jackson Brandenburg
Minneapolis
Courage Center
Golden Valley
Minn
Ken
Twin Cities
Kathy Young
Laurie Skrivan
Gazette
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OWA Journal
MS Inan
Mariof
Sheila Billington
Grant Wood Elementary School
Brian Litts
Wood
Farmers State Bank
Eighth Ave
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