Mount Vernon approves 10-year levy for two new firetrucks
Mount Vernon voters narrowly back a 10 year tax levy 67.5 cents per $1000 assessed value to fund two volunteer fire department trucks. An unofficial Linn County count shows 178 in favor, 173 against with 17 percent turnout. One truck will replace a 28 year old pumper within a year. the second late in the levy period. Tax on a $70,000 home rises about $33 annually after rollback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
Linn County Auditor's Office
Dan Gaines
Rieflin Wolf-Dog Owners Place New Homes for Two
Gerald and Brenna Rieflin found new homes for two of their wolf-dogs after one attacked four children at Grant Wood Elementary. The wolf-dog involved in the incident was shot by a police officer. The last wolf-dog was taken Tuesday, removing danger but leaving their malamute lonely.
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Gerald and
Brenna Rieflin
Grant Wood
Rieflins
Gerald Rieflin
Decorah
Clinton County
Bronna Rieflin
Bronna
Cedar Rapids Kitchen Fire Displaces Woman
A Cedar Rapids woman, Viola Curtis, 84, was forced to stay with a neighbor after a kitchen fire sparked by a pilot light flex-tube at 6:11 p.m. at 1525 Eighth St NW. The fire was confined to the kitchen with smoke damage to the rest of the home. Curtis had no major injuries and the Fire Department continues investigation. In a separate case, Carl C. Jenkins, 45, was charged with first degree burglary after breaking into Sherri Henderson’s Cedar Rapids apartment at 3:05 a.m. and assaulting her with a 20 inch stick. Henderson sustained a arm wound and Jenkins is jailed on bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Ron Miller
Des Moines
Carl C. Jenkins
Henderson
Jenkins
Waterloo teen's murder trial delayed to May 2
The first degree murder trial of 15 year old Mason City girl Ruthann Veal is postponed in Black Hawk County District Court until May 2. Veal is charged with stabbing Catherine Haynes a 66 year old Waterloo resident in her home on July 16. Veal remains in custody as motions and trial prep proceed.
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Mason City
Black Hawk County
Ruthann Veal
Catherine Haynes
Waterloo
Teacher pledges 500000 for Marion library expansion
Marion Library Director Susan Kling receives a $500,000 pledge from former neighbor Nancy Miller a Cedar Rapids teacher and St Pius Elementary School veteran. The gift funds a proposed 4 million dollar library project contingent on a May bond issue vote. Miller cites legacy inheritance and commitment to reading and education as motives.
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Tom Fruehling
Gazette
Marion
Susan Kling
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Miller
Wyndham Dr. NE
St. Pius Elementary School
Scottie Ziesler
Miller
Manitowoc
Kling
Bowman Woods
Stephen Miller
Rockwell- Collins
Marion, Friends of the Library
City Square Park
Godfathers of forest spark DNR walnut dispute
Northeast Iowa report on the DNR harvesting 27 old 100 foot walnut trees in Pikes Peak State Park to raise 20400 dollars. Critics say the trees were priceless and the deed requires preservation. DNR argues harvesting aids land health and that funds may be needed amid budget pressures. Local residents doubt the decision and warn of a precedent.
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Aroue
Iowa
Martha Ni Munn
State Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Michael Carrier
DNR Parks, Recreation and Preserves
Mark Russo
McGregor Munn
Alexander McGregor
Mississippi River
United States
Congress
Pikes Peak State Park
Point Anne
Carrier
McGregor
Norm Lincoln
Lincoln
Russo
Bill Ritter
Ritter
Pikes Peak
Jury recalls Linn County jury to clarify malpractice verdict
In Linn County a state judge will hear a motion on March 4 to reform a verdict in a malpractice suit filed by Donald Weatherwax II of Cedar Rapids against Drs. Steven Griffith and Whealan Koontz. The jury awarded 96 134 dollars with 90 percent fault to Griffith and 10 percent to Koontz. Weatherwax claims the award should come from Koontz in full.
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Dick Hogan
Linn County
August Hansell
Donald Weatherwax II
Cedar Rapids
Steven Griffith
Whealen Koontz
Griffith
Koontz
Weatherwax
Iowa
Charles Brown
Tom Riley
Lawrence
Charles Blades
Brown and Riley
Blades
Cedar Rapids tests smart parking meters in downtown
Six meters in Cedar Rapids are being retrofitted with electronic components for a yearlong trial. City officials expect to convert about 706 meters to electronic operation over the next few years and decide whether to convert all 2,100 meters. The test meters show LCD time readouts and accept nickels dimes quarters and Easy-Park tokens.
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John Kirsch
Cedar Rapids
Fic
Mel Meyer
Meyer
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East Iowa Journal
Firetruck Levy
Curtis
Sherri Henderson
Sixth St
Linn
Veal
Brown, Healey, Stone and Sauer
Forest
By Val Swinton
U.S. Department of) Fish and Wildlife
Wat
Rikes Peak
Prairie In
Chien
Clayton
Hansell
Brown- Riley
Brown-Riley
Sara
Mercy Medical Center
Sara Weatherwax
Riley
C.R
Second Street
Fifth
Sixth Avenues
Norand Corp
Third Avenue
Second
Third Streets
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