Linn County approves meth precursor sales limit ordinance
The Gazette reports Cedar Rapids police and the Linn County Sheriff welcome a new ordinance effective April 1 to curb methamphetamine production. It limits daily purchases of certain cold medicines and fuel, requires behind counter or locked display, and logs customer details. enforcement is education rather than tactics.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Sheriff's Office
Brent Long
Police seek Corey Moore in connection with December robbery
Police ask for tips to locate Corey Moore 32 with warrants for second degree robbery and child support failure. He is one of three suspects in a December incident where a white van blocked Center Point Road NE and three assailants jumped a 27 year old man, with minor injuries and a theft of cash and a phone. Call Crime Stoppers at 1 800 CR CRIME.
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Corey Moore
Moore
Center Point Road
Shanda Mims
Chicago
College Community Announces Friday Satellite Voting
Voters in the College Community district may cast ballots Friday at Prairie High School 401 76th Ave SW from 2 to 8 pm outside the cafeteria. Propositions totaling 35 million seek bonds for a new Grades 7–9 school and land purchase plus a 5.5 million arts auditorium. Proposition B depends on A. Bond election set for March 15.
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Prairie High School
76Th Ave
College Community School District
Prairie
Proposition B
Major firms bid for four rental counters at Eastern Iowa Airport
Avis Enterprise Hertz and National submit bids for four rental car concessions at The Eastern Iowa Airport. Hertz offers a 36 month minimum of 1.125 million, National 527,940, Avis 506,772, and Enterprise 454,680 with monthly guarantees and 12 month figures. Airport manager Don Swanson says spaces will be allocated by each bidder’s share.
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Jimmie Presley
the Gazette
Iowa
George C. Ford
Gazette
Ecar Rapids
Avis
Enterprise Rent
Hertz Corp
National Car Rental
Hertz
National
Enterprise
Don Swanson
Richard Broome
Cedar Rapids
Broome
UI students accuse UI of withholding records on animal research
Iowa City two University of Iowa students claim the UI is not fully disclosing records related to animal research in violation of the Iowa Open Records Law. The two activists say they were not involved with the Animal Liberation Front which claimed the Seashore Hall and Spence Labs break-ins on November 13 and 14. They pressed officials to release records. UI says it has provided all requested documents. Stormont and Jacobson from Virginia and New York seek further access and criticize the university for hypocrisy in enforcing the law.
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the Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Iowa
Leana Stormont
Jim Jacobson
Animal Liberation Front
Seashore Hall
Spence Labs
Stormont
Steve Parrott
Alexandria
Jacobson
Scarsdale
N.Y
The
Gazette
Readers debate name for frozen slush clumps behind tires
In a humorous reader poll the clumps behind car tires drew many nickname options from readers. Fenderberg emerged as a semi official term while others proposed booger chunk warts snords and snow goobers. The column notes regional variations and anecdotal rules about disposal.
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Rich Hall
Fenderberg
Dave Barry
Eastern
Iowa
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