Grandfather clause could unhinge Cedar Rapids plastics zoning flap
Public hearings and neighbor protests over a Cedar Rapids plastics plant may be moot if the grandfather clause preserves American Sports Inc as a legal nonconforming industrial use at 2525 18th St SW. City planners review 1979 Kelly Radiator Co. activity to determine if zoning allowed ongoing operation.
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C.R
Mark Glenn
Cedar Rapids
American Sports Inc
18Th St
Kelly Radiator Co
Kelty
American Sports
Salyer
Planning Department
Kelly
MorAmerica
David Schroder
City urges Cedar Rapids residents to cool ashes before disposal
Cedar Rapids sanitation trucks ignited by smoldering ashes prompted a safety plea from Sanitation Department head Dick Gates. He notes more hot ashes in spring and fall and urges homeowners to cool ashes completely in a metal container with a lid and relocate them away from the home.
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Mark Glenn
Cedar Rapids Sanitation
City Sanitation Department
Dick Gates
Gates
Bowman
Police Department
Cedar Rapids
Phil Saunders
Saunders
Shotgun Robber Targets Anamosa Town Tap
Anamosa police search for a man armed with a shotgun who robbed the Town Tap tavern on Main Street near dawn Tuesday. The suspect wore a maroon ski mask a blue hoodie and blue jeans. he fled after the owner opened. The amount stolen was undetermined.
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Anamosa
Main Street
David Phelps
City Hall to hire outside investigator for civil rights probe
Cedar Rapids officials move to hire an independent consultant to review the Civil Rights Commission after claims of neglected investigations. The cost is pegged under 2000 dollars as the consultant, with a history mediating at Wounded Knee and Skokie, prepares to begin inquiries next week.
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Mark Grenn
Cedar Rapids
City Civil Rights Commission
Commission
Donald Canney
Eugene Jackson
Iowa
Floyd Jones
Jackson
Linda Winston
Wounded Knee
S.D
Skokie
Ill
the Gazette
Canney
Corenne Liabo
Winston
Linbo
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Marilyn Hodges
Mount Mercy College
Joliet
Mount Mercy
Jane Wilsher
Phelps
C.R. Commission
Hoover
H.P
All Steel
Powerful Steel Ag
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