Funds established for Sutliff Bridge in Iowa City
The Sutliff Bridge Authority opens two funds at the Community Foundation of Johnson County to preserve and enhance the bridge area. The plan follows a 3 2 county vote to rebuild the damaged span with federal and state support estimated at 1.7 million plus 440 thousand for code upgrades. Design work by VJ Engineering in Coralville aims to finish by May.
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Iowa City
Sutliff Bridge
Sutliff Bridge Authority
Community Foundation
Johnson County
Johnson County Conservation Board
Board of Supervisors
Coralville
State of the City Lunch with Mayor Corbett Cedar Rapids
Reservations for the 21st annual State of the City lunch are due Wednesday for the March 2 event at The Hotel Kirkwood Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mayor Ron Corbett speaks at noon and takes questions. Tickets cost 30 dollars for individuals and 280 dollars for an eight-seat table, with reservations through Ann Bromley at 319 393 1549 for the League of Women Voters of Cedar Rapids Marion.
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Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Kirkwood Center
Corbett
Ann Bromley
League of Women Voters
Marion
Cedar Rapids mayor touts specific tax ballot language
Mayor Ron Corbett defended the May 3 ballot set to extend Cedar Rapids 1 percent local option sales tax for 20 years. Revenue would fund flood protection, street improvements, and property tax relief with 50 40 and 10 percent allocations respectively.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Corbett
Justin Shields
Chuck Wieneke
Barbour frames farming ties in Iowa visit
Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour spoke at the Iowa Statehouse stressing farm subsidies must be part of federal spending talks. He touted his farmer roots saying his family has farmed for 140 years and that he remains a farm-state voice while weighing a 2012 GOP bid.
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James Q. Lynch
Des Moines
Mississippi
Haley Barbour
Barbour
Iowa
Washington County man sentenced to 50 years in murder case
James Blum, a former Wellman City Council member, was found guilty of second degree murder in the death of his wife Patricia Blum in Washington County District Court. He held her head down on sofa cushions causing asphyxiation and delayed calling 911. The court imposed a 50 year term with a 70 percent minimum before parole.
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Cedar Rapids
Cristy Hamblin
David L. Staab
Ridgeview Ct
Bertram
Bever Avenue
16Th Street
Second Avenue SE
Serafin Perez-Montoya
Oakland Rd
Perez- Montoya
Michael Edward
Fifth Ave
Fourth Avenue
14Th Street
Linn County
Perez-Montoya
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
the Gazette
Washington
Lower
Washington County
Will
James Blum
Patricia Blum
Blum
Wellman City
Patricia
Lowa
Sec
Vally
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