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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 2000
Page
9
Springville voter turnout reached about 20 percent as Rick Mysak won the two year unexpired council term with 61 votes. Write-in candidates Jake Hiner and Rick Heeren polled 54 and 32 votes respectively.
Marion officers charged Michael K Lange 42 of 701 Ninth Se Apt 8 with one degree burglary after a purse was taken from a parked SUV in the First United Methodist Church lot. A 9 year old boy provided a description, Lange was arrested nearby and faces public intoxication charges.
State Patrol reports Karla Vankooten, 31, her 3-year-old daughter Katie, and 5-month-old Benjamin were killed when Vankooten failed to stop at Highway 163 Eaton Avenue in Mahaska County. The vehicle was hit broadside by a Des Moines semi driver, Leslie Wilson, 48, who escaped injury.
Voters in the Western Dubuque school district defeat a 14.3 million bond aimed at easing crowding. Unofficial results show 2,428 in favor and 3,101 against, 60 needed. Turnout was 5,529 of 12,609 eligible voters across communities including Farley Cascade and Epworth.
Tipton Cedar County trial exposes contrasting accounts from Fountain and Stout versus witnesses Wells and Baylor over an April bar room altercation. Fountain admitted using a racial slur after being struck. Stout denied punching Baylor as the defense and prosecutors present closing arguments.
Cedar Rapids Gazette reports the death of 51 year old Mary Kathleen Moucka, longtime Arthur Elementary third grade teacher. An ambulance carried her from 2630 East Avenue NE to Mercy Medical Center where she died about three hours later from an apparent cause. Extra staff will be on hand for students and coworkers in the coming days.
Moncka of 2630 Northview Drive Marion collapsed before classes at Arthur Elementary School. Principal Vincent says she was beloved and talented and the district will support family, students, and staff. Crisis plan activated with counselors. funeral arrangements pending.
Cedar Rapids hosts the Regional Land Use Conference where officials urged cooperative planning for the I 380 corridor to prevent future problems. Johnson County Supervisor Jonathan Jordahl warned that without planning a mess could follow.
Cedar Rapids officials call for a March 8 public hearing on Nordstrom Oil Co. for a zoning change from R-3 to C-2 at Center Point Road and 82nd Street NE to accommodate a new HandiMart. Planning Commission backs the change despite the comprehensive plan showing housing nearby. Six houses would be removed if approved.
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