Linn County residents warned on census and city directory scams
Linn County and Cedar Rapids officials warn residents about phone and door callers posing as census or city directory interviewers. Betty Robertson of R L Polk emphasizes they do not seek financial information or possessions. Callers asking such questions should be hung up.
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Linn County
Linn
Betty Robertson
R.L. Polk and Co
Cedar Rapids
Northwest
Ken Schriner
R.L. Polk
Robertson
Polk
Beware of calls asking for credit card numbers
Cedar Rapids police warn residents about a scam in which a man claiming to be a department store manager asks for credit card numbers to check for stolen cards. Do not reveal any card details over the phone. hang up and report suspicious calls. No recent actual thefts reported, but caution urged.
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Cedar Rapids
Barnes
Linn office addition bids below estimates
Ten contractors submitted bids for a three story addition to the county Administrative Office Building. Base bids ranged 262,390 to 296,732 with a low optioned total of 317,639 if eight options are chosen. The project supports storage for voting machines and county copying space at the west side of 930 First St. SW.
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Mary Burke
Azette County
Repc
Board of Supervisors
McConnell, Steveley
Anderson
Marion
el View Construction
Cedar Rapids
Kim Steveley
Steveley
Berry
County Copying Center
First St
Cub Scouts Awarded By Pack 58 In Marion
Pack 58 in Marion honors a list of Cub Scouts Brian Walker Chad Little Chris Siders Branwen Bourgeois Shad Clark John Buting Mark Eichinger Glaine Coleman Shawn Korns Scott McDonald Jesse Sodan Mark Ratzhoff Allan Michellson for awards. Advertisement promotes Warner Brothers Siding and Nordman Jewelry with a 377 5573 number. Also notes Spain declared war on England on this date in 1656.
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Brian Walker
Chad Little
Chris Siders
Branwen Bourgeois
Shad Clark
John Bunting
Mark Eichinger
Glaine Coleman
Shawn Korns
Scott McDonald
Jesse Sodan
Mark Ratzhoff
Allan Michellson
Board to hear recommendation to close Washington Elementary
Marion school administrators plan to ask the board to close Washington Elementary next year as a budget cut. Students would be bused to other elementary schools and the Washington building rented to renters.
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Washington Elementary
Tom
Covenant Church to buy Eisenhower School in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Community School Board approves sale of Eisenhower Elementary to First Covenant Church on a 10 year contract for 626000 after credit from a 250000 fire settlement. Open Door Ministries contested the bid while Wayne Howes opposed noting second bidder fairness.
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Kurt Rogahn Jazette
Cedar Rapids
Open Door Ministries Inc
Open Door
First Covenant
Otto Wiedersberg
January Sets Record Lows and Higher Gas Bills
The area endured January 9 and 10 record low temperatures with a monthly average 9 degrees below normal. Degree days totaled 1,786, 17 percent above the 10 year average of 1,529, signaling colder weather and higher gas costs amid rising prices. Relief is expected as February should be warmer, typically about 28 percent higher than January. The note explains gas cost distribution and offers energy saving tips including furnace filter changes, closing unused vents, ensuring heat registers are unobstructed, lubricating bearings, closing damper and garage doors, and weather stripping.
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Iowa
Iown Llinois
lown-Illinois
Ruling Expected Today in Marion Police Case
The Marion Civil Service Commission meets at City Hall at 1 p.m. to release a decision on the appeal of suspended officer Mike DeLaMater, president of the Marion Policemen's Protective Association, who received a 30 day suspension for urging nonwork during last summer's Fair on the Square and may take the case to Linn County District Court if upheld.
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Marion Civil Service Commission
City Hall
Mike DeLaMater
DeLaMater
Marion Policemen’s Protective Association
Marion
Civil Service Commission
Linn County District Court
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Linn Office
10Th St
Bill McCarty
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Hale
Vernon Middle School
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Eisenhower School
Education News
William Rainbow
Boy Scouts
Rainbow
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America
Carpenters
Union and Allied Construction Interests Inc
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