Cedar Rapids man charged with child endangerment amid dispute
Samuel J. Wheeler, 40, of 393 15th Ave SW, was accused of locking his 17-year-old daughter in an upstairs room and released from jail after a police call at 5:30 p.m. Saturday. A live-in caretaker says the allegations are false and Wheeler never abused his daughter. The room had locks on both doors because the girl wanted her own space.
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Cedar Rapids
Samuel J. Wheeler
15Th Ave
Donnetta Akers
Wheeler
Akers
Train Derails Damaging Edgewood Road Blockade
Six cars of a Union Pacific train derailed near the Beverly railroad yard on Sunday around 3 30 p m blocking Edgewood Road SW. The cars carried corn but no spill occurred. No injuries reported and investigators probe the derailment cause.
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Beverly
Union Pacific Railroad
Water service restored after Lansing breaks
Lansing restored water service after two water main breaks were repaired early Sunday. The rupture drained a reservoir and left about half the town without water for about 18 hours starting Saturday, affecting a nursing home. Public works Director John Rethwish said the drained reservoir was refilling.
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Lansing
Public Works
John Rethwish
Cedar Rapids Woman Injured in Benton County Crash
Wendy J. McGrew 33 remained hospitalized in fair condition at St. Luke's Hospital after a two-vehicle crash Saturday night two miles south of Newhall. McGrew failed to stop at a stop sign on Highway 287. her car hit Matthew D. Latiolais 18 of Fairfax, who was westbound on Highway 30. Latiolais was treated at Mercy Medical Center and released.
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Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Wendy J. McGrew
St. Luke’s Hospital
Newhall
McGrew
Matthew D. Latiolais
Fairfax
Latiolais
Mercy Medical Center
Marion Residents Review Update Plan Tonight
Marion residents are invited to review part of the updated comprehensive plan at a 7 p.m. meeting in the council chambers. Planning consultant Martin Shukert of Crose Gardner Shukert in Omaha Nebraska will present growth and land use concepts. draft documents for the entire plan are due by September 1.
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Marion
Martin Shukert
Shukert
Crose Gardner Shukert
Omaha
Neb
Priest from Blue Grass pleads guilty to tax return fraud
Rudolph C. Berndt, a Catholic priest from Blue Grass, pleaded guilty to filing a false federal income tax return for 1990. He admitted understating interest income in 1990 and earlier years. He faces up to $250 000 fine and up to three years in prison. Sentencing set for May 16. he is on bond.
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Blue Grass
U.S
Rudolph C. Berndt
Berndt
Organic farming congress to be held in Iowa in March
The 13th Organic Crop Improvement Association International Annual General Membership Meeting will run March 11 to 15 in Collins Plaza Grand Ballroom hosted by Iowa Chapter I led by Regis Zweigart of Watkins. The event aims to expand from organizational talks to a service oriented certification approach with producers processors and consumers.
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Marlene Lucas Regis Zweigart
Organic Crop Improvement Association International
Collins Plaza
Zweigart
Watkins
OCIA
Iowa
Chapter I of
Regis Zweigart
Clarifying Organic Food Standards and Farming Practices
Midwest Organic Alliance outlines what organic food is and isn’t. Organic production involves crop rotation and soil fertility, on farm composting, and certification audits. Consumers pay a premium for identity specific crops like Vin ton 81 soybeans and beef raised on organic feed.
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Midwest Organic Alliance
Minnesota
OCIA
Zweigart
Fee hikes bolster budget in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids budget proposes 21 percent from property taxes and 23 percent from Charges for Services. User fees like utility bills parking meters golf greens and pool tolls are rising, a trend noted by Finance Commissioner Ole Munson.
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Douglas Neumann
Elie
Cedar Rapids
Ole Munson
City Budget Pushes New Fees Amid Rising Utility Costs
City Council drafts a 222 million operating plan with new user fees and a 329 million capital budget. Public hearings are set for 9 am Wednesday and 7 pm March 5 at City Hall as harbor and utility charges rise including sewer and water rates.
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