Linn County and Cedar Rapids Event Schedule Highlights
A dense schedule lists daily events including the Technology Committee and East Central Iowa Council of Governments meetings, a planning commission TIP public comment open house, Marion City Council reconstruction project discussion, and a mayoral calendar. Arts offerings feature Pied Piper Concerts, Jefferson Vocal Concert, and Leigh Howard Stevens recital, along with theater productions Dracula and Godspell and a Coe College forum on personal essays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Administrative Office
East Central
Iowa Council of Governments Board
Sixth St
Metro Plumbing Board of Examiners and Appeals
Hiawatha City Hall
Citizens Public Safety Building Committee
Linn County Options Advisory Committee
Seventh St
Citizens’ Committee
Council Chambers
Cedar Rapids City Hall
Cedar Rapids
Lee Clancey
Beems
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra
Jefferson
Jefferson High School
Leigh Howard Stevens
Herrick Chapel
Grinnell College
Chauncy P. Colegrove
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
Little Theater
Washington High School
West High School
Iowa City
Iowa Lottery Draws and Jackpot Update
No one won the Daily Millions draw or the Super Cash last night. The Powerball numbers were 6 and the Iowa Lottery totals show a Saturday jackpot rising to 11 million for Powerball and 2 million for LOTTO 6 of 54 with 37 as the final number. Nine other game results listed include Pick 3 and Pick 4 drawings with midday and evening results.
Vital Statistics Roundup from Mercy and St. Luke's
Birth notices list Feb 24 25 26 in Mercy and St. Luke's with names and addresses of families welcoming daughters and sons. Degree day figures and energy data follow, then drunken driving charges and an assault case with details, plus recent fires and electrical incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Michalec
Anthony Postley
18Th Ave
Hiawatha
Suzanne
Fred Sabetta
39Th St
Marion
Jennifer
Dan Light
21St St. NE
Cheryl
Steve Junion
S. 26Th St
Nancy
Rob Brown
26Th St. NE
Stacy
Kelly Lowry
Queen Dr. SW
Teresa
MidAmerican Energy Co
Margie A. Rompot
First Ave
14Th Avenue SE
Richard Hermansen
Cherry Hill Rd
Edgewood Road
Brett C. Waterbury
Twin Knolls Dr
Blair's Ferry
Center Point Road
Michael J. Thibodeaux
26Th St
Sixth Street
Wilson Avenue
John W. McGee II
16Th St
13Th Street
Frito-Lay ends Cedar Rapids olestra test WOW name chosen
After a 10 month run the Max fat free chips test ends in Cedar Rapids with 125000 pounds sold at 13 stores. WOW labeled chips will be tested in about 1000 outlets while CSPI cautions on olestra side effects and FDA review continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam Lowenstein
Lazette
Frito-Lay
Cedar Rapids
Eau Claire
Wis
Grand Junction
Colo
Lynn Markley
Procter & Gamble
Joe Clarahan
Hy-Vee
Mount Vernon Rd
Markley
Indianapolis
Ind
Missourian linked to prison stabbing at Anamosa facility
Burt Smith, 18, one of the Missouri teens convicted in Rebecca Hauser's rural Marshalltown murder, is suspected of stabbing inmate Kyle Doolin, 37, at the Iowa State Men's Reformatory in Anamosa. Doolin, hit in the throat with a cracked mirror, was hospitalized but not believed to be life threatening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Kueter
Burt Smith
Missouri
Rebecca Hauser
Marshalltown
Iowa State Men's Reformatory
Anamosa
John Ault
Kyle Doolin
Cedar Rapids
Doolin
University Hospitals
Ault
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Smith
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Reformatory
Hauser
Traffic study shows drop on two of Cedar Rapids busiest streets
A 1996 traffic count finds Collins Road and Mount Vernon Road down about 13 percent from 1994 levels though both still carry 20 000 to 30 000 vehicles daily. City plans widenings and further studies to verify trends and needed upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.R
Douglas Neumann
Collins Road
Mount Vernon Road
Gary Petersen
Petersen
Collins
Mount Vernon
26Th
38Th
42Nd Street
East Post Road
Don Thomas
Thomas
Blairs Ferry Road
Interstate 380
Edgewood Road
Cedar Rapids
Wiley Boulevard
Williams Boulevard
Wiley
National NAACP leader to speak at Cedar Rapids forum
National NAACP President-CEO Kweisi Mfume will be the banquet speaker at an eight-state Leadership Training Conference in Cedar Rapids April 10-12. The event includes a diversity job fair and workshops on voter education and youth development with about 280 delegates expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hogan
National Naacp
Kweisi Mfume
NAACP
Cedar Rapids
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Mfume
Julius Hope
Midwest
Sheraton Four Points Hotel
Hope
Habitat homes moved amid city street realignment plan
Habitat for Humanity considered relocating four homes at 805 30th St 3012 Eighth Ave 820 31st St and 850 31st St as the city realigns 31st Street at Seventh Avenue. The move would cost buyers about 6000 or more per house with relocation fees covered partly by DOT and the city. Some residents have already relocated while others await new homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
31St Street
Seventh Avenue
Marion
30Th St
Eighth Ave
31St St
Erv Mussman
Iowa Department of Transportation
Mossman
DOT
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Daily Notebook
Coe
Robert Marrs
Writing Center
Hickok Hall
Coe College
Allan Grossman
van Allen Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa
ST. Luke's
Lila
John Sacoulas
Lisbon
Martha
David Wise
Clutier
Mary
Jeff Rhoda
Tomahawk Trail SE
Cynthia
Larry Loney
St. Olaf St. SW
Pauline
Wayne Teakell
Surrey Ct
the Gazette
Linn County
David M. Frantz
Park Towne Sw. NE
Frantz
Sharan Elliott
Second Ave
Twin Pine Dr
Olestra
Ket
Washington, D.C
Center For Science
Michael Jacobson
CSPI
Jacobson
Federal Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Cincinnati
Gazette
Buzz Orr
James Moore
Missourian
Kirksville
Marshall County
Collins, Mount Vernon Roads
National
C.R. Forum
Uvil
Habitat For Humanity
Andrews
Andrews’ Company
Keith
Mussman
Tommi Roeder
Cedar Valley
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