STRIDE Wins Grants To Support Regional Development
STRIDE the Small Town and Rural Interest in Development and Employment received 23100 in Rural Enterprises Fund and Rural Community Leadership Program grants to fund cooperative supply sharing strategic planning community needs assessments housing marketing and Tomorrow Leaders Today programs The seven Iowa communities Baldwin Lost Nation Lowden Olin Oxford Junction Wyoming and Wheatland share the grants and a 50 percent cash match STRIDE coordinator Tammy Wulfekuhle has led business directory efforts and two TLT programs involving 24 and 30 participants respectively.
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Marlene Flory
Stride
Iowa
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Rural Enterprises Fund
Baldwin
Lost Nation
Lowden
Olin
Oxford Junction
Wyoming
Wheatland
Tammy Wulfekuhle
Rural Enterprise Fund
District merger urged by Oxford Junction and Olin boards
At a joint meeting the Oxford Junction and Olin boards discussed merging the two districts to improve finances amid state aid shortfalls. A six member committee was formed to draft current and projected budgets and seek merger deadlines from the state. A six year old girl remained in critical condition after a Waterloo accident, struck by a car on Lafayette Street. no charges were filed.
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Olin
Oxford Junction
Oxford
Junction
Robert Ahrendsen
Dwaine Persels
Mike Inglis
State Department of Education
Deb Larkey
Jon Thomson
Brenda Broulik
Tom Heffelfinger
University of Iowa
Waterloo
Amber O. Barber
State St
Lafayette Park
Lafayette Street
James R. Waerenberg
Mulberry St
Allen Memorial Hospital
Iowa City
Fayette County group seeks funds for West Union elevator
Fayette County Helpers Club and Historical Society nears halfway in a fund drive to install a new 4 by 6 foot elevator at the Fayette County Historical Center. The total project costs include $16 676 for the elevator plus $3 300 for a housing room and $5 000 for labor.
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Fayette County
The
Fayette County Helpers’ Club and Historical Society
Urbana Native Guards Haitian Camp at Guantanamo Bay
Urbana native Sgt Shannon Kelty 25 serves with the Army at Guantanamo Bay Cuba where 1 500 soldiers help feed clothe shelter and guard more than 7 000 Haitian migrants. He from Fort Belvoir Virginia and is part of a joint task force to house up to 10 000 Haitians.
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Urbana
Army
Guantanamo Bay Naval Base
Cuba
Shannon Kelty
Richard
Rita Kelty
Guantanamo
Kelly
437Th
Fort Belvoir
Waterloo man faces crack cocaine delivery charges
Antonio Marcus Johnson of 513 Courtland St in Waterloo was arrested Monday on a complaint of delivery of crack cocaine and two counts of violation of the Iowa drug stamp law. He remains jailed on 250000 bond after warrant searches at two metro area residences yielded cash, vehicles, electronics, and papers as the Tri County Task Force continues the investigation.
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Waterloo
Antonio Marcus Johnson
Courtland St
Iowa
Hammond Avenue
Supervisors deadlock on revoting speed studies request
Johnson County supervisors split on asking the Iowa Department of Transportation for speed studies on 210th Street south of Solon and Lower West Branch Road near West Branch. A revote will occur when Steve Lacina returns from vacation.
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Mitch Martin
Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa Department of Transportation
Betty Ockenfels
Patricia Meade
Dick Myers
Charles Duffy
Steve Lacina
Lacina
210Th Street
Solon
Lower West Branch Road
West Branch
Ockenfels
Meade
Myers
Gerald Howe
West Branch Road
Tama County Conservation Board Ends 1991 With Reserve Funds
The Tama County Conservation Board closed 1991 with a reserve balance of 51728 while general receipts reached 12660.17 and Nature Center Trust Fund receipts 53873.26. Administration costs totaled 31802.22 and park maintenance 94146.80. capital projects were 25087.14. No land was purchased. locating a wildlife area between Traer and Gladbrook remains a priority. Etzel said 55000 has been raised for the Nature Center Trust Fund toward a 75000 goal and praised fund-raising volunteers. In other action, supervisors approved a 25 cent hourly raise for Rae Dvorak to 5.50. Sheriff’s booking-fee proposal for out-of-county prisoners was discussed but no action was taken.
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Toledo
Tama County Conservation Board
Board of Supervisors
Bob Etzel
Nature Center
Etzel
Traer
Gladbrook
Nature Center Trust Fund
Dorian Vocal Festival at Luther College in Decorah
More than 1,300 high school singers from a four state area will join Luther College choirs for the Dorian Vocal Festival. The event opens January 12 with a free Center for Faith and Life concert featuring Pike Kar and Norsemen and Cottage Grove High School Choir. The January 13 Grand Concert features soloists and the Nordic Choir with tickets three dollars in advance.
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Decorah
Voices
Luther College
Center For Faith and Life
Luther
Pike Kar
Norsemen
Cottage Grove
Minn
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O. Junction
Doris Hartwig
Fayette County Group
Bertha Schuchmann
Gazette
Arlington
Sgt
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Organization of American States
Haiti
Coast Guard
Naval Base
U.S
United States
Tri-County
Black Hawk
Bremer
Grundy Counties
East Iowa News
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
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Bicycle & Fitness
Tama County
Rae Dvorak
Mike Richardson
Kieck
L & XL
Koret
Russ
D.K. Gold
Cricket Lane
Gina Peters
Katie Brooke
le Moda
HMJJ
MasterCo
Thirty-Second
Oakland Rd
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