Linn County weighs hazardous storage fees for outside businesses
Linn County Emergency Management Agency seeks $36 000 to $102 000 per year by charging industries outside Cedar Rapids for storing hazardous materials like anhydrous ammonia chlorine and sulfuric acid. Cedar Rapids already collects about $250 000 yearly. Local grain elevators such as Innovative Ag Service and F J Krob Co would face sizable annual charges under the proposed plan.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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Goldberg
Las
Mark English
Ben Rogers
Central City
F.J. Krob & Co
Walker
Fake $100 Bills Passed in Cedar Rapids and Marion
Police warn of counterfeit $100 notes in Cedar Rapids and Marion over the past week. The bills, indistinguishable to clerks, were used at Road Ranger, Casey’s, and Vanity Lindale Mall, all sharing the same serial number and lacking security features. A female suspect claims the bills came from a man around 30 years old at a Lumberyard strip club.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Road Ranger
Blairs Ferry Rd
Casey’s
Lindale Mall
Farmers State Bank
Lumberyard
Vanity
Mark Benischek
Kcrg-Tv9
Cristy Hamblin
Authorities Warn of Counterfeit Bills and How to Spot Them
Police urge public to report counterfeit notes. Red and blue fibers and watermarks help identify real currency, with watermark letters visible when held to light. For tips on crimes call Crime Stoppers at 1 800 CR CRIME 272 7463. tips are anonymous and may qualify for a reward.
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Hamblin
Boy receives replacement dog after theft case unfolds
In Cedar Rapids a five year old boy gets a replacement dog after police report that his present was a stolen pit bull. Dozens of local residents offered dogs to the boy and a mystery donor delivered a similar dog to the police station. The original owner Nicole Bunge reported the theft of an 18 month old pit bull with kennel and food on December 30.
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Boy
Cedar Rapids
Nicole Bunge
Fourth Ave
Gazette Online
Trial set in Agriprocessors child labor case for May
Waterloo reports the trial on 9 211 state child labor charges against Agriprocessors and staff is scheduled for May 4 in Black Hawk County District Court. Judge Nathan Callahan proposed moving hearings to the county after reviewing a mock jury pool and questionnaires.
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Uden
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Allamakee County
1St Judicial District
Nathan Callahan
Black Hawk
Mark Weinhardt
Des Moines
Aaron Rubashkin
Agriprocessors
Iowa Department of Labor
Postville
Labor Department
Callahan
Sholom Rubashkin
Elizabeth Billmeyer
Laura Althouse
Karina Freund
Linn County considers federal funds to cover flood abatements
Linn County budget officials say general fund losses from flood related tax abatements total about 448 681 dollars. They seek a federal grant from the Economic Development Administration to cover gaps and fund a 10 million dollar fiber optic network linking the county Cedar Rapids city and local schools. The plan would shift tax dollars to capital projects and apply a million dollar county share of the grant to capital projects.
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Ne Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Dawn Jindrich
Board of Supervisors
Federal Economic Development Administration
Economic Development Administration
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