Local architect Dan Thies named to Cedar Rapids airport panel
Cedar Rapids Mayor Paul Pate appoints Dan Thies president of OPN Architects to the five member Airport Commission for a three year term replacing Wesley Huisinga. Pate also reappoints Cheryle Mitralsky to the commission through June 30, 2004 and names Kathy Pearson Civil Rights Commission Joe Trnka Historic Preservation Commission and Kandra Blair Visual Arts Commission to three year posts.
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Paul Pate
Dan Thies
Thies
OPN Architects of
Cedar Rapids
Wesley Huisinga
Pate
Cheryle Mitralsky
Kathy Pearson
Civil Rights Commission
Joe Trnka
Historic Preservation Commission
Kandra Blair
Visual Arts Commission
Anamosa Inmate Sydness Dies in Iowa City Hospital
62 year old inmate Carroll Sydness died Tuesday at University Hospitals Iowa City. He had been transported from Anamosa State Penitentiary to Jones Regional Medical Center Anamosa Monday night and then to University Hospitals. DOC seeks autopsy. Sydness serving life for first degree murder in Polk County since April 2000.
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Iowa Department of Corrections
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Carroll Sydness
Anamosa State Penitentiary
Jones Regional Medical Center
Anamosa
Fred Scaletta
Sydness
Polk County
Scaletta
Fort Atkinson Man Killed in Minnesota Crash
Paul Schutte 51 of Fort Atkinson died in a Friday morning single vehicle crash on Highway 44 in Houston County Minnesota. He lost control on a curve, left the road and struck a tree near Spring Grove and Wilmington Grove. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Road conditions were normal.
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Paul Schutte
Fort Atkinson
Minnesota
Houston County
Minnesota State Patrol
Rochester
Schutte
Spring Grove
Wilmington Grove
Waterloo Man Sentenced in Fatal Street Race Case
A Waterloo man received two years in prison after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the death of Cedar Falls man Grant Wheeler, 35, during a drag race on state Highway 58. Co-defendant Charles Waychoff, 20, also faced vehicular homicide charges after the crash that killed Wheeler on Sept. 27. Andrew King Schmitt, 20, was involved in the fatal collision that occurred when Waychoff lost control and crossed a median into Wheeler's car.
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Man
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Andrew King Schmitt
Grant Wheeler
Wheeler
Charles Waychoff
Schmitt
Waychoff
Speeding leads to arson charge in Cedar Rapids car death
Police found a body with gunshot wounds in a burning 1995 Lincoln on Weing Road NE after a speeding stop led to Miguel Jones 23 being identified. The complaint says a gas container, gasoline odor on clothing, and a blood stained T-shirt tied Jones to the fire. Harris 23 of Chicago was dead. a sport utility vehicle owner reported gas in the vehicle. Jones faces second degree arson and obstruction of prosecution in Linn County Jail on 45000 bond. Authorities say the investigation remains ongoing.
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The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Miguel Jones
Jones
Linn
Harris
Glass Road
27Th St. NW
Cedar Rapids opens new free clinic amid expanding need
In Cedar Rapids a second free clinic, the Community Health Free Clinic, opened after a split from the Cedar Rapids Free Clinic. Leaders argue the new facility will mobilize community resources to aid underinsured and uninsured Iowans, despite offering basic services described as a Band Aid.
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Gazette Edar Rapids
Cedar Rapids
Community Health Free
Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic Expands Schedule
The Cedar Rapids Free Medical Clinic opens Jan 16 at 3:15 to 6 pm in the Jane Boyd Community House space at 1043 Third Ave SE, continuing the former Cedar Rapids Free Clinic legacy. It shares staff and administration with His Hands Ministries and retains the same location.
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Gazette
Kevin Wolf
Karen Gersh
Community Health Free Clinic
Jane Boyd
Cedar Rapids
Jane Boyd Community House
14Th Ave
Bses
Cedar Rapids eyes Interstate 380 access near north edge
Cedar Rapids city officials push for an I 380 interchange at Tower Terrace Road as growth clusters with Marion and Robins raise demand. A 231 lot 166 acre Northside residential project by Executive Investments aims to add homes and commercial space near 82nd Street NE and East Main Street, with street links planned to Marion and Highway 13.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Robins
Tower Terrace Road
C Avenue
East Main Street
82Nd Street
35Th Street
Dave Elgin
Blairs Ferry Road
County Home Road
Collins Road
Elgin
Boyson Road
Iowa Department of ‘Transportation
Summerfield
Vern Zakostelecky
Executive Investments
First Bobcat Sighted in Linn County in Century
Jim Harms of Springville trapped a 30 pound male bobcat near Cedar Rapids in a snare set for coyotes. County conservation officer Aric Sloterdyk supervised and arranged donation to Indian Creek Nature Center for display after taxidermy. DNA records suggest it is Linn County’s first confirmed bobcat in over a century since wipeout.
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Ine Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Jim Harms
Springville
Harms
Iowa
Aric Sloterdyk
Department of Natural Resources Conservation
Sloterdyk
Indian Creek Nature Center
Ron Andrews
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Airport Commission
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues
Joe Cerrato
Tom Mcintosh
Pat Mefford
Clinc
William Galbraith
Resen
C.R
North End
Chris Harms
Springvill
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