Alternatives offered for Eighth Avenue SW connector route
City traffic engineer Mel Meyer presents three new options for linking the Eighth Avenue SW corridor to I-380. Two options avoid a new road by improving existing streets. a compromise uses current streets plus a new diagonal east of First Street.
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Dick Hogan
City Hall
Eighth Avenue SW
Mel Meyer
First Street
Meyer
Eighth Avenue
Mount Vernon Road
Fifth and
Sixth Avenues
Eighth Avenue Bridge
Third Street
Sixth Avenue
I-380
First Avenue
Fifth Avenue
Second
Third Avenues
Cedar Rapids school board merges two personnel posts
The Cedar Rapids Community School District consolidates the labor relations administrator role with the executive director staff services post. Marlin Berg becomes executive director personnel with a $2,000 raise to $39,500 annually, adding hiring and labor relations duties. The board also updates Noelridge School plans and notes a 40 minute meeting.
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Cedar Rapids
Marlin Berg
Berg
Thomas White
Noelridge School
Harold Guthrie
Charles Beusch
Letters push Cedar Rapids library to seek more funding
Cedar Rapids per capita library spending ranks sixth among Iowa cities. Friends of the Public Library urge the City Council to increase funds for books and materials as the library’s aging collection prompts a letter campaign.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Library Board
Iowa City
Friends of the Public Library
Stephanie Ballard
Grande Ave
Man charged after shotgun pointed at deputies
Leroy D. Morris, 34, of Toddville, was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly leveling a shotgun at Linn County sheriff's deputies responding to a disturbance call at the Leland Morris address in Toddville. Deputies entered without shots fired. Morris was jailed then released on recognizance.
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Linn County
Sheriff's Deputies
Toddville
Leroy D. Morris
Leland Mor
Ris
Leroy Morris
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Noelridge
Norman Hanson
Eisenhower
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Dennis Giles
Wilson Junior High
Northbrook Manor
Janice Tague
Council Street
American Health Care Association
Council
Capital Improvements Fund
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McMahan
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Sears, Roebuck and CO
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Phyllis Fleming
Mark Bowden
Mike Chapman
Pam Fruehling
Bill Dunn
Christie Wallace
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