Cedar Rapids shop loses appeal over zoning for adult items
The Simply Sensual lingerie and gift shop in a west-side Cedar Rapids strip mall must remove adult items within 30 days after a Monday Board of Adjustment ruling. Patri cia Edmonds plans to appeal, arguing the ordinance is vague while neighbors say the location near a church and day care needs stricter separation.
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Board of Adjustment
Patricia Edmonds
Edmonds
Wiley Blvd
Jay Eberly
Spirit of Faith Family Church
Adu
Raymond Nees
Building Services
Nees
Lindale Mall
Fairfax man pleads to voluntary manslaughter in 2008 Horvath death
Jaco van Bush pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and related counts in Linn County District Court. He will serve 25 years with a 10-year minimum, plus fines totaling 151,500. Victims' families described lasting grief in impact statements.
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Cedar Rapids
Sonya Bosier
Thomas Horvath
Bosier
Jaco van Bush
Horvath
Kayla Bosier
Tom
Bush
Fairfax
Linn County
Sixth Judicial District
Fae Hoover- Grinde
Iowa
Theresa Chandler
Jacovan
Cedar Rapids school district to hold hearing on Edu Center sale
Marion Linn-Mar board sets public hearing for Jan 28 on selling the Educational Service Center properties at 346 Second Ave SW 353 Second Ave SW 210 Fifth St SW and the corner of Second Ave and Fifth St SW to developer Steve Emerson for 771100. Church had aimed for 210 Fifth St but withdrew. The board also approved the 2013-14 school calendar with classes Aug 19 to May 30 2014 and graduation on May 25 2014.
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Cedar Rapids
Steve Emerson
Second Ave
Fifth St
Second Avenue
Fifth Street
Emerson
Marion — Linn-Mar
Linnmar
District and teachers open contract talks in Marion
The Marion Independent School District and Marion Education Association began the 19th year of negotiations for a new teachers contract using a round table format. Both sides said state education program changes will shape the talks and issued initial statements at the school board meeting. Talks to proceed in closed sessions.
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Marion
Marion Independent School District
Marion Education Association
Ex Iowa governor Vilsack expected to stay as agriculture chief
Washington sources say Tom Vilsack will remain head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Barack Obama's second term. He faces a tough farm bill battle as drought and policy debates shape U.S. food, subsidies, and export priorities. Vilsack could serve a second term, the first since the 1960s.
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Agriculture
Tom Vilsack
Northeast Iowa Community College
Peosia
Vilsack
Iowa
Obama
Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Congress
U.S
USDA
Department of Agriculture
Orville Freeman
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Matt Paul
Mark McMinimy
Defense
Health and Human Services
Department
Christie Vilsack
Steve King
Pittsburgh
Mount Pleasant
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