$1.7 million price tag set on fixing sewers
City consultants outline costed plans to repair Cedar Rapids sewers in Time Check and other areas. Main fixes involve larger lines, flow reduction at a pumping station, and phased work totaling about $1.7 million with root control and pipe replacements emphasized. City engineer Richard Ransom says Council will be asked to adopt the plan next month.
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Family Farming lecture at Coe College on Tuesday
Marty Strange, co-director of the Center for Rural Affairs, will speak at Coe College Daehler Kitchin Auditorium Tuesday at 7 p.m. The Kellogg Foundation sponsored program is free to the public. The center began in 1973 in Walthill, Nebraska, addressing rural public policy issues.
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Four Cedar Rapids burglaries total over 3150 in goods stolen
Police report four break ins in Cedar Rapids with losses over 3150 dollars. At Kerr McGee station on C Street SW burglars kicked in a panel and stole about 100 dollars. A nearby Pernicka garage lost an upright freezer and food valued at about 300 dollars. Additional break in at Deck residence yielded over 1200 dollars in jewelry and a rocking chair. Superior Motor Winding Co. also reported over 1400 dollars in tools taken through a window entry.
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Kerr McGee
C St
Mildred Pernicka
Ethel Deck
25Th St. Drive SE
Superior Motor Winding Co
Third Ave
Cedar Rapids official backs bill shifting snow shoveling to owners
Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne Murdock supports a proposed state law that would make property owners responsible for clearing snow on sidewalks. The Iowa House approved the bill. it heads to the Senate. He notes cities cannot afford sidewalk snow removal and argues owners should handle it.
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