Brammer urges local taxes to lure GM Saturn plant to Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids lawmakers advocate local option taxes to raise funds for city promotion and incentives. Rep. Brammer says extra revenue could help attract General Motors to build a Saturn plant employing about 6000 workers, as chamber officials push for investment and development.
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Rick Smith
General Motors
Cedar Rapids
Phil Brammer
Legislative Forum
Iowa
Brammer
Chamber of Commerce
Waterloo
Rich Running
Iowa Development Commission
Police chief expands use of minors in bar sting operations
Iowa City Police Chief Harvey Miller says the department will continue to authorize underage agents to attempt alcohol purchases at bars and four grocery stores. He notes the practice is common elsewhere and supervised by the Johnson County Attorney, with arrests only if a sale is made without ID.
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Tom Walsh
Jenson County
Iowa City
Harvey Miller
John Alberhasky
Market
Gilbert Streets
Miller
Alberhasky
Johnson County
Woman charged with obtaining drug without prescription
A rural Iowa City woman Elizabeth D. Kriener, 27, was charged after a Thursday incident at Medical Pharmacy in Coralville. A nurse from a local doctor's office allegedly picked up a prescription without the doctor's authorization. A preliminary hearing is set for Feb. 1.
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Gazette
Johnson County Bureau
Iowa City
Coralville
Elizabeth D. Kriener
10Th Ave
Johnson County
Kriener
John Sladek
Sladek
6Th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
Fireworks display proposal for July Fourth in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids City Council considers approving a 25 minute July Fourth fireworks show near City Hall island. Proposal drafted by Peter Teahen, chairman for Celebration of Freedom, sponsored by Cedar Rapids Veterans Council Inc. with local veterans posts and organizations. If approved, events run 6 30 to 11 p.m. with El Kahir Shrine entertainment and other activities.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Peter Teahen
Teahen
Cedar Rapids Veterans Council Inc
Cedar Rapids American Legion
Amvets
Disabled American Veterans of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hiawatha
el Kahir Shrine
Mother of herpes victim sues school
The mother of a 3 year old girl with herpes files a lawsuit against school officials alleging exaggeration of the illness and public debate. Doctors say the herpes poses negligible risk to other students while protests and a boycott followed. The child, in a preschool handicapped class, did not start until this week after a judge allowed attendance with daily exams and separate bus rules.
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Council Bluffs
Ex Iowa man flees authorities shoots self in Wisconsin
Charles Perry a 43 year old former Strawberry Point resident faced flight to avoid prosecution charges in Iowa. He was arrested in Wauzeka Wisconsin where he fled into his apartment and shot himself after deputies allowed him to take his car home. Funeral arrangements are handled by Vernon Funeral Home Edgewood.
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Wauzeka
Wis
Iowa
Wisconsin
Charles Perry
Crawford County Sheriff's Deputies
Perry
Sheriff's Department
Strawberry Point
Benton County
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