Woman charged with embezzling from Cedar Rapids firm
Kristine K. Michael 27 was arrested on a first degree theft charge for embezzling more than 5 000 dollars from Technical Specialty Systems between July 1989 and November 1990. Detective Don Potter said the office manager resigned in 1990 and the theft was discovered months later. Michael posted a note promising to appear at 8 30 a.m. January 27.
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Walker
Cedar Rapids
Kristine K. Michael
Don Potter
Linn County Seeks Bids for Farm Rental Near Marion
Linn County invites sealed bids by February 11 for renting the 130 tillable and 38 pastoral acres of the Linn County farm at Highway 13 and County Home Road north of Marion. Three-year term with annual rent due March 1, bidders must follow the farm plan on file with the Soil Conservation Service Office. Bids to Linn County Auditor at 930 First St SW. for details contact Deputy Auditor Rebecca Shoop at 398-3483.
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Linn County
Highway 13
County Home Road
Marion
Soil Conservation Service
50Th St
Linn County Auditor's Office
First St
Rebecca Shoop
Johnson County plots bid for county board seat
Walter Plotz, 58, a 36 year Swisher resident, TV sales and service operator, seeks a seat on the Johnson County Board of Supervisors. He pledges to help manage rising federal and state responsibilities and to set funding priorities. Four others have announced candidacies as three terms expire. primary is in June, general election in November.
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Jutsa County
Swisher
Plotz
League of Women Voters hosts mock caucuses at Coe College
Voters in Cedar Rapids can learn caucus basics at two mock sessions on February 5 hosted by the League of Women Voters. Joan Ryan and John Brown will discuss caucus process and techniques while Linda Langenberg explains precinct changes from redistricting.
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League of Women Voters
Gage Memorial Union
Coe College
Joan Ryan
John Brown
Linda Langenberg
Lynch and Eppley
Tarps Catch Fire at Construction Site Across from Mercy Medical Center
Tarpaulins used to retain heat on a Cedar Rapids Iowa Medical Clinic project near 718 Sixth Ave SE caught fire Monday just before noon, started by a crane muffler. Four floors of tarps burned on the ground before firefighters arrived. tarps and some electrical cords were damaged but no structural damage reported.
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Sixth Ave
Mercy Medical Center
Iowa Medical Clinic
John Kepler
Cedar Rapids
Kepler
Higley mansion zoning and permit fight tabled by Cedar Rapids board
Cedar Rapids board tabled a request for a conditional use permit for 860 17th St SE after a city attorney ruled zoning must first be changed by the City Council. Owners and a potential buyer seek to convert the Higley house into a residential care facility.
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Lonnie Zingula
Higley
Cedar Rapids
Jim Flitz
Linnman's nature work earns top Iowa award for conservationist
Linn County Conservation Department education specialist Goemaat received the Iowa Wildlife Federation Conservationist of the Year honor for expanding outdoor education. He has run the Master Conservationist Program since 1988, coordinating dozens of programs and thousands of participants across Iowa's natural areas.
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Donna Lee Olson
Gazette
Ennis Goemaat
Goemaat
Huaga Sand Ridge
Linn County Conservation Department
Iowa Wildlife Federation
Pella
Ledges State Park
Boone
Iowa State University
Fisheries and Wildlife
Linn County
County Conservation Board
Environmental Education Committee
Linn Soil and Water Conservation District
Todd McIntorf
Dennis Goemaat
Marion
Rock Island
42Nd Street
Iowa
Linn County Conservation Board
Reluctant crusader urges unity in Dubuque dream
Jerome Greer the Irving Elementary School principal told a Cedar Rapids audience that Dubuque's hate crimes reflect national racism and urged whites to shed superiority and blacks to forgive the past. He urged patience and unity to realize Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream, noting education and dialogue as keys.
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Theresa Mathews
Tiffany Jimmerson
Veronica Wright
Mount Zion
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church
Cedar Rapids
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Tom Fruehling
Dubuque
Jerome Greer
Greer
Martin Luther King
St. Louis
Irving Elementary
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
St. Jude Catholic Church
America
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Michael
Johnson County
Walter Plotz
Higley Mansion
Flitz
David McManus
Kim Steveley
McManus
Health Development Link
HDL
Iowa Supreme Court
Anderson
Steveley
the Gazette
Linnman
Indian Creek Nature Center
Robin Trimarchi
Dr. King
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