Cedar Rapids Mayors Schedule and City Calendar
Daily notebook lists city government events for Cedar Rapids including parking violations review panel, city council meetings, budget work session, and insurance committee. Mayor Lee Clancey schedule covers service awards, council, and budget meeting. Also notes Human Rights Week activities at University of Iowa and Youth for Understanding night, plus recycling site hours and Bluestem contact.
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Cedar Rapids
Lee Clancey
University of Iowa
North Hall
Human Rights Committee
Lucas Dodge
Iowa Memorial Union
Taylor Branch
IMU
Marion Public Library
Lottery results and arrest roundup printed in local notes
Daily Millions draws report no winner with red 11 white 3 blue 9 17. Pick 3 digits 7-9-7 and 3-0-2. Pick 4 midday 1-3-24 and evening 2-6-0-4. Jackpot stands at $17 million. A list of drunken driving arrests includes names, ages, addresses and arrest details from Iowa City and surrounding areas.
Medical examiner rules CO poisoning death in Benton County
Jeffrey Benson aged 31 of Belle Plaine and Cedar Rapids was found dead January 15 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. Sheriff Ken Popenhagen says the furnace likely produced the CO as the source.
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Jeffrey Benson
Belle Plaine
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Brian Meeker
Ken Popenhagen
Death of Dustin Gardner ruled self-inflicted gunshot
Dustin Gardner, 19, of Iowa Falls, formerly Lowdon, died from a self-inflicted gunshot at his home. Hardin County medical examiner classified the death as suicide. Lisa A. Kennedy, 23, Cedar Rapids, faces drunken driving charges after an arrest in Coralville.
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Dustin Gardner
Iowa Falls
Lowdon
Hardin County
Gardner
Lisa A. Kennedy
23Rd St
Cedar Rapids
Second Street
Coralville
Derailment Blocks Union Pacific Main Line in Cedar Rapids
Crews work round the clock to repair damage from a freight derailment in Union Pacific's Beverly yards southwest of Cedar Rapids. The accident derailed 79 cars, knocked two main tracks out, and disrupted the transcontinental route. Recovery crews expect 1–2 days to restore full service with costs around 900000.
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Steve Gravelle
Union Pacific
Cedar Rapids
Ed Trandahl
Trandahl
Beverly Yards
Old Bridge Road
St. Louis
Kansas City
Iowa
Bus trip home brings flu scare and family welcomes
After a long Washington trip, 24 children endured flu like symptoms on the bus with DeMarcus Fleetwood reporting stomach pains and ear infections diagnosed by Abernathey the pediatric neurosurgeon. Brandon Smith helped distribute drinks as the group waited at the Iowa Welcome Center to reunite with family and friends.
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Brandon Smith
Catie Gaskins
Abernathey
Iowa
Iowa Border
Downtown C R landmark to house more apartments
Renovations convert the Roosevelt Hotel at 200 First Ave NE into a mixed use complex with almost 100 efficiency and one two bedroom units. The Roosevelt will add offices and retail on the first two floors while about 60 apartments are already leased on six floors.
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Douglas Neumann
Roosevelt Hotel
200
First Ave. NE
Roosevelt
Peggy Larson
Richard Luther
Cedar Rapids
Larson
Bob Heaton
Waterloo
Jim Thomson
Moline
Ill
Landmark Properties L.C
College Community approves 1997 98 school calendar
The College Community board approved the 1997 98 calendar with eight early dismissal days for staff in service. Winter break runs two weeks like this year, Dec 19 to Jan 5, and spring break is March 23 to 27.
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Becky Stover Lazette
College Community
College Community School Board
Cedar Rapids
Marion High School addition ideas discussed at forum
Marion residents push for a new computer lab another gym and a separate seventh and eighth grade wing. The board backs moving seventh graders into the high school to meet long term district needs amid enrollment growth with costs estimated at 3 million dollars financed by a bond referendum requiring 60 percent approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Haggerty
Marion Independent School District
Marion High School
Marion
Vernon Middle School
David Bradley
Don’ Norton
First Ave
Fairfax fire accidental says Official Gazette staff report
Fairfax authorities say the fire at 117 Railroad St in Fairfax appears accidental. Fire Marshal Dana Wipperman and Dan Marshall said few details exist since the December arson at the Keyes home remains under investigation.
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Gazette
Fairfax
May Sea
Ore
Railroad St
Dana Wipperman
Wipperman
Marshall
Keyes
Springville
Marion
Sandra Keyes
Joshua Keyes
Jerry Corbett
Corbett
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Randall Foods
Edgewood Rd
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Illinois Lottery
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Dale Schon
Robins
Barb
Derald Rawson
Walker
MidAmerican Energy Co
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the Gazette
Linn County
Ann H. Nguyen
Iowa City
E Avenue
Cleamonr G. Vare
33Rd Ave
H Avenue
16Th Street
Shelley R. Birch
Blairstown
Second Avenue
Lloyd J. Clark
Sherman St
Boyson Road
Kenneth R. Cross
Woodside Ct
F Avenue
Edgewood Road
Adam J. Fisher
Fifth Ave
Sixth Street
Jeffrey A. Keller
Edgewood Lane
Lary Nelson
Second Ave
15Th Street
Charles L. Maide
Westside Dr
Fifth Street
Robert D. Surrett
Ronald Slagle
First Avenue East
Slagle
Surrett
Leisa Lichtenberg
Steven W. Huggins
Ellis Bird
Shelley Jenney
Dennis L. Johnson
17Th St
Glen Kieler
Five Seasons Center
Kieler
Johnson
Johnson County
METRO
Los Angeles
Chicago
C.R
College Community Board OK
Mick Starcevich
Starcevich
Prairie Middle School
Prairie Crest Elementary
Marion High
Dan Marchall
Ally, Stephen
Stephen Keyes
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