Cedar Rapids Opens Public Comment Sessions for Blueprint Plan
Cedar Rapids hosts three open houses this week to gather input on reorganizing city government and launching the Blueprint for the Future. City officials including the city manager and council members will answer questions in informal information booths at U S Cellular Center Arena Washington High School and Jefferson High School cafeterias.
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First Ave. NE
Washington High School
Forest Dr. SE
Jefferson High School
20Th St
Downtown Winter Market Opens in Cedar Rapids
The Downtown Winter Market debuts from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Nucleus Retail Incubator. It runs every other Wednesday through May with spaces limited for food and craft vendors. Also today eastbound 32nd Street NE closes for two days near Center Point Road for water main repair, and J Street SW near Hawkeye Downs Road closes about a day for Union Pacific crossing repairs.
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Cedar Rapids
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Center Point Road
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33Rd Avenue
Hawkeye Downs Road
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Woman reports assault near UI Main Library in Iowa City
Iowa City police investigate an assault on an 18 year old female student in a parking lot south of the UI Main Library near Madison and College streets around 11 45 p m Friday. The suspect is a Black man in his 20s 5 11 to 6 0 170 to 200 pounds with black hair wearing a dark jacket and black cap. Police ask anyone with information to call (319) 335 5022.
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College Streets
Urban bowhunting boosts deer kills in Cedar Rapids Coralville
The Cedar Rapids urban bowhunt produced 333 deer, up from 298 last year, while Coralville tallied 166, up from 138. The nine year Cedar Rapids task force leader, Fire Chief Steve Havlik, said figures from this year will be released soon and the hunt began September 16. Marion also conducts an urban bow hunt.
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Marion
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Bowhunt deer totals rise in Cedar Rapids and Coralville
Last year Cedar Rapids reported 298 bowhunting deer killed and Coralville 138. this year Cedar Rapids totals climbed to 333 and Coralville to 166. Havlik called the Cedar Rapids bowhunt very successful and quiet with few complaints, while a vocal anti hunt group exists. The City Council backed the hunt 9-0 and the task force set a 150 foot minimum from roads and designated DEER areas.
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Cedar Rapids
Havlik
Johnson County Officials: 6 Percent Pay Hike Favored
Johnson County Compensation Board narrowly approves a 6 percent raise for elected officials in a 4 to 3 vote with four supporters. Debate centers on Sheriff Lonny Pulkrabek and comparisons to peer salaries while the Board of Supervisors will decide in March.
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Iowa City
Johnson County Compensation Board
Bob George
Hyman Joseph
Bill Kapp
Patrick Hughes
Laura Hahn
C. Joseph Holland
David Steen
Hahn
Holland
Steen
Kapp
Lonny Pulkrabek
Johnson County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Freshmen Iowa Democrats Start In Congress Breakfast Tradition
New members Bruce Braley and Dave Loebsack join Nancy Pelosi in a weekly freshmen breakfast as the 30 Democratic freshmen assume a House majority. They praise Pelosi as speaker and discuss the agenda while building relations with party leadership.
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Dave Loebsack
Congress
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California
House
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