Two Iowa Schools Struggle With Flu and Chicken Pox Outbreaks
By Kurt Rogahn. Virus reports hit several Cedar Rapids area schools with high absentee rates this week. St Matthew's canceled classes for kindergarten to second grade due to chicken pox while Roosevelt Junior High and Jefferson High reported double digit absences.
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Kurt Rogahn
St. Matthew’s School
Linn County Health Department
Cedar Rapids
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Coolidge
Taft Junior High
Jefferson Senior High
Jefferson
Kennedy High School
Washington
Hiawatha Elementary
Grant Wood Elementary
College
Sewer bill outlook brightens for Troy Mills lagoon project
Troy Mills plan for a three pool sewage lagoon will cost nearly 600000 with 80 percent paid by federal and state grants. Local residents face higher rates to cover bonds over 20 years while the district awaits a block grant. The project aims to replace an inadequate tank in a flood plain and is set for bid letting late summer.
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Rick Smith
4Zette
Troy Mills
North Linn
Wapsipinicon Pi
Rick Yoerger
Howard R. Green Co
Cedar Rapids
Green Co
Yoerger
Troy Mills Sanitary District
Iowa
Lane Palmer
Linn
County Regional Planning Commission
Palmer
Douglas Price
Virgil Chester
Jon McCright
Robbery and Burglary Charges Dropped for Swisher Man
John A. Frisch, 23, was arrested in Linn County on November 3 after a Iowa highway patrolman stopped him for speeding on Highway 218. A California warrant led to his return and the charges from Toluca Lake in 1981 were dismissed due to lack of identifiable witnesses.
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California
John A. Frisch
Linn County
Iowa
Frisch
Cedar Rapids Horsemen elect officers and plan ball
The Cedar Rapids Horsemen's Club elected officers: Helen Barta of Swisher as president, Steve Stolba as vice president, Judy Winterowd as secretary, and Frank Zaspal as treasurer. Directors for 1984 are Don DeCoster, Vene Upmier, Bill Hamer, and Buzz Marsh. An inaugural ball will be held at the club on February 11.
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Cedar Rapids Horsemen’s Club
Helen Barta
Swisher
Steve Stolba
Judy Winterowd
Frank Zaspal
Don DeCoster
Vene Upmier
Bill Hamer
Buzz Marsh
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Horsemen’s Club
Linn County eyes cheaper plan for parcel mapping update
Linn County and Cedar Rapids assessors plan a joint effort to redraw about 1,600 parcel maps using in house staff. They seek two more employees and updated Cedar Rapids maps to replace aging, worn documents with a stable material system.
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Tay Isper
Linn County
Forrest Holveck
Cedar Rapids
Rick Ellars
Holveck
Associated Engineers
Fort Dodge
Iowa
M.J. Harden & Associates
Kansas City
Merle Kopel
Sidwell Co
Chicago
Kopel
Jim Morgan
Morgan
Ellars
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