Cedar Rapids approves police and airport worker raises
Cedar Rapids city council approves a 2.2 percent pay raise for police and a 2.5 percent raise for airport maintenance workers under a one year contract. Life insurance options and classification pay adjustments are included. Negotiations with five other unions continue with a July 1 start for fiscal 1995 contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Teamsters and Helpers Local 238
Judy Perkins
Perkins
Burglars Steal Drugs From Indian Creek Veterinary Clinic
Burglars pried open the front door of Indian Creek Veterinary Hospital at 1590 Bertram Rd and stole an estimated 2000 in antibiotics and other drugs. Linn County Sheriff Capt. Dennis Fiser reports minimal damage and no cash taken. Dr. Dennis Gardner says the stash was a hodgepodge of meds not typically street drugs.
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Indian Creek Veterinary Hospital
Bertram Rd
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Dennis Fiser
Dennis Gardner
Linn County zoning decision delayed over water plant buffer
The Linn County Board of Supervisors postponed a ruling on restricting residential development near Cedar Rapids new water treatment plant at Ellis Road and 80th Street NW. A half mile buffer was debated, then removed after residents protested. the Board of Adjustment will reconsider on Feb 22. Separately, Bert Vanvoltenburg, 38, of Cedar Rapids, was found after a crash along Highway 13 and taken to St. Luke's in fair condition.
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Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Ellis Road
80Th Street
County Planning and Zoning Department
Board of Adjustment
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Bert Vanvoltenburg
Highway 13
Bertram Road
Linn County Sheriff's Deputies
Vanvoltenburg
St. Luke’s Hospital
Waterloo man guilty of murder robbery kidnapping in clerk slaying
Reginald C. Nelson 20 of Waterloo found guilty of first degree murder and first degree robbery in the death of Scott Meyer a 34 year old convenience store clerk. He was also convicted of second degree kidnapping for abducting Patricia Dunfee October 12. Nelson faces a life prison term. Keith Taylor 24 involved in the kidnapping but charges dropped.
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Reginald C. Nelson
Waterloo
Black Hawk County
Scott Meyer
Patricia Dunfee
Dunfee
Nelson
Keith Taylor
Taylor
Coastal Mart
Meyer
Saginaw, Mich
Slick hill accident on Loggerhead Road injures driver
A slick Loggerhead Road northwest of Hiawatha caused multiple vehicles to leave the ditch on Wednesday morning. Vikki Jarrett 36 of Toddville was hospitalized briefly after a pickup she drove tipped onto its side while en route to Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School with her 12 year old daughter DeeDee.
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Hiawatha
Vikki Jarrett
Toddville
Jarrett
DeeDee
Tower Terrace Road
Monroe Township
Cindy Sallee
Mount Auburn
Sallee
Jarretts
St. Luke's Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Public TV fundraiser features 80 clay pots by Iowa artists
Ray Mullen, a retired Kirkwood art professor, created 80 raku fired pots for the Friends of Iowa Public Television to support IPTV’s March Festival. Other artists include Carroll Danhom and Jean Marie Salem. The fundraiser runs March 5 to 20 with gifts of 250 dollars.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Bureau
OATH
Liberty
Ray Mullen
Iowa Public Television
IPTV
Mullen
Kirkwood Community College
Friends of Iowa Public Television
North Liberty
Festival
Carroll Danhom
Red Oak
Jean Marie Salem
Des Moines
Iowa Hawkeyes
Kirkwood
Friends of Iowa Public Television Commission
Cedar Rapids council rejects CDBG funds for police expansion
Cedar Rapids City Council approved a $1.6 million CDBG budget with no funds for police. The move leaves Byrne’s proposal to hire 20 officers funded by other sources, amid mixed support and concerns over reserves and bond ratings.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
Bud Byrne
Housing Inspection Services Department
Fourth Avenue SE
Polk Elementary
Hawkeye
Byrne
Chamber of Commerce
6Th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
Wellington Heights
Larry Serbousek
Lyle Hanson
Hanson
Lisbon awards contracts for Andreas Student Center
The Lisbon Community School Board approved construction contracts totaling about 2.14 million for the Andreas Student Center. Low bids from Larson Construction and Young Plumbing and Heating set contracts at 1.452 million and 514 thousand respectively, with adjustments replacing a concrete parking lot by gravel and removing acoustic panels.
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Douglas Neumann
Lisbon
Lisbon Community School Board
Andreas
Lisbon Community School District Foundation
Lowell
Dwayne Andreas
Larson Construction of
Independence
Larson
Young Plumbing and Heating of
Waterloo
Anderson Electric
Lamont
Rider Hunt Equipment
Des Moines
J.S. Latta
Cedar Falls
Bleachers Bar Receives License Hearing Delay
Cedar Rapids Bleachers Sports Bar and Pizza faces a potential liquor license denial after 51 underage drinking charges in 1993. The City Council postponed action, scheduling a public hearing where owner Michael Kennedy can plead his case before a final decision.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
Police Department
First Ave
Michael Kennedy
J.D. Smith
Kennedy
Smith
Council
Linn County forms joint waste agency in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids and Linn County create Iowa s second largest solid waste agency by a joint powers agreement. The nine member board includes six Cedar Rapids reps led by Mayor Larry Serbousek as chair and two county supervisors, with future associate members. The move aims for cost efficiency and long term waste management planning.
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Cedar Rapids
Larry Serbousek
Lyle Hanson
David Kramer
J.D. Smith
Don Thomas
George Milligan
Serbousek
Hanson
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East Iowa Journal
Linn County
Slick Hill
Loggerhead Road
Chris Stewart
N. Liberty
By Lyle Muller
THE
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Firstar Bank
IMT Insurance Co
Kimberley Press
Friends
Richard Adamson
Friends Group
Lyle Muller
Jim Houser
Jean Oxley
Houser
Agency
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