Linn County Sheriff to dedicate new offices next month
Sheriff Don Zeller announces the Linn County Sheriff's Department will hold an invitation only dedication on Feb 9 with open house over the next two days. Administrative offices and dispatch moved to the former Cedar Rapids Police Station, freeing May's Island space to expand the jail to about 400 prisoners by mid April funded by a $6.5 million 1998 bond.
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Linn County
Sheriff's Department
Don Zeller
Zeller
Cedar Rapids
Second Ave
May’s Island
Luzerne Church Fire Leaves St Pauls Lutheran In Ruins
The St Pauls Lutheran Church in Luzerne was destroyed by a Friday fire with no determined cause. Fire Marshal investigators arrive today to begin work. services were held at the Luzerne Fire Station before a special congregational meeting led by President Gerald Muench.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Luzerne
Gerald Muench
Man wounded by non lethal bean bag rounds outside Hy Vee
Police used bean bag rounds on a man outside the Hy Vee at 1720 Waterfront Dr after he stabbed himself and threatened to harm himself with a large kitchen knife. The blade was damaged by a round, allowing officers to subdue him. He was hospitalized at University Hospitals.
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Dan Sellers
Sellers
Cedar Rapids financial calendar and talks schedule
A week of economic data releases and finance meetings in Cedar Rapids begins with a treasury bill auction at 1 p.m. and a Cedar Rapids Public Library talk on retirement planning at 6:30 p.m. The schedule includes consumer confidence, home sales, GDP, mortgage rates, and various club meetings through Friday. George Ford invites notices via mail, fax, or email.
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Treasury
The
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Beems Auditorium
Conference Board
Commerce Department
National Association of Purchasing Management
Freddie Mac
Heritage Toastmasters
St. Paul United Methodist Church
Cedar Rapids
George Ford
the Gazette
P.O
Georgef
Fylowa
Purity in seed under threat from neighboring biotech corn
Laura Krause worries that pollen from nearby biotech corn could contaminate her 1903 world champion ear line, risking loss of her pure seed library. She describes the stakes, the StarLink precedent, and the need to test her crop for gene contamination to protect her unique genetics.
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Marlene Lucas
Cunt Vernon
Laura Krause
Krouse
Mount Vernon
Krause
Aventis CropScience
StarLink
Aventis
Iowa
Gazette
Brian Ray
Laura Krouse
Hawn Finds Fundraising Niche At Cedar Falls Arts Gallery
Sue Hawn, former Cedar Falls recreation cultural supervisor, helped secure an Iowa Arts Council education grant to convert a vacant schoolhouse room into an art gallery for local schools. Her career in fundraising grew at Kirkwood Community College Foundation where she became director of Planned Giving.
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Hawn
West
Cedar Rapids
KCCK
Public Radio
Kirkwood
Norm Nielsen
Council For Resource Development
Washington
D.C
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Andrea Powers
Nancy Ford
Jeff Branseor
Brian Ray Sue Hawn
Kirkwood Foundation
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