Linn County okays local control on smoking bans in cities
Linn County supervisors told Cedar Rapids and other mayors that city governments hold authority to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. The county attorney advised any final action rests with municipalities under home rule. countywide rules would be short lived.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Supervisors
Paul Pate
Pate
Linn County Health Department
Linn County
Jim Houser
Iowa
Iowa City
Ames
Marion OKs union contracts for city workers
Marion approves three year deals for the Marion Police Protective Association and AFSCME Local 61. A 3 percent raise begins July 1 with annual bumps on various dates through 2006. Health insurance remains 100 percent paid with a switch to Alliance Select and adjusted deductibles. AFSCME covers about 25 workers. police contract covers about 35 staff.
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Local 61
The
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees
Afscme
Jeff Schott
Iowa 500
Alliance Select
Schott
Public Services and Parks Departments
Iowa native actress Nedra Volz dies at 94
Nedra Volz a Montrose Iowa native and character actress dies at 94 in Mesa Arizona from complications of Alzheimer's disease She was known for Adelaide Brubaker on Diffrent Strokes and Miz Emma Tisdale on The Dukes of Hazzard Her final film The Great White Hype released in 1996 followed a long TV career including Good Times and The Fall Guy She is survived by son Edward Volz and daughter Linda Deffenderfer
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Los Angeles Times
Nedra Volz
Montrose
Adelaide Brubaker
Miz
Emma Tisdale
Iowa
Keokuk
Volz
Mesa, Ariz
Hazzard
Edward Volz
Mesa
Linda Deffenderfer
Chandler, Ariz
Vedic City bans sale of non organic food
Vedic City voters approve a unanimous city council resolution outlawing the sale of genetically modified and non organic foods within city limits. The measure creates a five person committee to determine allowed foods and will post findings on a city website.
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Vedic City Panel
Iowa
Bob Wynne
Wynne
Vedic City
VA worker charged with assaulting supervisor at hospital
Jeffrey Ulstad, 48, of Hills, was charged in U S District Court with assault by striking or wounding his supervisor Ed Ruppenkamp at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City. Ruppenkamp said Ulstad entered his office before 9 30 a m and struck him twice in the head knocking him to the floor. Ulstad was taken into custody and ordered to stay 100 feet away from the VA Center or Ruppenkamp. Arrangements for arraignment were set for Tuesday.
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The
Gazelle
Iowa City
Veterans Affairs Medical Center
U.S. District Court
Jeffrey Ulstad
Hills
Ed Ruppenkamp
Ruppenkamp
VA Medical Center
FBI
U.S. District
Davenport
Ulstad
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
City officials urge safer site for explosives truck inspection
Sioux City officials voiced concern over the Iowa Department of Transportation using the Municipal Auditorium parking lot to inspect a semi loaded with 15,000 pounds of high grade explosives after a crash on Interstate 29. Police Chief Joe Frisbie urged finding a less populated area for future inspections.
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Sioux City
Municipal Auditorium
Joe Frisbie
Iowa Department of Transportation
DOT
Frisbie
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