Boyson Road Hearing Set at Wilkins Elementary
A public hearing is planned for 7 p.m. on Monday August 13 at Wilkins Elementary on the Boyson Road extension to relieve mid town traffic. Residents oppose the plan citing increased neighborhood congestion while supporters push to connect Boyson to Indian Creek Road and target a $1.4 million project funded 75 percent by federal aid and the rest by city bonds.
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Boyson Road
Wilkins Elementary
Marion
Citizens’ Committee
Alburnett Road
Indian Creek Road
25Th Avenue
29Th Avenue
Marion Briefs Council Session and YMCA Friday Schedule
The Marion City Council meets in regular session at 7 30 tonight in City Hall. Marion branch YMCA Friday activities include non aquatic ladies fitness at 9 a m and men's fitness at noon followed by youth fun gym at 1 30 p m high school gym at 3 30 p m adult gym at 6 p m aquatic preschool fun swim at 3 p m youth fun swim at 3 30 p m swim team at 4 30 p m adult swim at 6 p m and family swim at 6 30 p m.
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Marion City Council
City Hall
YMCA
Marion Branch
Fireworks prank marked serious by Iowa City police
Iowa City police logged many fireworks complaints on July 4 with one claim of a potential serious injury. Two unidentified males reportedly threw flares at a house on Orchard Street where Wilma Hatfield, who has a broken leg, could not move quickly. A bystander and neighbors aided, extinguishing two small fires before firefighters arrived.
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Iowa City
Wilma Hatfield
Orchard Street
Hatfield
Fire Department
Hy-Vee gains three planning approvals in Cedar Rapids
Hy-Vee Food Stores secured planning commission approval on three of four requests Tuesday, with one tabled. The actions covered rezoning at 1421 33rd St NE to enable employee and customer parking, a revised Drug Town store driveway plan on 32nd St NE to ease traffic near Oakland Road, and rezoning for a Mount Vernon Road SE site to permit employee parking. A fourth request for the First Ave NE area was tabled for lack of a revised site plan.
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Hy-Vee
Cedar Rapids
32Nd Street
Victor
Oakland Road
George Cropp
32Nd St
Cropp
Planning Commission
First Ave
First Avenue
Mount Vernon Road
28Th Street
Cedar Rapids Students Head to France for Exchange
Fourteen Cedar Rapids students depart for France today under the International Student Exchange of Iowa French Homestay Program. Participants, ages 16 to 18 and with at least two years of French study, will stay with French host families through August 1. Names and home addresses of the group are listed.
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Cedar Rapids
France
International Student Exchange of Iowa
Amy Altheide
21St St
Brenda Berry
Random Road
Teri Minard
Johnson Ave
Martha Orthmayer
Gordon Ave
Kathy Perkinson
Thunderbird Road
Rochelle Reid
G Ave
Faith Ridenour
Burdette Drive
Pamela Rott
Linden Drive
Danielle Shaw
Harbert Ave
Somsak Vidhamalic
Third Ave
Linda Vyskocil
Pawnee Drive
Therese Wild
Elmhurst Drive
Carol Williams
East Ave
Gregory Campbell
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Algiers
Laurie Jensen
Gazette
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Smulekoff’s
Smulekoff
S.E
Lal
Drexel
Ale Sale
Lias
White Westinghouse
WAY White Westinghouse
White-Westinghouse
WAY
Westinghouse
Lawa Electric Light and Power Company
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