Fireworks reports light in Cedar Rapids area Independence Day
Cedar Rapids police and Linn County Deputies saw few illegal fireworks calls on Independence Day with about seven calls from the county and a dozen noise complaints in the city. Officers confiscated about five grocery bags of fireworks and a city employee was cited for possessing illegal fireworks. A Cedar Falls man was hospitalized after an incendiary device incident with extensive facial and neck lacerations. no charges filed as the case remains under investigation.
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Interstate 80
Myria Plater
Omaha
Milepost 250
Herbert Hoover Highway
I-80
Plater
Mercytown City
Iowa State Patrol
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Sheriffs Department
Bob Hagist
Hagist
Jeff Oberthien
Cedar Falls
West 12Th Street
Terry Reiners
Sartori Hospital
Reiners
Housing program offers extreme rate with low down payment
The Iowa Housing Authority reports a 6.375 percent rate with no points or fees, available even if buyers are not in targeted areas but with stricter income and price limits. Targeted-neighborhood buyers may qualify for up to a 2500 grant, and only 1 percent down. Call 1 800 432 7230 or visit www.ifahome.com for details.
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Iowa Housing Authority
Michael Tramontina
IFA
Iowa Supreme Court Rules on Child Support and Related Rulings
The Iowa Supreme Court held that other states cannot modify Iowa child support orders and upheld past-due payment enforcement. The ruling centered on Ronald Griffey’s case after a Texas court reduced his back support, with Iowa noting public policy favors enforcing judgments. The docket also covered a deferred judgment dispute in Scott’s intoxication case, a suspension of Judge Gerard for improper conduct, and a custody decision awarding Wilker custody amid a protective order.
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Texas
Griffey
Supreme Court
Johnson County
Stephen Gerard II
Seth Matthew Scott
Scott
Gerard
Hiawatha adopts light emitting diode signals for energy savings
Hiawatha will replace red traffic lights and Don't Walk signals with 44 LED units at three intersections. The upgrade costs over 5600 plus labor and truck rental, offset by a 1964 rebate and projected annual savings above 3700, with bulbs lasting at least five years.
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Richard Ransom
Hiawatha
Alliant Energy
Cedar Rapids
Ransom
Tower Terrace Road
L.L. Pelling Co
North Liberty
Center Point Road
Interstate 380
Joe Smith
Cedar Rapids approves second reading for McBoop Meadows rezoning
Cedar Rapids council moved toward final approval on a rezoning to convert 100 parcels along Ely Road SW from agriculture to single family residential. Residents warned current roads and Highway 30 cannot handle added traffic and urged a new access road or delay. Streets officials will seek a state traffic review and consider a street link to C Street SW to ease future traffic.
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Highway 30
Worthington Acres
Don Bontrager
Worthington Dr. SW
Don Thomas
Iowa Department of Transportation
Lee Clancey
McBoop Meadows
C Street
Ely Road
Old River Road
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Stephen
Paula
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SW Development
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