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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 2009
Page
1
In a Friday night MLB game the St Louis Cardinals defeated the Chicago Cubs 8 to 3 to start the final weekend before the All Star break. The win boosts Cardinals efforts as they head into the midseason pause.
Linn County supervisors, eyeing a renovation ballooning from 2 million to 12 million, rely on 8.8 million in state I-JOBS aid. A committee drafted plans without price guidelines, with options exceeding 10 million. If I-JOBS fails, the board faces anew plan or taxpayer exposure.
The first revenue train since the CRANDIC bridge collapse carried Penford Products cargo across the Cedar River. The $9 million replacement span reconnects lines to the Iowa Northern Railway and Canadian National routes, signaling progress amid flood and weak economy.
The Gazette notes a web time lapse showing the bridge reconstruction. Before collapse, the span carried up to 14,000 cars annually linking Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Manly on the Iowa Northern. Much of the freight was corn bound for ADM’s expanding ethanol facility served CRANDIC.
University of Iowa figures show male student athletes had lower arrest and citation rates than fraternity members for five years. In 2008 09 male athlete charges were 10.5 percent, residence hall students 10.1 percent, while fraternity members led at 15.1 percent. Overall 8.3 percent of male undergraduates faced at least one charge.
Iowa City officials weigh moving Hancher Auditorium downtown to boost business for restaurants hotels and shops. Two sites north of the current flood damaged building or south of Burlington Street near Clinton and Madison streets are under study with final choice by the state Board of Regents.
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