Linn County approves contracts for bridge and road work
Linn County supervisors authorize nearly 600000 in bids for Big Creek bridge on Mount Vernon Road SE and Chain Lakes road improvements funded by state farm to market aid. Schmidt Construction and Kohl and Kohli win bridge and grading jobs, with B L Anderson awarded paving prep work.
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Mary Burke
Linn County
Big Creek
Mount Vernon Road
Highway 13
Chain Lakes
State Farm
Ames
Iowa Department of Transportation
Jerry Nelson
IDOT
Schmidt Construction
Winfield
Iowa
Kohl and Kohli Inc
Tipton
B.L. Anderson
Cedar Rap
Ids
Palo
Cedar River
Blairs Ferry Road
Nelson
Thor Fiske
Elkader
Mount Vernon
Cedar Rapids
Fiske
County aid rules ease weekly Job Services visits
The amendment to Linn County general relief ordinance allows unemployed applicants to avoid weekly visits to Job Services if they visit an employer for work. Employers will sign the aid cards after visits, replacing the previous signed cards by Job Services staff. County supervisors approved the measure and also finalized a zoning amendment requiring conditional use permits for short term events.
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Mary Burke
Kris Lint
Job Services
Linn
Linn County eyes maintenance cuts for 125 roads
Linn County supervisors and County Engineer Jerry Nelson review about 125 roads with low traffic counts that may be vacated closed or reclassified to level B or limited maintenance. A public hearing and legal review are planned before any action.
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Mary Burke
Linn County
Linn
Jerry Nelson
Nelson
Touring arts team revives Volga City Opera House
The Iowa Arts Council touring team brings performances to Volga City after 30 years as workshops run today and Thursday. Public sessions at Volga Middle School include 2 to 4 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday. A 7:30 p.m. show tonight precedes a Thursday talent night. Renovation has repurposed the main floor as Red Wood Inn and the second floor as a dance space after roller skating years.
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Opera House
Volga City
Red Wood Inn
Two Brothers Drowned in Mississippi River near Dubuque
In Dubuque, the bodies of brothers Todd Becker 22 and Mike Becker were recovered after a boating accident on the Mississippi River Saturday night. The brothers, sons of Walter and Joyce Becker, were in a fishing boat struck by a speedboat near the Peosta Channel by Hawthorne Street boat ramp. the five people in the other boat were uninjured.
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Dubuque
Mississippi River
Todd Becker
Mike
Walter
Joyce Becker
Peosta Channel
Hawthorne Street
Cedar Rapids to decide if 42314 Second St SW is a nuisance
The Cedar Rapids City Council will hold a 10:30 a.m. special meeting to vote on a resolution declaring the property at 42314 Second St SW a nuisance and authorizing the city attorney to seek abatement and a lawsuit. Bennie Graw leases the property from Harold Ammons amid neighbor complaints of litter and hazards.
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Cedar Rapids
Second St
Bennie Graw
Harold Ammons
Graw
Ammons
Cedar Rapids crash leaves teens in hospital. theft and lights issues noted
A 16 year old Cedar Rapids girl improved to serious condition in ICU after a truck motorcycle crash near Shueyville. The motorcycle rider, 17 year old Ricky Shramek, also in serious condition, and the pickup driver, 22 year old Pat Bevins, faced charges for failure to yield. A stolen $259 garage opener was reported from 815 Ellis Blvd NW. Downtown Cedar Rapids street lights have been on during daylight due to controller faults, with costs based on 4034 burning hours per year. A $450 carpet was stolen from 526 East Post Road SE. Leo Alberts, 55, was arrested for drunken driving near Bertram.
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Cedar Rapids
St. Luke's Hospital
Traci Murray
Ripon St. SW
Shueyville
Ricky R. Shramek
Solon
St. Luke's
Pat K. Bevins
Belle Plaine
Mary Edmunds
Ellis Blvd
Horace Webb
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Gazette
Third Ave. SE
Webb
Shelter Life Insurance Comprehensive Hospital Plan Details
A historical insurance notice describes a comprehensive hospital surgical and medical policy. It covers adults 19 to 60 and dependents under 19 with deductibles from 29 to 45 dollars per month and yearly maximums up to 1,000,000. Benefits include doctor visits prescriptions, semi private hospital rooms, operations, and no disease exclusions beyond pre existing conditions. Premiums vary by age and gender with listed monthly rates, and maternity options are noted for late 20s to 40s. The provider is Shelter Life Insurance, promoting broad coverage with multiple deductible and benefit structures.
Stolen goods from vacant Bever Avenue home
Property valued at 1800 dollars reported missing from an unoccupied house at 1446 Bever Ave SE between Friday and Sunday. Mark McFarland, who recently moved from the Bever residence, said a wheelchair a television and an air conditioning unit left in the basement were taken.
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Bever Ave
Mark McFarland
Third Ave
Tole
Bever Avenue
Gazette NOI promotes Newspaper in Education program
The Gazette urges schools in Eastern Iowa to join its Newspaper in Education initiative. It highlights classroom activities from producing student papers to teaching fact and opinion and invites schools to contact coordinator Oline Stigers at 398 8427.
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The
Gazette
Iowa
the Gazette
Oline Stigers
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Linn County Supervisors
Ken Schriner
Jean Oxley
Ann Peppers
East Post Road SE
Leo C. Alberts
Big Bend Road
Bertram
Shelter Insurance
Russell H. Bartels
Indian Creek
Marion
Shelter’s
Shelter Life Insurance
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