Marion council member resigns to move to Cedar Rapids
Marion Iowa 1st Ward council member David Karr resigns after deciding to move with his family to Cedar Rapids. He would have faced re-election this fall, and the council plans a temporary appointment to finish the term. Citizens may petition for a special election within 14 days, needing at least 135 signatures.
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Marion
David Karr
Cedar Rapids
Karr
Jeff Schott
Linn County
Linda Langenberg
Linn-Mar Board OKs $599,500 Technology Loan
The Linn-Mar school board approved a three year loan of 599500 with Farmers State Bank at 4.8 percent to buy technology gear. Funds fund automated library cataloging at elementary schools an instruction lab library system and offices at the new intermediate school added teacher workstations at the junior high and IBM Mac labs at the high school. A fiber optic backbone connects systems to a file server at the Educational Services Center and repayment comes from the instructional support fund.
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Linn-Mar
Farmers State Bank
Educational Services Center
Public seek dog in Hiawatha bite incident
Linn County Health Department asks the public to identify a large short red dog that attacked a woman near Emmons Street and Fourth Avenue Friday. The woman is receiving rabies treatment. call 398-3551 or Cedar Valley Humane Society at 362-6288 with any leads.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids Committee Funds Master Plan Concepts
The Doe Mount Vernon Citizens Committee approved 15000 dollars for an architect to draft concepts for a 20 year master neighborhood plan covering Wellington Heights Mound View and Oak Hill. The plan proposes off street parking enhanced landscaping and 15th Street as a gateway to the area.
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Doe
Mount Vernon
Wellington Heights
Mound View
Oak Hill
15Th Street
Solon bookbinder turns hobby into handmade success
Kim Wenger, 28, runs Hand Bound Books from home after selling journals at Prairie Lights sparked a full business. The former University of Iowa student quit two jobs to pursue bookbinding, building her own press and producing hand sewn pages cover with fabrics and papers. She now makes blank journals and photo albums for festivals and local shops, turning a hobby into a growing enterprise.
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Wenger
Pho
University of Iowa
Kim Wenger
Ground Squirrel Traps Sell to Help Cedar Rapids Control
Dick Thys of Belle Plaine demonstrates his 8 by 8 by 8 inch ground squirrel traps sold by Morrison Manufacturing Co. The traps catch squirrels as they exit holes and cost 25.95 each, 19.95 each for ten or more. Thys markets a Mail Box Alert device and notes success at Oak Hill Cemetery and nearby towns.
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Elle Plain
Cedar Rapids
Dick Thys
Belle
Oak Hill Cemetery
Belle Plaine Country Club
Oak Hill
FMC
Morrison Manufacturing Co
Michigan
Tama-Toledo
Blairstown
Ladora
Belle Plaine
Marion woman to meet birth mother after search
Lisa Johnson of Marion, adopted at 19 days old via Catholic Charities in Dubuque, prepares to meet her biological mother after a court approval allowed a search and location. She fears the emotional moment and hopes to learn medical history that could aid her and her son’s care.
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Brad Hahn
Jack
Jo- Lynn Hennessey
Johnson
C.J
Catholic Charities
Dubuque
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East Iowa Journal
Hiawatha
Solon Bookbinder
By Lynn M. Tefft
Johnson County
Olon
Job
Kim
Prairie Lights
Iowa City
Gazette
Linda Kahlbaugh
Morrison
Grundy County
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Ramblin
Lisa
Lisa Johnson
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