Conservation Board updates on Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Linn County Conservation Board discussed transferring ownership of the Cedar Valley Nature Trail and considered private crossing requests and fencing repairs. The board seeks attorney advice on lease terminations and queried Benton County trail funds. Updates included Squaw Creek Park master plan revisions and a ranger residence project at Matsell Bridge Natural Area.
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Sacette County
Squaw Creek Park
Linn County Conservation Board
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Conservation Board
George Hamilton
Hiawatha
Dean Denison
Rural Center Point
Denison
Hamilton
Center Point
Benton County
Representa
Matsell Bridge
Viola
Kirkwood Community College
Midstate Airlines Unveils Two-Tier Fare System
Midstate Airlines plans a two fare structure discount and non-discount starting Sept. 15 to simplify pricing. From Cedar Rapids the Stevens Point based carrier offers discount Q rates on off peak flights with limited Q seats and no discounts on peak flights. Since January the airline has run 18 daily non stop flights to Chicago Minneapolis and Kansas City carrying 30 000 passengers with four million dollars of equipment and 18 staff in Cedar Rapids.
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Dick Hogan
Midstate Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Bryce Appleton
Stevens Point
Wis
Airport Commission
Appleton
Midstate
Chicago
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Midstates
Low bid for Cedar Rapids cargo building tops estimate
Knutson Construction of Minneapolis offered $536,882 for a 304 by 53 foot air cargo facility at Cedar Rapids Airport, 10 percent under the $594,600 engineer estimate. The Airport Commission will award if approved by EE0 office and staff. Eight tenants show interest in space. funding to come from city borrowing repaid by lease income.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Knutson Construction
Minneapolis
Knutson
Equal Employment Opportunity Office
Roy Jameson
Council on Aging pushes merger talks with Witwer Center
Linn County Council on Aging board seeks to resume merger discussions with Witwer Senior Center after Witwer postponed talks for 12 months. A joint four member from each board committee is proposed to reassess by next month with aims toward consolidation. The council also opposes United Way donor option plan and notes a Thanksgiving dinner for up to 800 elderly is planned at the Witwer center.
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Gail Cooper-Evans
Chazette
Linn County Council On Aging Board
Witwer Senior Center
Witwer Board of Directors
Council On Aging
Council Board
Witwer Board
Alan Campbell
Richard Freeman
Council
Linn County
Russell Proffitt
Heritage Agency On Aging
Campbell
Freeman
Councile
United Way
Dick Osing
Denta Society
Prostitution conviction upheld in 8th Circuit
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Oakland man Claude Riley's two 10 year sentences for taking a 16 year old girl from Dubuque to East Dubuque for prostitution across state lines. A third count was dismissed after a retrial and an earlier Illinois pimping conviction evidence question was raised.
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8Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oakland
Calif
Iowa
Claude Riley
U.S
Riley
U.S. District Court
Illinois
Airport income rises despite passenger decline at Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Airport finished the fiscal year with higher income and more flights driven by a surge in commuter airline activity. Passenger numbers fell 6.75 percent in June and 10.09 percent for the year, while revenues neared $1.9 million, 2 percent above budget, and expenses were just over $1 million, 6.7 percent below budget.
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Cedar Rapids
Airport Commission
Burglary Spree Hits Cedar Rapids Homes and Garages
Four burglaries were reported over the weekend in Cedar Rapids. A houseboat at Ellis Boat Harbor was entered Saturday and stereo gear worth 945 dollars plus tools and skis were taken from Donna Brow at 3307 29th Ave. SW. Also Saturday, An Chowdhury’s residence at 1611 Center Point Road NE was broken into, with stereo equipment and a television taken. Garages on 19th Ave SW were entered via unlocked windows and doors, with spray guns, tools, a grinder, and tool box stolen from Mervin Chandler’s garage and a tool box and wrenches removed from Darrell Bahndorf’s, totaling about 710 and 680 dollars respectively.
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Cedar Rapids
Donna Brow
29Th Ave
Ellis Boat Harbor
An. Chowdhury
Center Point Road
Mervin Chandler
19Th Ave
Darrell Bahndorf
Corn Heist Leads to Four Arrests in Cedar Rapids
A security guard halted a corn theft from a private garden near the C Street power plant. Four suspects were arrested at C Street and Ely Road SW. driver Charles D. Janey 23 faces charges of criminal trespass theft and assault with a vehicle. Others Cheryl Cousins 24 Chris Shaffer 18 and Kristi Heiderscheid 19 face theft and trespass charges.
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Cedar Rapids
C Street
Delores O’brien
Charles D. Janey
O’brien
Ely Road
Janey
Route 1
Ely
Cheryl Cousins
Fourth St. NW
Chris Shaffer
Oklahoma Ave
Kristi Heiderscheid
B Ave
Helicopter aids capture in Iowa assault case
Linn County deputies used a Cedar Rapids police helicopter to locate Ronald L. Varner after a fight at the Squaw Creek Tap on Mount Vernon Road SE. Varner, 33, fled into weeds but was spotted by aerial units within minutes and arrested on two counts of assault. He was released on recognizance after an early Sunday court appearance.
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Linn County Sheriff's Department
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Ronald L. Warner
C Ave
Squaw Creek
Mount Vernon Road
Varner
Sweet-tooth burglars hit park stand
Burglars pried open a wall at Cherry Hill Park concession stand in Cedar Hills and stole candy worth over 165 dollars. The loot included 130 pieces of bubblegum, 60 lollipops, 72 pieces of taffy, 110 candy bars, 10 jawbreakers, 60 licorice pieces, potato chips, and a dozen packages of peanuts. two burglars suspected based on two half-finished sodas left behind.
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Cherry Hill Park
Cedar Hills
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