Muscatine Woman Charged With Second Degree Murder
Heather Marie Begey 18 is jailed without bond on a second degree murder charge after a man, Michael Jay Sissel 30, died from injuries after sliding off the hood of her car Friday afternoon in Muscatine. Sissel died Saturday at University Hospitals Iowa City. Police described the incident and noted no further details were available last night.
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Muscatine
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Heather Marie Begey
Muscatine County
Michael Jay Sissel
Bogey
Kevin Sink
Edgewood Child Care Center to Close in Cedar Rapids
The Edgewood Child Care Center at 3211 Edgewood Rd SW operated by the Church of God of Prophecy will shut down as of Aug 17. It serves 39 children ages 2 to 10 and has existed 23 years after the director, aged 77, retired. Rev. Ed Kraft cites the retirement as the turning point.
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Edgewood
Church of God of Prophecy
Edgewood Rd
Ed Kraft
Illinois man pleads guilty in Deadbeat Parent case
Dean Kerner, 35, of Wauconda Illinois, admitted in U.S. District Court to being more than two years and $10,000 behind on child support. He pleaded guilty before Judge Michael Melloy on July 16 and faces sentencing October 15 in federal court.
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Illinois
U.S
Dean Kerner
Wauconda
Michael Melloy
Waterloo native admits drug conspiracy and firearm charge
Waterloo born Kim Richard Jones, 49, of Fort Collins Colorado, pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and fifty kilograms or more of marijuana in Waterloo from 1997 to 1998. He also admitted using and carrying a handgun on October 29 1998 to further a drug trafficking crime and faces sentencing October 15 in U.S. District Court before Judge Michael Melloy.
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Waterloo
Kim Richard Jones
Fort Collins
Colo
Michael Melloy
U.S. District Court
Lawsuit Alleges Burlington Officer Mishandled Dog Attack
Bertha Brown accuses officer Mike Wahl of mismanaging a mixed breed dog that bit her 6 year old son Dominique Peterson on July 12 1999 after pepper spray was used. The petition says Wahl sprayed the dog again and the animal was shot after taking refuge under a bush. Brown seeks medical costs and damages for pain and permanent injury plus loss of companionship. The city denies the claim.
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Burlington
Bertha Brown
Mike Wahl
Wahl
Dominique Peterson
Brown
Nebraska woman killed in traffic crash near Raymond
The Lancaster County sheriff reports 22 year old Jessica J. Hughes died after a collision between a car and a semitrailer at Nebraska Highway 79 and West Raymond Road about 10 miles northwest of Lincoln. She was ejected and died at a Lincoln hospital. The inquiry notes Hughes did not appear belted in.
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Lancaster County
Nebraska
Raymond
Neb
Jessica J. Hughes
Lincoln
Hughes
Sioux City
Iowa
Nebraska Highway 79
West Raymond Road
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Understanding a municipal tax increment financing district
A TIF district zones a declining area for redevelopment with frozen base values. A city borrows funds to improve the area to attract investment. New and existing businesses rise in value, raising the district's taxable value, while the original base taxes still fund public bodies. New taxes fund TIF bond debt.
TIF Districts Used To Spur Redevelopment
The text explains that tax increment financing districts redirect increased tax revenues for district improvements. After about 20 years the district returns to the tax rolls, potentially boosting wealth and the tax base. TIFs may also support job development and training programs.
Tax increment financing figures for Cedar Rapids TIF districts
In Cedar Rapids the total taxable value of property inside TIF districts is 817.3 million dollars with a base value of 662.8 million. The increment equals 154.5 million and yields about 4.5 million annually returned to the districts for improvements or job programs, while base taxes of 21.4 million go to general taxing bodies.
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Kirkwood Community College
Job training aided by TIF program
Iowa community colleges won legislative approval in 1983 to use tax incremental financing for new job training. Kirkwood Community College began employing the mechanism that year, signing 271 agreements and issuing $86.9 million in bonds to train for 19,329 pledged new jobs. The push followed the early 1980s recession and aimed to boost starting salaries.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Edar Rapids
Iowa
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
TIF Authority
Kirkwood
Cedar Rapids credits TIF tool for downtown growth and jobs
Cedar Rapids officials praise tax increment financing for funding the U S Cellular Center and landmarks like the Five Seasons Center. They cite about 1.3 billion in Linn County TIF property, 4,390 jobs created or retained, and 9.6 million in annual property taxes redirected to TIF districts, with future school and government funding implications.
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Dick Hogan
Edar Rapids
Doobie Brothers
Kenny Rogers
Bob Hope
U.S. Cellular Center
Cedar Rapids
Five Seasons Center
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Public Library
Great America
Tom Aller
Don Canney
Joe Zajicek Turns Junk to Gold in Rochester Yard
Joe Zajicek, 81, operates a 50 year salvage yard at Rochester Avenue and Scott Boulevard converting old bus frames into rafters and junk into usable material. He resists enviro‑centric labels and says he recycles before others coined the term, while fans praise his hands on work and stubborn stance.
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Owa City
Joe Zajicek
Rochester Avenue
Scott Boulevard
Iowa City
Zajicek
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