Marion School Board weighs local option tax to cut debt levy
Marion Independent administrators consider a 25 or 33 percent debt service levy reduction over 10 years via a local option sales tax. A 25 percent cut would cost $3.75 million and lower the rate from 16.80 to 15.60 per thousand, while a 33 percent cut would cost $5 million and drop the rate to 15.20. The district also eyes over 11.4 million in projects and cites a 10-year 1 percent sales tax could yield about 15 million in new revenue.
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Marion
Nick Hobbs
Hobbs
Cedar Rapids Driver Hospitalized After Guardrail Crash
Jennifer Slusher, 22, of 66 Miller Ave SW, remained hospitalized Monday at University Hospitals in Iowa City after a Sunday 7:45 p.m. crash on Dean Road SW. Police said she lost control and struck the bridge guardrail, suffering head injuries. Information on her condition was not available last night.
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Jennifer Slusher
Cedar Rapids
Slusher
Miller Ave
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Dean Road
Openness in Government Topic at Cedar Rapids Forum
Sara Mentzer of the Cedar Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce and Gazette Editor Mark Bowden will discuss Openness in Government at the Cedar Rapids Marion League of Women Voters meeting. The picnic event runs 6 to 8 p.m. at Noelridge Park Main Pavilion and welcomes the public with potluck food and shared table service.
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Sara Mentzer
Cedar Rapids Area
Interstate loop closure near Coralville after semi crash
Detour in effect tonight from 7 p.m. as the southbound I 380 to eastbound I 80 loop closes for cleanup after a semi crash. Reopens by 7 a.m. Wednesday. Tips lines available for Cedar Rapids Iowa City and statewide reporters.
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Hiawatha police seek bank robber
The Gazette reports Hiawatha police seek a bank robber described from surveillance footage after he entered Hiawatha Bank & Trust at 777 N Center Point Rd around 3 15 p m demanded cash in large bills without displaying a weapon. He fled behind the bank over a fence with no vehicle or accomplice observed.
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Hiawatha
Rick Pierce
Pierce
Hiawatha Bank & Trust
Center Point Rd
Young 4-H and FFA judges weigh prize cattle at fair
About 80 youth from 4-H and FFA stood behind four heifers at the Johnson County Fair, ranking them on rib depth and eye appeal. They compared scores to 30-year livestock judge Dave Fowler, with the closest match earning bragging rights as the best judge. Fowler, 33, said the event shows growing popularity and that his role is to provide an official benchmark.
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Brian Ray
the Gazette
FFA
Johnson County Fairgrounds
Iowa City
Dave Fowler
Muscatine High School
OWA
Johnson County
Buffalo Prairie
Ill
Fowler
Emergency management board to audit findings and hire
Cedar Rapids Linn County Emergency Management Commission meets at Kirkwood Community College to review a July state audit finding that the agency misspent 48151, mostly for vacation and compensatory time. The former director may repay 17386 as a director search narrows to three candidates Rich Mahaney Robin Reese and Craig Estep.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Emergency Management Commission
Kirkwood Community College
Brian Courtney
Lisbon
Walter “Ned” Wright
Atlanta
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Commission
Rich Mahaney
Poplar Grove
Ill
Robin Reese
Linn County Emergency Management Agency
Jones County
Craig Estep
Shueyville
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Palo
Mark English
Courtney
State Auditor
County Auditor
Division
Hill Harper's Iowa Roots Illuminate a Notable Family
Sunday's column traces actor author scholar Hill Harper lineage through Dr. Harry Harper and family. It highlights Civil Rights work, academia, and civic leadership of Virginia Harper Lois Ann Harper Eibhacker and others, linking generations with Iowa institutions and shared community service.
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Hill Harper
Harry Harper
University of Iowa
Howard University
Fort Madison
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Hill
Harry Harper Jr
Harper
Iowa
Virginia Harper
Currier Hall
State Board of Public Instruction
Naacp and Human Rights Commission
Lois Ann Harper Eibhacker
Iowa Alumni Association Board of Directors
Iowa Women’s Hall of Fame
Percy Harris
Lileah
Harpers
Harrises
Harris
Percy
Howard
Harry
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Ned” Wright
Betty Jean Furgerson
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