Ground beetles flood Cedar Rapids area says expert
Iowa State extension entomologist Harold Stockdale notes a strong ground beetle population this year with sightings across Cedar Rapids and statewide. He explains how to tell beetles from cockroaches, stresses beetles are beneficial predators, and advises sealing entry points. extermination is rarely needed. Bill Toll of Orkin corroborates the surge. Linn County extension director Dick Freeman cites other species with high reproduction, including strawberry root weevils.
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Iowa State University
Stockdale
Ames
Bill Toll
Orkin Pest Control
Toll
Dick Freeman
Linn County
Cocaine charges for Cedar Rapids man and St Louis woman
A Cedar Rapids man and a St. Louis woman were held on cocaine possession with intent to deliver charges after patrol officers stopped a suspicious car on Jackson Drive NW. Richard C. Novetzke Jr. and Karen Sue Pepper, both 21, were found with an ounce of cocaine. Also noted: Kirkwood Community College scholarships announced by the Kirkwood Women's and Wives' Club with three $75 awards for part time and older students, and three arrests for drunk driving in Linn County. A 17-year-old pleaded guilty to two counts of burglary at Paramount Pharmacy, was adjudicated delinquent, and sent to Eldora Boys Training School.
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St. Louis
Linn County
Jackson Drive
Richard C. Novetzke Jr
Indian Hill Road
Karen Sue Pepper
Linn County Attorney’s
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Bill Waltz
Linn Hall
Paramount Pharmacy
Mount Vernon Road
Eldora
Brent Harstad
Couple sues over alleged alienation of daughter in Cedar Rapids case
A Hiawatha couple, Matthias and Janet Scheetz, claim in Linn District Court that Cedar Rapids residents James and Connie Willyard and their son Chris caused their 15 year old daughter Judy Scheetz to be alienated from them. The suit seeks a temporary injunction to bar the Willyards from further activity. The complaint alleges encouragement of immoral acts, disruptions to Judy’s mental health care, and that she was moved from a psychiatric ward by the Willyards. A hearing on the injunction is set for next Tuesday.
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Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Matthias
Janet Scheetz
Linn
James
Connie Willyard
Chris
Judy Scheetz
Willyard
Scheetz
Willyards
Metro area rail study to begin next week
The metropolitan area railroad study, funded 90 percent by federal sources at 176000 dollars, will start next week with De Leuw Cather Inc. preparing the plan. Don Salyer of Cedar Rapids said the aim is to assess the total rail system capacity and forecast solutions and costs over an expected 10 month period. A firm representative will meet Linn County's Rail Study Committee to outline the project.
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de Leuw Cather Inc
Chicago
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Don Salyer
Cedar Rapids
Salyer
Metro
Vet in Verdict Row Voicing Sex Bias Sees Guilty Ruling Confirmed
Cedar Rapids veterinarian Dr. Kenneth Paulsen faced a traffic charge after his 1979 Lincoln Continental hit a stopped car on Marion Boulevard. He argued male judges understand mechanics better but a district judge upheld a May 11 guilty verdict, confirming the prior magistrate conviction.
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Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Paulsen
Alleghany
Marion Boulevard
Paulsen
Donna Paulsen
Robert Osmundson
Marion
Gordon Dolley
Osmundson
Suit dismissed in auto case against General Motors
A Dubuque man, Robert Mellon, sued General Motors alleging false advertising and Sherman Act violations over Pontiac engines in his 1975 Oldsmobile. Judge Edward J. McManus dismissed the case for lack of proper jurisdiction, ending Mellon’s bid to include about 25,000 other Oldsmobile buyers in a class action.
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General Motors
Dubuque
Pontiac
U.S
Edward J. McManus
Robert Mellon
Oldsmobile
Mellon
Minority firm seeks reimbursement for housing proposal costs
Cortez Evans Evans and Steward, a Cedar Rapids minority development firm, asks Cedar Rapids to reimburse 35330.88 for expenses in preparing a Section 8 family housing proposal for Oak Hill. The filing cites lack of competitive bidding and preselected developers. Salyer defends bidding as proper under state law. Oak Hill committee favored Washington firm Cedar Rapids Associates.
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Cortez, Evans, Evans & Steward
Cedar Rapids
City of
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D.C
Oak Hill
Ment
Don Salyer
Cedar Rapids trio indicted on firearms and check fraud charges
Three Cedar Rapids residents William H. Kelsey Steven A. Wilson and Jimmie M. Westbrook were indicted by a federal grand jury for firearm and treasury check related offenses. Each faces penalties including fines up to 5000 2000 and 1000 dollars and prison terms up to five or ten years. Arraignment is set for 9 a.m. August 3 in U.S. District Court Cedar Rapids.
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Cedar Rapids
William H. Kelsey
Bever Ave
Steven A. Wilson
First Ave
Treasury
Jimmie M. Westbrook
St. SW
Grand
U.S. District Court
Grinnell Man Dies After Heart Attack At Wheel
George Voels Jr., 58, of Grinnell, died in Grinnell hospital after suffering a heart seizure while driving. Authorities said he pulled his car onto a Grinnell street, realizing he was having the attack.
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Grinnell
Dubuque
Grinnell Hospital
George Voels Jr
Voels
Grinnell Street
Tractor accident claims Denver man life in Bremer County
A 68-year-old Denver man, George Knapp, was killed Thursday when the tractor he operated tipped over and pinned him. He died at Waverly Hospital after the 4:30 p.m. incident, per Bremer County Sheriff's Department.
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Denver
Bremer County
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