Cedar River Trail opens new 4.7 mile city segment
The Cedar River Trail adds a 4.7 mile city segment from Quaker Oats to Tait Cummins Park running beside the Cedar River and Fourth Street tracks. Linn County Trails Association president Joel Barnum praises the trail as a major urban link and notes plans to extend north to Boyson Road and south to 76th Avenue to connect with other nature trails. The segment is part of the broader American Discovery Trail across the United States.
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Park & Ride
Eighth Avenue
Quaker Oats
Tait Cummins Park
C Street
Cedar River
Fourth Street
Linn County Trails Association
Joel Barnum
Denver
Rochester
Minn
McLoud Place
32Nd Street
Boyson Road
76Th Avenue
United States
Wellington center to open with Night Out block party
The Wellington Heights Neighborhood Association dedicates its new center on Tuesday at 392 15th St SE after a neighborhood block party for National Night Out. The project cost 9000 and used inmate labor from Anamosa and Oakdale facilities with donated materials and labor. The center will host police offices a parole officer and family counselors. The Cedar Rapids Public Library hosts two Harry Potter birthday parties Thursday at 10 am and 1 pm in Beems Auditorium with space for 250 participants.
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Wellington Heights
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Beems
Harry Potter
J.K. Rowling
Potter
Ames Woman Attacked with Ax at Ledges State Park
Mary Eischeid, 38, was reading by the Des Moines River when Larry P. Scott, 36, emerged from woods and struck her with an ax at Ledges State Park near Boone. She wrestled the weapon away and drove to Boone County Hospital then to Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames in fair condition. Scott was arrested on attempted murder charges after campers identified him.
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Ames
Ledges State Park
Boone
Mary Eischeid
Des Moines
Boone County Hospital
Eischeid
Mary Greeley Medical Center
Larry P. Scott
Corning
Adams County
Boswell to Meet with Washington Area Business People
Rep Leonard Boswell of Iowa 3rd District will hold a 10 to 11 a m meeting with area business people at the Breadeaux Pizza meeting room in Washington Iowa on Tuesday.
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Leonard Boswell
Iowa
Breadeaux Pizza
Washington
Skylift Rescue Traps Fifty At Adventureland Park
About 50 people were trapped on a stuck skylift at Adventureland Park last night. Fire crews used ladders and cherry-pickers to bring riders down safely. no injuries reported, though several were shaken. The ride halted around 7 40 p m after a flipped breaker switch. cause under investigation. Altoona lies roughly 10 miles northeast of Des Moines.
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Adventureland
Adventureland Park
Altoona
Jerry Whetstone
Whetstone
Des Moines
Cedar River Trail expands toward 48 miles of city region paths
Cedar Rapids adds a 4.7 mile segment from Quaker Oats to Tait Cummins Park as part of a 1998 master plan to create a 48 mile trail system costing about 19 million. Linn County plan prioritizes linking Cedar Valley and Hoover nature trails with the Cedar River Trail and Grant Wood Trail, boosting transportation use.
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Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Cedar Rapids
Pam Hinman
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Tait Cummins Park
C Street
Cedar River
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Hiawatha
Evansdale
Waterloo
Hoover Nature Trail
Ely
Metro
Grant Wood
Jones County
Don Thomas
Thomas
Ron McGraw
Cedar Valley Trail expands with multiple new segments
A new 4.7 mile trail from Quaker Oats to Tait Cummins Park on C Street SW opened Saturday adding to 2.2 miles of Cedar River Trail. A 0.75 mile gravel loop surrounds Cedar Lake. Also announced are a 7.2 mile Sac and Fox segment near Marion, and a 3.2 mile Grant Wood Trail off Highway 13, totaling 52 miles from Hiawatha to Evansdale.
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Quaker Oats
Tait Cummins Park
C Street
Cedar River
Cedar Lake
Marion
Boyson Park
Legion Park
Cedar Valley
Hiawatha
Evansdale
Grant Wood
Highway 13
Three Johnson County Trail Plan Connects Coralville Iowa City and North Liberty
Johnson County planners advance a three community trail system linking North Ridge Trail from Coral Ridge Mall to North Liberty, plus Clear Creek Corridor and Iowa River Trail links. Over five years, two main trails will join separate segments to form a regional recreational and commuting network. Casey Cook of FIRST supports the effort.
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Ohnson County
Iowa River
University of Iowa
Coral Ridge Mall
North Liberty
Coralville
Iowa City
John Yapp
Johnson County Council of Governments
JCCOG
Yapp
North Ridge
Clear Creek
Coralville Trails
Casey Cook
Friends of the
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Dan Luedert
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