Wierck enters Alford plea in fatal Independence stabbing
Wierck admits stabbing TayLor in the chest and striking him in the head with a ceramic object in their home at 914 Ninth St NE Independence. Judge Stigler accepts the plea to two Class C felonies with sentencing set for Sept 17 and a pre sentence investigation ordered.
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Poll Seeks Wider Input On Local Landfill Issue
Dostal notes the Magid survey aims to hear from a broader audience on the landfill question while Bluestem, the county solid waste agency, studies a plan for a new regional landfill. Board member Houser ties the poll to prior surveys guiding priorities and road funding.
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Jim Houser
Multigovernmental Solid Waste Agency
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Linn County Debates Ban on New Landfill Construction
A Magid survey shows 62 percent oppose banning new landfills in Linn County while 33 percent favor shipping garbage out of the county and 23 percent favor a ban. The study notes urban residents predominate, with Cedar Rapids and Marion housing 81 percent of respondents, and 39 percent urging rural focus versus 30 percent for urban.
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Linn
Jane Cook
Business Strategies
Board of Supervisors
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Planning panel weighs flood plain development amid study push
Linn County Regional Planning Commission votes to seek a flood plain study before greenlighting new build projects. Sun Valley neighbors urge blocking new developments until effects of prior floods are fully understood, as Cedar Rapids officials consider similar steps.
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Jim Sattler
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
Cedar Rapids
Darryl High
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Bart Woods
Cedar Valley Bible Church
Cottage Grove Ave
Sun Valley
John Wilson
Cottage Grove Pkwy
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Egypt convicts 16 Muslim Brotherhood members in military court
A military court in Egypt convicted 16 Muslim Brotherhood members, mostly academics and professionals, of conspiring against the government and sentenced them to up to five years. The ruling drew criticism from Amnesty International and the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights who said civilians should not be tried by the military court. The defendants shouted slogans upon hearing the verdict.
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Egypt
Washington
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Alliant to Equalize Rates With Regional Shifts
Alliant plans a phased rate rebalance across zones to raise residential bills by about eight dollars monthly in the south to fund reliability upgrades and higher operating costs. Northern zone residents would See no more than a modest rise while long stagnant base rates begin adjusting in early 2003.
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Alliant
Cedar Rapids
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