Rafter's body recovered from Cedar River
The missing rafter Steven McGlashing, 19, of Cedar Rapids, was found in the Cedar River Saturday near Palisades Kepler State Park. He was last heard from Tuesday evening when he rode the river on a child's toy raft and was reported missing after friends failed to pick him up. Two fishermen located the body about 10:30 a.m. and the Linn County Sheriff's Department confirmed the discovery.
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Man Killed In Cedar River Highway 1 Crash Near Mount Vernon
A 40-year-old man died when his motorcycle struck a guardrail on a bridge over the Cedar River on Highway 1 four miles south of Mount Vernon around 5:54 a.m. A 23-year-old female passenger was airlifted to Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids after calling 911. The victims’ names were not released.
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Vision Iowa RiverRun project advances in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette reports that Cedar Rapids joins five other Vision Iowa efforts with state grants and local matches under review. Linn County voters will decide June 10 on a 1 percent local option tax to fund RiverRun, now costing about 150 million dollars with a 10.5 million Vision Iowa grant and a 42 million local match. Council Bluffs and Ottumwa illustrate varied progress on Vision Iowa grants and private development alongside public works.
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Dubuque
Vision
Iowa
Mississippi River
Vision Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Shenandoah
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Linn County
Vision Iowa Board
Vision Iown
Bluestem
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Mid- American Recreation & Convention Complex
River Renaissance on the Mississippi Initiative Profiles
The report itemizes four development projects with total costs ranging from 22 to 201 million dollars. It lists Vision Iowa grants amounts, local matches, and funding mix including bonds, gaming revenue, private investment, city and county support, and donations across Dubuque Des Moines and Wapello County regions.
Infrastructure funding summary for Iowa river projects
West Tarkio Reservoir Lake costs 47 million with a 12 million Vision Iowa grant and 32 million local match funded by revenue bonds plus 250000 local and 100000 private. River's Edge I totals 84 million with 21 million grant and 14 million local match. city riverboat funds 19 million plus 9.4 million federal grants and 8.5 million private and miscellaneous. Cedar Valley River Renaissance totals 40 million with 9.5 million Vision Iowa grant and 8.6 million local match. Waterloo and Cedar Falls share 8.7 million and 1.7 million respectively with 5 million miscellaneous for community projects.
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Iowa West Foundation
Harrah's
Mississippi
Vision Lowa
Isle of Capri
Figge Foundation
West Tarkio Reservoir
Vision Lown
Clarinda
Shenandoah
Page County
Cedar Valley
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Kate Shelley Named for Valor Award in Iowa Columns
Mike Deupree suggests renaming the Governor's Award of Valor to honor Kate Shelley for a lifesaving act. He notes the Sullivan brothers' fame while praising Kate Shelley's heroism in 1881. The Kate Shelley Lifesaving Award fits the governor’s program, a columnist’s proposal at the State Fair.
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Joe Foss
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rodger Young
Alvin York
Kate Shelley
Vilsack
Matt Paul
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