Parade of Homes opens with 36 new houses to tour
Iowa City hosts 36 new homes on a multi day tour presented by the Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association. Open hours span today Sunday and Saturday with varied evening slots. Admission is seven dollars, with addresses and details available online or by phone. Eight Excellence Awards recognize builders Frontier Homes Prime Ventures B H Builders Advantage Custom Builders H and H Home Builders Molina Construction Co West Liberty Builders and Saylor Construction. The region also reports I 80 Cedar County Road X 40 interchange work with a three week timeline and a marked detour.
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Open house planned for Kalona Public Library unveiling
An open house for the new Kalona Public Library runs today from 1 to 3 p.m. with 10 a.m. regular hours. No formal program. features live music in the children's room, refreshments, tours, and a slide show by Jim Hussey about moving day when 200 volunteers helped relocate items. The show, set to music, debuts in Velma Skola meeting room with refreshments in that room. guides from Friends of the Library lead tours. City officials, library board members, and the foundation will attend, with invitations extended to Christie Vilsack and lawmakers Sandy Greiner and David Miller.
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Iowa City unveils two new cultural districts
Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson unveiled signs marking Iowa Citys two cultural districts during a ceremony at the Englert Theatre. The districts designated by the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs cover the Old Capitol area and the Iowa River corridor with sites such as the Old Capitol, Johnson County Courthouse, Hancher Auditorium, City Park, and Terrill Mill Park.
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Iowa College Scholarships Awarded to Local Students
Elizabeth Matzen of Iowa City earned a 7500 dollar Goldwater Scholarship at Luther College. Iowa Farm Bureau Federation awarded 1000 dollar scholarships to Mitchell Thomann of Riverside and Michael Wittetoe of Washington. Bryan Cobb of Iowa City won a 1000 dollar John E Briggs Scholarship from the Iowa City Noon Kiwanis Club.
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Iowa City
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