Cedar Rapids OKs historic district change amid protests
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved the third reading of an ordinance amending historic preservation rules to allow de designation of an established district after a three year delay. A petition opposed the district in the Redmond Park Grande Avenue Place area and called for abolition. The measure also creates a task force to review remodeling guidelines and curb burdens on property owners.
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Cedar Rapids
Redmond Park-Grande Avenue Place
Busted scales divert waste to second site in Marion
Damaged scales at Bluestem Solid Waste Agency Landfill Site 1 in Cedar Rapids may divert most waste to Site 2 on County Home Road for about two weeks. All weighed loads should go to Site 2 at 1954 County Home Rd Marion. Small vehicles with $15 tipping fee may stay at Site 1. Yard waste and demolition materials may require arranging alternate scales. Scale repair is expected to take at least two weeks.
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Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Cedar Rapids
County Home Road
County Home Rd
Marion
FBI arrests fugitive on rape charges in Lisbon store
Wilfred Tsosie 39 of Chinle Ariz was arrested by FBI agents and Lisbon police at KC Mini Market in Lisbon at 8 12 a m without incident. A federal warrant issued May 24 in Phoenix charged him with a crime on an American Indian reservation. He appeared in U S District Court Cedar Rapids and was held in Linn County Jail.
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Lisbon
Wilfred Tsosie
Chinle
Ariz
KC Mini Market
Bureau
Tsosie
Phoenix
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Hale 911 service cut then restored near Hale
A road construction crew severed a line east of Hale causing a temporary 911 outage. The Jones County Sheriff's dispatcher said service returned around 8:25 p.m. with unknown number of customers affected in the unincorporated Hale community about 30 miles east of Cedar Rapids.
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Jones County
Hale
Sheriff's Department
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Seeks County Help on Leaky Sewage Pipe
Cedar Rapids asks Linn County to share cost of repairing a 100 year old pressurized cast iron sewer pipe under the Cedar River serving City Hall Veterans Memorial Building and Linn County Jail and Courthouse. County declines. Temporary line installation moves forward with planned permanent route behind Linn County Jail.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Cedar River
Veterans Memorial Building
Dave Elgin
Goldberg
May’s Island
Thomas
First Street
Third Avenue
Hawkeye Downs Fair opens with rides and games in Cedar Rapids
At the 2001 Hawkeye Downs Fair in Cedar Rapids families enjoy opening day fun. Six year old Mackenzie Morgan from Marion pins her hopes on games while grandfather Terry Stammeyer cheers. Carnival workers like Mike Cruse note the travel life and changing scenes each stop. The fair runs June 6 through 10 with rides, karaoke, derby and various acts.
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Billy Hayes
Jordan Rodriguez
Cedar Rapids
Sixth St
Mackenzie
Stammeyer
Mike Cruse
Cruse
Thomas Carnival
Boswell May Relocate To Eastern Iowa
Rep. Leonard Boswell of Davis City may move to Linn County as a new 5th District is proposed in western Iowa. The plan reshapes districts. Rep. Jim Leach hints possible move to Linn County if the plan passes, while Brent Siegrist forms a bid committee for the 5th District.
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James Q. Lynch
Linn
Johnson Counties
Leonard Boswell
Davis City
Iowa
Linn County
Io Wa
Jim Leach
Davenport
Iowa City
Leach
Boswell
Jessica VandenBerg
Brent Siegrist
Siegrist
Council Bluffs
Leonard
Crown Prince Paras Shah Studied At Luther College
Gazette reports former Luther student Crown Prince Paras Shah is now second in line to the Nepal throne after the mass killing of 10 royal family members. He attended Luther in 1990 and 1991 while fifth in line. Dipendra's death elevated Shah’s position. Luther notes he received no special treatment.
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Gazette
Decorah
Luther College
Paras Shah
Nepal
Shah
Luther
College
Dipendra
Birendra
Aiswarya
Suraj Shamsher Rana
Gyanendra
Sonya Lund
Lund
Linn County Delinquent Taxes Rise Ahead of June Tax Sale
Linn County reports about 3.1 million dollars in unpaid real estate taxes on 2 196 parcels and 739 mobile homes as of May 15 with 600 thousand dollars more paid too late to remove names from the delinquent list. Tax sale set for 10 a m June 18 in the board room at 930 First St S will sell certificates not property and deed transfers occur after 21 and 90 day periods.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids — Linn County
Linn County
Michael Stevenson
Central States
Inec
Third St. SE
Stevenson
First St. S
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