Change of address splits Linn County by post office boundary
About 500 rural Linn County residents will switch city addresses as Cedar Rapids redefines delivery boundaries to Marion and Hiawatha. Residents fear misdirection and confusion with some 40 contacting the Cedar Rapids post office. One resident, Ken Willits, will move from Cedar Rapids to Marion after 37 years, prompting questions on who can find him.
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Cedar Rapids
John Burianek
Ken Willits
Willits
Marion
Mount Vernon Road
Marion Postal Service
Meskwaki faction sues to oust Tribal Council
In Cedar Rapids a faction calling itself the Concerned Citizen Committee sues to void the last two months of Tribal Council actions led by Isaac Roberts. The suit seeks to restore Johannes Wanatee and void non public meetings and a planned Friday recall election, amid disputes over casino revenue and a $4 million in casino checks.
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Meskwaki
Tribal Council
Rick Smith Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Concerned Citizen Committee
Anne Laverty
Citizen Committee
Wanatee
Roberts
Iowa News Briefs Highlight Art Parodies and Local Plans
Brief notes report Price Slate needs three weeks to a month to count parodies of Grant Wood American Gothic. Up Close on 7B covers this. Masons plan a display of Iowa history documents. Details on 1B. A rural water system could serve 149 towns in 12 eastern Iowa counties. a study group examines this. Details on 1B. LaSalle’s baseball team rallied to defeat second-ranked Independence after a rough first game. Details on 1C. Two Guttenberg residents clash over a mud hole in a neighbor dispute. Details on 3B.
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Price Slate
Grant Wood
Iowa
LaSalle
Independence
Freemen Leader Flown for Jail Meeting Amid Possible Surrender
An FBI flight carried Freemen leader Edwin Clark to Billings to consult with jailed LeRoy Schweitzer as negotiations toward a surrender of 17 remaining Freemen near Jordan proceed. CAUSE Foundation mediators accompanied the entourage and the plan aims to end the 79 day standoff without a gun battle by week’s end.
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Jordan
Mont
FBI
Billings
Associated Press
Edwin Clark
LeRoy Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Clark
Edwin
LeRoy
Freemen
Washington
The
Cause Foundation
Ku Klux Klan
Waco
Texas
Young girl's quick action saves mother after crash in Iowa
Four year old Alexandria Knapp acted fast when her mother Melissa Knapp stalled and sank after a deer collision on Highway 22 near Wapsi Avenue. Alex freed herself, climbed to warn a passing motorist, and helped summon aid as Melissa was rescued. The mother remained in serious condition at the hospital while Alex told the story.
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Lynn M. Tefft
Johnson County
Iowa City
Alexandria Knapp
Bob Carpenter
Alexandria
Alex
Melissa Knapp
Utah Ave
Highway 22
Wapsi Avenue
Carpenter
Mommy
Wrecker
Whitehall
Vincent Fix
Nichols
Fix
Ronald Rife
Rife
Lone Tree
Gary Kramer
McLeod Inc stock opens strong in Cedar Rapids debut
McLeod Inc shares opened at 23.50 on the Nasdaq OTC and closed at 25.125 amid 13.8 million shares offered. Brokers reported nine times orders than shares as Cedar Rapids firms Daii Bosworth and A G Edwards & Sons handled employee and friend sales. McLeod founder Clark McLeod built a 240 million raise to fuel expansion across a seven state region competing with US West Communications.
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George C. Ford
Cedar Rapids
McLeod Inc
David Myers
Daii Bosworth Inc
McLeod
Daii Bosworth
A.G. Edwards & Sons
Anderson
US West Communications
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Gazette Map
By Brad Hahn
Isaac Roberts
U.S
District Court
Johannes Wanatee
National Cattle Congress
Waterloo
Anamosa Man
Masons
Independence and
Guttenberg
Billie Whitehall
Lone Tree Care Center
Daniel Whitehall
Melissa
Julianne Anderson
A.G. Edwards
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