City and County Calendar Highlights from Linn and Surrounding Areas
Today's schedule lists numerous Linn County Board meetings, city council sessions, and school board gatherings across Oakdale, Marion, Coralville, and nearby towns. Community events include Iowa Arts Festival activities, book readings, lectures, and a Shrine Circus at Johnson County Fair Grounds amid market updates and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Village Inn
G.I.S.T
Linn County
Fema Board
Local Homeless Coordinating Board
Witwer
Linn County Decategorization Project
Iowa
Northeast
Iowa Community College Board of Trustees
Osborne Conservation Center
Marengo City Council
Cascade City Council
Guttenberg City Council
Lone Tree School Board
Walker City Council
Allamakee Community School Board
Kansing
Guttenberg School Board
North Tama County Community School Board
Iowa City
Coralville
Daugherty, Davis and McPartland
Prairie Lights
Jo Anne Mapson
Richard Dooling
Roy Carver
University Hospitals
Johnson County Fair Grounds
Iowa City Shrine Club
Iowa City lunch policy sparks family debate
Iowa City fifth grader Jeremy Berry went without lunch as district rules barred charging during the final school days. Officials say free sandwiches help, but the end of year rules and rising meal costs challenge about 4,000 daily lunches across 15 elementary schools and upcoming Irving Weber Elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
Jeremy Berry
Charlotte Berry
Penn
North Liberty
Diane Duncan Gold
Duncan Goldsmith
Jeremy
Berry
Parade Celebrates Joint Replacement Recoveries in Cedar Rapids
George Triebel 69 of Fairfax walked again after hip surgery at St. Luke's Hospital. The first Joint Parade raised about 17500 for orthopedic research as 200 participants trekked a one mile route through downtown Cedar Rapids and similar events drew 8426 from Iowa City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darwin Metz
Chazette
George Triebel
Triebel
Fairfax
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Hawaii
Iowa Medical Center
Seventh St. SE
Iowa City
City Park
Albert Coates
Iowa & Linn County Cattlemen
Mercy Medical Center
Gazette News
H. Fields Grenee
Linn District Court Fines and Plea Actions in Disorderly Conduct
Linn District Court records show three misdemeanor pleas. Lisa M. Morgan of Marion pleaded guilty to a amended disorderly conduct charge for a Sept. 21, 1993 incident near Sun Mari on Street SW, fined $50. Chad E. Netherton of Marion pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury for an Aug. 8, 1993 jail incident, fined $250, 30 day suspended sentence and placed on probation. Denny A. Zimmerman of Solon pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily injury for Aug. 28, 1993 on Sycamore Court NE. fined $250.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn District Court
Lisa M. Morgan
35Th St
Marion
Morgan
James Leslie
Chad E. Netherton
Meadown Dr
Mike Kupfer
Linn County
Netherton
Denny A. Zimmerman
Solon
Jeremy Abrams
Sycamore Court
Zimmerman
Queen Ida Delights Hancher with Zydeco Party
Queen Ida and Her Zydeco Band electrified Hancher Auditorium drawing over 300 fans. The Grammy winning performer wore a ruby gown and led an energetic show blending blues country and rock with Cajun flair. Her son Myrick Guillory joined on washboard while Bernard Anderson contributed on saxophone. The two hour set included songs from Mardi Gras and Cajun Cookin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca P. Lindwall
Arts & Entertainment
Queen Ida
Hancher Auditorium
Hancher
Party Central
Louisiana Bayou
Ida
Mr. Fine
Bernard Anderson
Myrick
Freeze’ Guillory
Anderson
Striegel family pursues sustainable farming and education
Regina Striegel discusses converting the farm to sustainable practices such as no till and crop rotation while coping with debt. Her mother in law Virginia Striegel, named an Iowa Master Farmer in 1979, reflects on long service and soil conservation. Regina aims for a psychology doctorate by 1996 to help rural communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Striegel
Virginia Striegel
Rural
What Cheer
Iowa
Wallaces Farmer Magazine
State Soil Conservation Committee
Regina
Striegels
William Penn College
Oskaloosa
Refsal Brings Norwegian Folk Art To Life In Norway
Harley Refsal, an American wood carver from Hoffman Minnesota, moved to Rauland Norway in 1988 to study Scandinavian folk art. Lacking teachers, he began teaching figure carving at Telemark Teachers College and has returned yearly, even while demonstrating in Oslo and at the Norwegian Folk Museum. He uses basswood for flat plane figures and notes folk art appears in American mailboxes along country roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Refsal
Rauland
Norway
Telemark Teachers College
Telemark
Oslo
Norwegian Folk Museum
Harley
America
Hoffman
Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Terry Branstad
Bonnie Campbell
Branstad
Campbell
TEL
Don Caspers
Grant Wood Area
American Red Cross
Names Project
Lowa
Riverside Theatre
Noelridge
Noelridge Greenhouse
S.T. Morrison Park
Cityline
Illinois
Connie
Michael Berland
Central City
Karen
Larry Schladetzky
J St. SW
The
Gazette
Linn
Johnson Counties
Stephen Lory Rumelhart
12Th Ave
Clinton
Iowa Streets
16Th Ave
Sixth St. SW
Westdale Mall
Jeffrey D. Nicholls
Gazette U
Review
Carver
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