Cedar Rapids Animal Shelter in Small Claims Court
The Cedar Rapids city attorney filed answers in Linn County Small Claims Court denying two dog owners claims that shelter employees lied about impounded dogs. The answers argue the shelter cannot be sued and that the dogs were not properly licensed. Metro 4A. Gov Branstad vetoes a family planning pullout from a state program. agencies in Sioux City Dubuque and Burlington affected. Metro Iowa 5A.
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Linn Small Claims Court
Metro
Terry Branstad
Iowa Department of Health
Sioux City
Dubuque
Burlington
Metro-Iowa
Iowa City board mulls new conference for nearby schools
Iowa City board members propose that the two local Mississippi Valley Athletic Conference representatives drop out and form a new league with similarly sized, nearby schools. The move aims to reduce travel and align competition.
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Iowa City
Mississippi Valley Athletic Conference
Waiting game nears trigger for big corn release
The national average farm price for corn sits within 4 cents of triggering a government reserve release of over a billion bushels. The outcome depends on Mother Nature and Secretary of Agriculture John Black as conditions reach the trigger.
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Mother Nature
Secretary of Agriculture
John Black
Supreme Court bars soldiers from suing officers
A unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Monday barred armed forces personnel from suing individual superior officers who violate constitutional rights, ruling immunity shields officers from such lawsuits.
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Supreme Court
U.S
Taxpayers fund brief publication of jobs bill
An official says spending 3000 dollars to publish a lengthy jobs bill in two newspapers will not gain much time. Michael Triggs, assistant to Secretary of State Mary Jane Odell, states the bill will publish June 25 and take effect June 26, five days before the original date.
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Michael Triggs
Mary Jane Odell
Linn Administration Office remodels to exceed original cost
Linn County’s Administrative Office Building remodeling has risen toward the $900,000 mark, with a latest $60,000 architect contract for an office expansion. County supervisors cite ongoing needs, including a planned budget director hire, a storage expansion, and past overages from elevator work and a new cooling system.
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Mary Burke
Gazette County
Linn County
Joe Rinas
Penick and Ford
McConnell, Steveley
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County Recorder’s
Rinas
Iowa
Reagan
Parents seek 20000 from Iowa for pit toilet incident
Tina Kassen fell into a park pit toilet in Twin Lakes State Park in 1981 after a vandals tampered with a cover. Her parents, Bob and Shelley Kassen, seek 20000 compensation for emotional distress with a 3500 settlement tentatively authorized by the State Appeals Board.
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Lazette
Des Moines
Bureau
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Shelley Kassen
Pomeroy
Tina
State Appeals Board
Kassens
Twin Lakes State Park
Calhoun County
Iowa
Jonathan
Don Cole
Gazette City Newspaper Advertisement Facts
The Gazette established 1883 by The Gazette Company. Daily and Sunday publication at 500 Third Avenue SE Cedar Rapids Iowa. Subscription rates listed for carrier and mail editions. limited mail service in some areas. Associated Press retains republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Gazette
Gazette Company
Third Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
U.S
Associated Press
Wilson Foods union talks may resume Wednesday
Negotiations between UFCW Local P-3 and Wilson Foods could restart as early as Wednesday after a Saturday midnight recess. The firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on April 22, cutting workers wages to 6.50 from 10.69. UFCW had staged eight plants strikes over the contract.
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United Food and Commercial Workers
Wilson Foods
P-3
Garry Zimmerman
Cedar Rapids
John Mancuso
Ufcw International
Washington
the Gazette
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