Flags to Miss Flag Day Marking Cedar Rapids Streets
Coldwell Banker Hedges crews will not place 5000 flags on Flag Day in Cedar Rapids Marion Hiawatha Anamosa and Lisbon as flags are in Kansas. The company plans to line streets June 30 and leave flags up through July 4 historical tribute delayed by storage. Ben Wheeler says flags are replaced yearly so residents may keep them and display them on patriotic holidays.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
Anamosa
Lisbon
Coldwell
Hedges
Kansas
Ben Wheeler
Wheeler
Four Eastern Buffet workers held by INS in Marion raid
Four employees of the Eastern Buffet in Marion were taken into custody by INS and local police after complaints of possible undocumented labor. The restaurant was closed, with owners unreachable, as the four detainees awaited court hearings and possible deportation. The probe followed input from Linn County agencies including the Health Department.
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Marion
Immigration and Naturalization Service
INS
Marion Police Department
Town Rd
Linn County
Linn County Health Department
Cedar Rapids woman sentenced in crack conspiracy case
Selene Hannah, 24, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute more than 5 grams of crack cocaine and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Michael J. Melloy to 37 months in prison. She and co defendant Derek Green traveled to Chicago to obtain the drugs and hid them on her person during a September 1999 traffic stop on Interstate 80 in Cedar County. Green also pleaded guilty and faces sentencing August 14.
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Cedar Rapids
U.S
Michael J. Melloy
Selene Hannah
Derek Green
Chicago
Hannah
Cedar County
Green
Center Point Road Closure Affects Northbound Traffic
Center Point Road NE between 29th and 32nd Streets will shut to northbound traffic from 7:30 this morning for about four days due to water service maintenance. Drivers should take alternate routes as officials manage the work.
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Center Point Road
Linn County board pressures IDOT on Highway 100 study near Rock Island Preserve
Cedar Rapids area conservation board members urge a more exhaustive environmental review of the proposed Highway 100 route near the 23 acre Rock Island Preserve across from Xavier High School. IDOT spokesman Ron Ridnour defends current studies while warning rerouting could be needed if the panel withholds sign off.
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IDOT
Xavier High School
Ridnour
Conservation Board
Collins Road
Edgewood Road
Linn County Regional Planning Commission
80Th Street
Dick Heft
Heft
Wet Weather Interrupts Commute For Iowa City Worker
A Tuesday afternoon downpour disrupts commutes as Linda Vikel of Iowa City struggles with her umbrella on the way to her job at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. The report notes 24 hour totals from KCRG-TV and shows residents dealing with rain and soggy streets.
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Kcrg-Tv
Linda Vikel
Iowa City
Vikel
University of Iowa
Storms batter Eastern Iowa causing widespread power outages
Eastern Iowa faced fierce winds and lightning as storms knocked out power to hundreds. In Durant and Olin damage included downed trees and roofs. officials ponder tornado versus high winds while Alliant Energy restored services to dozens of customers in Linn and surrounding counties.
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E. Iowa
Vice
Iowa
Alliant Energy
John Ruff
Olin
Olin’s
Sybil
Iowa approves 495 million highway plan for Eastern Iowa
The Iowa Transportation Commission approved a 495 million plan covering more than 80 projects in Eastern Iowa for fiscal 2001. It includes 260 bridges, 184 miles of two lane grading, 100 miles paved, and 265 miles rehabilitated, with Linn and Johnson counties seeing several projects. The plan prioritizes six major corridor upgrades with completion targets by 2004 or 2005 for some routes, and allocates 207.1 million in federal funds plus state funds approaching 1.049 billion for the year.
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James Q. Lynch
Cedar Falls
Iowa
Iowa Transportation Commission
Jon Ranney
State Department of Transportation
DOT
Linn County
Johnson County
Commission
Ranney
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Anamosa
Cascade
Iowa Dot
Allamakee County
Buchanan County
U.S. 30
Clinton County
Fayette County
Iowa County
U.S. 61
Jackson County
Winneshiek County
Blackhawk
Lansing
Iowa Survey Reveals Misconceptions on Farm Land Use
Iowa residents misjudge land use changes yet express concern over farmland conversion. The ISU report notes 1945 25 million acres in crops and pasture, rising to 28 million by the late 1960s, with 43 687 acres yearly shifting from agricultural to non agricultural uses from 1986 to 1997.
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Iowa
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