Cedar Rapids builds new wetland to replace lost Edgewood corridor
The 4.2 acre Seminole Valley Park site in northeast Cedar Rapids now hosts a wetland with 270 young trees including 90 red maples 90 river birches and 90 white swamp oaks plus native grasses and plants. The project on 38th Avenue SW creates a replacement habitat while a new route from Interstate 380 west to the Westdale Mall area improves traffic flow.
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Edgewood Road
Westdale Mall
Seminole Valley Park
Cedar Rapids
38Rd Avenue
Loren Snell
Public Works Department
Snell
John Betker
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island, Il
Chicago River
Love Canal
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Swell
Cedar River
Cloth diapers rise with eco friendly appeal and cost shifts
In Muscatine area firms offer cloth diapers from all in one to pocket styles with prints and designs. Prices run $16 to $18 each or about $14 per dozen plus covers for prefolds. Families cite savings and environmental benefits despite extra laundry and handling chores.
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Brenna
Fuzzi Buns
bumGenius
Bumkins
Lindsay Fuller
Cedar Rapids
Sonny
Fuller
Jan
Marjorie Wilkinson-Gruber
Marion
Alec
Enos
Indicted Iowa workforce scheme tied to inflated salaries
Whitaker says no gambling on company time and denies personal business while employed by the consortium later renamed Iowa Workforce Solutions. Scaglione faces grand jury claims of false under oath statements as FBI and OIG probefunds misused. Seven indicted, five set for Oct. 29 trial. John Bargman pled guilty and will testify. Federal probe targets $1.8 million in allegedly improper executive compensation.
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Prairie Meadows
Scaglione
Whitaker
FBI
U.S. Labor Department
Inspector General
Consortium
Des Moines Area Community College
Iowa Workforce Solutions
DMACC
John Bargman
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Betker
Army Corps
Rock Island
Iowa
Missouri
Bétker
Rick. Smith
Gazettecommunications.com
Laura Schmitt
the Gazette
Gedar Rapids
33Rd Avenue SW
Bankofthewest.com
WEST
Johnson Ave
Williams Blvd
First Ave
Edgewood Rd
Seventh Ave
Monticello
East St
Bank of the West
FDIC
InTimeBanker
Gazettepommunications.com
Samantha Enos
Marjorie Wilkinson
Boshart
State Farm
Nsuran
Wil
Bloomington, IL
Eramet
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