Iowa City reasserts Nuclear Weapons Free Zone signs
City officials plan to reinstall signs declaring Iowa City a nuclear weapons free zone on major streets. An 1985 ordinance prohibits work on nuclear weapons within the city to protect public health and welfare. Signs have disappeared or been vandalized, and state highway standards limit placement on federal routes. Possible sites include Herbert Hoover Highway and North Dubuque Street.
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Iowa City
Dale Helling
Iowa Department of Transportation
Herbert Hoover Highway
North Dubuque Street
Melrose Avenue
South Riverside Drive
Sand Road
Helling
Eastern Iowa High Schools Make Newsweek Top List
Four Eastern Iowa high schools appear on Newsweek's 2010 America's Best High Schools list: Cedar Rapids Washington Kennedy Iowa City West and Wellman Mid Prairie. Washington ranks 365 Kennedy 421 West drops to 920 and Mid Prairie climbs to 1335.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Newsweek
Washington
Kennedy
Iowa City West
Mid-Prairie
Wellman
Ames
West Des Moines Valley
Cedar Rapids Mayor Hosts Saturday Coffee at Edgewood Hy-Vee
Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett and City Council members invite residents to chat from 8 to 10 a.m. Saturday at Hy-Vee Food Store 5050 Edgewood Rd NE. The event seeks residents ideas and feedback and is the final in a series of Saturday morning coffees at Cedar Rapids Hy-Vee locations.
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Cedar Rapids
Ron Corbett
Hy-Vee Food
Edgewood Rd
Law officials to host live chat on red light cameras
Cedar Rapids police Captain Steve O Konek and Lieutenant Jeff Hembera will answer questions in a live 11 a.m. chat about the latest on red light and speed cameras. The session is hosted at Gazette Online dot com.
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Cedar Rapids
Steve O’konek
Jeff Hembera
Gazette Online
Iowa City accused of housing discrimination dispute unfolds
Iowa City City Council delayed a discussion on affordable housing after a letter from the Housing Fellowship alleged city discrimination. The document cites a 2500 Muscatine Ave plan funded with federal money and notes council opposition to concentrated subsidized housing on the east side.
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Iowa City
Gregg
the Gazette
Matt Hayek
The
Housing Fellowship
Eleanor Dilkes
Kelly
Muscatine Ave
Gregg.hennigan
Gazcomm.com
Freedom Festival Heads to Cedar Rapids Night of Events
The Gazette and KCRG-TV9 present this year's Freedom Festival featuring a Cedar Rapids Kernels game at Veterans Memorial Stadium at 6 35 p m with admission 7 to 10 dollars and a Five Seasons Ski water show at Ellis Park at 7 p m plus a Free Fall schedule at freedomfestival com.
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Jim Bruner
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids Kernels
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Rockford Rd
Ellis Park
Ellis Blvd
Freedomfestival.com
the Gazette
Kcrg-Tv9
Veterans panel backs upgrades to flood damaged memorial
The Veterans Memorial Commission approved moving heating, cooling and electrical systems to a higher area of the May's Island building. Plans by architect Paul Alt include repositioning auditorium seating and creating spaces for a veterans museum, art gallery and cafe. The State Historic Preservation Office must review changes to preserve the 1920s building.
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de Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial
May’s Island
Veterans Memorial Commission
Mike Jager
Jager
Paul Alt
Chicago
Alt
Jim Bruner
Commission
Metro Veterans Council
Veterans Council
Grant Wood
Nancy Bruner
State Historic Preservation Office
Hammond
Stadium repair plan OK'd at Veterans Memorial Park
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Commission backs fixes at the 8 year old stadium. Total cost for leaky expansion joint and outdoor drainage is 122000 with potential city and Kernels staff doing some outside work. Outside repairs can start soon while interior work waits until after the season.
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Cedar Rapids
Veterans Memorial Commission
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Howard R. Green Co
Mike Jager
Veterans Memorial
Jager
City
Kernels
Danny Wall
Justin Shields
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