Quasqueton Eyes Rock Arch Rapids For Dam Upgrade
The Quasqueton City Council votes unanimously to convert the aging low head dam on the Wapsipinicon River into rock arch rapids. They hire JF New to design the plan with grants totaling 70 000 toward a project near 500 000 in cost while awaiting further funding.
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Orian Ot Ve Gacett Quasqueton
Wapsipinicon River
JF New
Verona
Wis
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Department of Natural Resources
Mausser
Jfnew
Sheila Payne
DNR
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Quasqueton
Lowa
Littleton
Monticello
Boone
Rock Arch
Cedar Rapids board OKs 2010 11 term for teachers and nurses
The Cedar Rapids school board approved the 2010-11 employment terms for teachers and nurses with a 1.01 percent total package raise. The district expects $959,392 in new allocations and total salaries and benefits of $90.8 million for 2010-11, up from $89.9 million in 2009-10. The Cedar Rapids Education Association ratified the settlement. The board also issued $30 million in school infrastructure bonds to fund the new district services campus, with bids led by Hutchinson Shockey Erley & Co. and a projected true interest cost around 4.706 percent. Bond issuance authorized June 28 with close July 12.
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Ine Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Education Association
Tammy Wawro
Association
Wawro
Dave Benson
Hutchinson, Shockey, Erley & Co
Chicago
District Services
Timothy Oswald
Piper Jaffray Companies
Des Moines
Oswald
Tractors Parade Through Eastern Iowa Route
Agene Perrinjaquet and Mona Perrinjaquet watch tractors in Clermont during the WMT Radio Great Eastern Iowa Tractorcade. The route begins and ends in Decorah daily, with 520 tractors covering 180 miles by Wednesday.
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Agene Perrinjaquet
Manchester
Mona
Clermont
Stone Street
Pops Cahalan
WMT Radio
Linn County moves forward on plan to issue bonds
Linn County plans to issue up to 2.995 million dollars in bonds to cover flood aid gaps for a new juvenile justice center in southwest Cedar Rapids. A 15 day petition window follows a public hearing with no attendees. The project includes a 23 000 square foot building with three courts and offices, elevated to avoid 2008 flood waters.
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Linn County
Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jim Houser
Kleiman Construction
Kleiman
Third St. SW
Freeway Lounge
Man with lengthy record accused of ramming police car
Cedar Rapids man James F. Surrett 42 is jailed after driving into a police squad car late Sunday near 26th Street and Maple Drive NW. He faces OWI assault on a peace officer and driving while barred, with a history of meth manufacturing and other charges. No injuries. squad car minor damage.
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Jeff Rausch
The
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
James F. Surrett
26Th Street
Maple Drive
Linn-Mar renews IASB membership for 2010-11
Linn-Mar school board voted to renew its Iowa Association of School Boards membership at up to 10 366 for 2010 11. The move followed assurances by IASB board member Jim Green that services remain available and past financial irregularities have been addressed after executive and CFO changes.
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the Gazette
Marion — Linn-Mar
Iowa Association of School Boards
IASB
Jim Green
Linn-Mar
School Board Association
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Orlan
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Gazcomm.com
Iowa
Julie Koehn
Steve.gravelle
Cristy Hamblin
Johnson Avenue
26Th Street NW
Surrett
Hamblin
Linn
Jeff.raasch
Linn-Mar Schools
J.J. Heying
University of Iowa
College of Dentistr
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Hiawatha
Blairridgedental.com
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