Cedar Rapids Linn County schedule and events notebook
A dense daily listing from Cedar Rapids and Linn County covers city meetings at City Hall and the Administrative Office Building, music and nature events at local venues, farmers markets, health clinic hours, recycling sites, and lottery numbers including 6-10-23-27-28 and a $2 million jackpot. It lists times, locations, and contact numbers for each item.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Sixth Judicial District of Iowa
Witwer
Linn County Recorder's
Marion
Marion Municipal Water Department
Hiawatha Water Board
Council Chambers
Marion Zoning Board of Adjustment
City Hall
Marion Independent School District
Linn County Emergency Management Administration
Second Avenue Bridge
Vital Statistics Mercy and St. Luke's Births
June notices list newborns for Gabrielle and Jerry Dedrick of Vinton a daughter. Stacey Meade and Brian Decker with address 199 Kohawk St SW a son. Kelli Jo Ehren and Todd Ehren Belle Plaine a son. Linda Grant Solon a son. Kelly Pierson 1321 Grand Ave Marion a son.
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ST. Luke’s
Stacey Meade
Brian Decker
Kohawk St. SW
Kelli Jo
Todd Ehren
Belle Plaine
Linda
Robert Grant
Solon
Kelly Pierson
Grand Ave
Marion
Fugitives sighting cited in Iowa bank robbery case
FBI and Iowa investigators described a Wednesday sighting of a 1997 green Dodge Dakota with plate 910 BUF as significant. Authorities linked the vehicle to two south-central Iowa women and noted possible ties between the Gibson and What Cheer bank robberies as they urged public tips from Twin Cities viewers.
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Bob Pontious
Iowa
Twin Cities
Highway 77
Cedar Avenue
Rowley
Channel 11 News
FBI
Jennings
What Cheer
Gibson
Gazette
Dale Kueter
Permanent implant may aid heart patients at University Hospitals
University Hospitals doctors in Iowa City report Leonard Hlas would have died without a paperback-sized implant in his abdomen last December. The electronic ventricular assist device saved him during a 7% hour surgery and now Haas of Belle Plaine recovers, a step toward permanent use for non transplant candidates.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Leonard Hlas
Hlas
Douglas Behrendt
University Hospitals
Haas
Belle Plaine
U of I
Pivotal Ventricular Assist Device Opens Door to Transplants
Hlas, a former farmer and father of two, became the first patient at U of I Hospitals to receive an electrical ventricular assist device VAD after his heart failed in December. Doctors say the device offers mobility and may reduce transplant demand though size limits remain a challenge. A transplant followed when a donor heart became available, with ongoing hope for broader use of VAD technology in the future.
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Behrendt
Accustomed to storms and the warning dilemma
Linn County emergency director Ned Wright faces the risk of criticism whether sirens fire or stay quiet. Sunday night Cedar Rapids saw two funnel clouds with minimal damage as 150 spotters tracked storms. Wright cites complacency from decades without a tornado and notes upcoming universal EAS scrolling on cable channels.
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Jason Behnken
Gazette
Ned Wright
Linn County
Wright
Dave Rasdal
Cedar Rapids
Alburnett
Robins
Twister
Blairs Ferry
Martelle
Linn-Mar awards four contracts for school addition
Linn-Mar school board approved four bids totaling 410330 for a four room addition at Linn-Mar Intermediate School with a target completion before fall classes. The project comes from a 25 million bond, with bids from Olmstead Construction Bowker & Sons Streff Electric and The Trane Company. The board also updated the technology plan to connect a fiber optic classroom to the Iowa Network by June 30 1998 and approved a 1997 98 contract with the Linn Mar Education Association granting a 5.1 percent package increase.
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Linn-Mar
Olmstead Construction
Marion
Bowker & Sons
Cedar Rapids
Streff Electric
Trane Company
Des Moines
Hart-Hammer Inc
West Des Moines
Trane
Daniel West
CPMI
West
Rain train echoes across Eastern Iowa with scattered totals
Rain totals vary as a noon Sunday storm complex moves eastward. Monticello recorded 4.2 inches, Prairieburg 2.3 inches, downtown Cedar Rapids only 0.24 inch as meteorologists describe train echoing. Boehmke notes echoes form repeated development, sparing much of Eastern Iowa from major damage.
Marion police to host Stay Safe program for parents and kids
Marion police schedule a free Stay Safe safety education program for parents and children on June 24 at 2 and 7 p.m. at Linn-Mar Intermediate School. Officer James Teahen and Nancy Scheumann of St. Luke's Child Protection Center will present and issue photo ID kits. police seek a dark-haired white woman in a maroon newer sedan linked to two possible abduction attempts on June 6 and 7.
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Marion Police
James Teahen
Nancy Scheumann
St. Luke’s Hospital
St. Luke’s
Linn-Mar
Marion
Board approves district technology plan and policies
The board approved the district technology plan funded by 235 000 for next year from state funds operating fund and schoolhouse fund. They gave first readings to a homework policy and to a materials distribution policy with superintendent approval for non school materials. Principal Crisman announced middle school improvements including daily physical education or health for all students next fall.
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Dave Crisman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daily Notebook
Broadway Orchestra
Paramount Theatre
Marion Square
Nature
Barry Lopez
Indian Creek Nature Center
Farmers Markets
City Market
Riverside Roundhouse
A St. SW
Linn County Health Department
13Th St
Public Works
Sixth St
Wilson Ave
35Th St
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Illinois Lottery
Gabrielle
Jerry Dedrick
Vinton
University
By Lyle Muller
Katie
Megan
Rose Harrelson
Mr. Hlas
Linn
By Kevin Kane
Boehmke
Upper Midwest
Winneshiek County
Wisconsin
Toledo
Schellmann
Teahen
Rowe
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