Cedar Rapids homeowners seek noise wall at I-380 Collins Rd intersection
A Cedar Rapids neighborhood near the I 380 and Collins Road interchange asks the Iowa Department of Transportation in Ames to add a noise barrier. They cite rising noise levels to 70 decibels with the new structure and request a top funding position, plus a fence around a drainage ditch.
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Edgewood Road
IDOT
Center Point Road
Cedar Rapids street closures for repair and detours
Cedar Rapids announces Wilson Avenue SW closed next Monday west of Sixth Street SW for about three weeks to reconstruct the intersection and widen the east side. Sixth Street SW will be reduced to two southbound lanes and one northbound lane during work causing delays. planners advise alternate routes. Previous closings include Third Avenue SE for nine weeks and J Avenue NE for about one month for storm sewer work. Forty-Second Street NE near I 380 closed two more weeks for railroad work. Fortieth Street SE to be closed until July 11 for cable installation. Park Court SE and Second Second avenues closed until June 30 for sewer work. Two major streets, Council Street NE and Blairs Ferry Road, and J Street SW between 21st Street and Wilson Avenue SW, have reopened.
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Mount Vernon Road
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Second Avenues
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Third Avenues
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Blairs Ferry Road
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21St Street
Factory to Classroom Return for Cedar Rapids Principal
Carl Carson, longtime Nixon Elementary principal since 1978, will resign to become business education teacher at Metro East High School East campus. The Cedar Rapids Community School Board is expected to approve the move, effective Aug 1, with Carson citing family time and summers off as motivators. He is 47, has three college-age children, owns a 1940 Taylorcraft airplane, and has prior posts at Tyler Harrison Elementary Schools and Franklin Junior High. He holds a UNI degree and a 1968 masters in administration.
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Metro East
Alleghany Drive
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Harrison
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Univerisity of Northern
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Parkersburg
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Safari Lounge complaint reaches Cedar Rapids City Council
Thirty six signatures push a petition against Safari Lounge at 229 16th Ave SW citing Wednesday ladies night disturbances loud language drifting into the neighborhood and drunken drivers. Complaints mention additional trouble at Central Dispatch tavern and Mac's Lounge. Police report beer theft from a shed behind Martin Oil and a dairy store robbery near Third Ave SE. Three drunk driving arrests plus six youths charged with unlicensed door to door magazines in Center Point. Another robbery suspect described as white male mid-20s with long light brown curly hair and glasses.
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Linn County
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22Nd Ave
12Th Street
Herbert L. Bowers
48Th St
First Avenue
Center Point Road
Jo Wayne L. Davis
12Th Ave
First Avenue E
First Street
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