Prairie board tables bus-route decision
The Prairie board tabled a proposed College Community schools double route plan for six months after a hearing with about 200 parents. District officials and a joint school and parent task force will study the issue, with safety, academics and finances as key concerns.
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College
Bob Bostwick
Phillip Miller
Cedar Rapids
Bonnie Becicka
Bechcka
Bostwick
Glenn Selzer
Miller
Julie
Iowa City and Cedar Rapids Arts and Meetings Calendar
Grand Kabuki Theatre opens at 8 p.m. at Hancher Auditorium with ticket levels 25 20 and 12 50. Iowa Festival showcases garden tours and cultural events. An outdoors talk Iowa's Geological Treasures runs 9 to 1 at Indian Creek Nature Center with Bill Bunker Orrin Plocher and a Linn County Historical Museum tour. City and county meetings follow from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. including Cedar Rapids City Council Linn County Board of Supervisors Marion City Council and more. For details call City Line Calendar numbers in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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Kabuki
Hancher Auditorium
University of Iowa
Iowa
Geological Treasures
Indian Creek Nature Center
Bill Bunker
Orrin Plocher
Iowa Geological Survey Bureau
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Department of Human Resources Management Advisory Board
Witwer
Second Ave
Linn County Historical Preservation Commission
Marion City Council
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
Council
Hiawatha Water Board
Marion Zoning Board of Adjustment
City Hall
Motorcycle crash injures two near Marion on Highway 13
Two riders were injured when a westbound motorcycle veered off Highway 13 east of Jordan's Grove Road, vaulted into a ditch after striking a driveway, and were airlifted to Mercy Medical Center and St. Luke's Hospital. Their identities and conditions were not released pending relatives' notification. Police report the victims were conscious and alert.
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Marion
Linn County
Jordan's Grove Road
Mercy Medical Center
Democrats Name Houser On County Vacancy Ballot
A three county official committee designated to fill the Schriner vacancy after his March 1 retirement chose Houser after a primary where no candidate reached 35 percent. Nading polled 16 percent first ballot and 11.4 percent second. Huber had challenged Houser as unqualified and sought the nomination earlier. Kane nominated Huber, Blome nominated Houser, and the process continued into last night’s convention.
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Rita Huber
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
James Houser
Huber
Ken Schriner
Houser
Nading
E.F
Pat’ Kane
Schriner
Dennis Blome
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