Denied condo clash blocks Bjornsen office complex plan
Cedar Rapids zoning board rejected Bjornsen Investment Corp request to build a 30 000 square foot office building beside the Plaza East condos amid opposition from more than 30 residents and condo owners who warned of traffic and commercial overreach. The planning staff had also recommended denial.
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Nancy Stevens _zene
Bill Ryan
Plaza East
Cedar Rapids
Bjornsen Investment Corp
First Avenue East
Ryan
Bjornsen
McGregor Highway 18 bypass hearing set for Thursday
Proponents and opponents prepare for a U S Army Corps of Engineers hearing at 7 p m in the Mar Mac school gym for a proposed 4 1 mile bypass around McGregor to fill 20 acres of wetlands. The project costs about 8 million with grading in 1984 and paving in 1985.
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Deb Wiley
Iowa
McGregor
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Bloody Run Creek
Iowa Department of Transportation
Corps of Engineers
Bernard Slofer
Rock Island
Mar-Mac
IDOT
Mississippi River
Mark Russo
Cedar Rapids man charged after brief southeast chase
Cedar Rapids resident Robert P. Taylor 20 of 3114 Ridgemore Drive SE faced four traffic charges after a late Monday chase. Police said he attempted to elude officers failed to yield from an alley sped and disobeyed a traffic control device. He was released from Linn County Jail on Tuesday without bond after a Linn District Court appearance.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert P. Taylor
Ridgemore Drive
Taylor
Linn
Linn District Court
Saxophone Soloist to Headline Park Band Concert
The Cedar Rapids Municipal Band performs at Jones Park at 8 p.m. with Mark Logan as saxophone soloist. Frank Piersol conducts a program including Emblem of Freedom and The Beauti ful Galatea Overture. Logan is a 1977 Jefferson High graduate and former Municipal Band member, now a Northwestern graduate and high school director and oboist with a Cherokee Symphony. The concert repeats Sunday at Meth-Wick Manor and Ellis Park.
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Cedar Rapids
Jones Park
Frank Piersol
Mark Logan
Karl King
von Suppe
Stephen Foster
Nestico
Conway
Reed
E’fer
Yoder
Rodgers
The
Joplin
Fillmore
Thunderer
Sousa
Vitali
Wagner
Logan
Jefferson High School
Municipal Band
Northwestern University
Aurelia
Iowa
Cherokee, Iowa
Meth-Wick Manor
Ellis Park
Fire Deliberately Set Destroys Cedar Rapids Apartment
A Cedar Rapids apartment house at 810 Fifth St SE sustained extensive damage Sunday night after a fire was deliberately set. A Cedar Rapids Fire Department investigator confirmed the intentional act.
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Fifth St. SE
Cedar Rapids
College Community Considers Intramural Program
College Community school district weighs starting intramural activities for district students possibly next year. A survey shows broad interest from parents and students, with 66 volunteers ready to help. proposed sports include volleyball basketball football wrestling. The board also amended the budget by 181000 to a 7500000 maximum and seeks state funds to offset court fines reallocations.
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Vanessa Shelton Lazette
College Community
Two Cyclists Injured In I-380 Overpass Crash
Two motorcyclists remained hospitalized in fair condition after a Monday night crash on the airport overpass of Interstate 380. Robert Phelps and Stacey Mills sustained jaw and skull injuries while Daniel Pulliam and Thomas Leidigh faced traffic charges. Mills was a passenger on Leidigh’s bike when the rear collision occurred.
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Interstate 380
Robert Phelps
Cedar Rapids
Stacey Mills
Ely
Mercy Hospital
Phelps
Mills
Daniel A. Pulliam
Solon
Thomas R. Leidigh
41St St. NE
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