Cedar Rapids population holds steady after 2008 flood
Census estimates show Cedar Rapids at 128 182 in 2009 up 563 from 2008 as officials note the flood dislocated about 18 000 residents but many relocated within the city. Iowa City North Liberty Marion and Coralville also show varied growth patterns in 2009.
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Cedar Rapids
Census Bureau
Ron Corbett
Corbett
Iowa City
Wendy Ford
North Liberty
Marion’s
Coralville
Iowa
Marion
U.S. Bureau of the Census Gazette
Culver presses Obama on energy policy in Washington
Iowa Governor Chet Culver joined Midwestern leaders in urging quick action on a lean energy bill with renewables incentives. He cites Iowa’s 2,300 wind jobs and nine wind firms while lawmakers push higher ethanol blends and a prompt EPA decision on a 15 percent biofuel mix. Senators urge Obama to consider an interim 1 percent ethanol blend to cut foreign oil reliance as White House waits for EPA action.
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Capitol News Connection
Washington
Iowa
Chet Culver
Obama
Congress
Governor’s Association
Capitol
Culver
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Chuck Grassley
Barack Obama
White House
Robins Residents Cringe at New 53 acre Runoff
Robins residents at a City Council meeting debated flooding from a new 53 acre 150 unit development by Knollwood LLC across Mentzer Road. Fire trucks and flooded yards garages and basements prompted calls for action. Sattler Custom Homes and Hall Hall Engineers promised an immediate detention basin and oversight talks with Cedar Rapids officials.
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John Schweitzer
Robins
Cedar Rapids
Knollwood LLC
Jim Sattler
Mentzer Road
Sattler
Richard Ransom
Hall & Hall Engineers Inc
Marilyn Cook
Ian Cullis
Man pleads not guilty in Victor rest stop slaying
Peter Riggs 32 of Columbus Nebraska pleaded not guilty to first degree murder in the Iowa County case tied to the May 29 killing of Jeffrey McAdams 46 at the Victor rest stop. A July 26 pretrial conference and August 10 trial are set.
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Victor
The
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Marengo
Peter Riggs
Nebraska
Riggs
Columbus
Neb
Iowa
County District Court
Jeffrey McAdams
McAdams
Libertarian Gary Sicard to Meet Voters in Cedar Rapids
Libertarian candidate Gary Sicard for Iowa’s 2nd District will hold an informal 2 p.m. meet-and-greet in Cedar Rapids after riding in the Freedom Festival Parade at 10 a.m. The event on Greene Square Park’s Third Avenue side features his theme minimum government maximum freedom.
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Cedar Rapids
Gary Sicard
Iowa
U.S
Sicard
Robins
Third Avenue
New law bans light and mild on cigarette packs
Public health experts note new federal rules will alter cigarette packaging in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Health says starting Tuesday terms like light mild and low tar will be banned to prevent misleading consumers about safety.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Department of Public Health
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