Linn County residents oppose quarry plan near Cedar Rapids
About 30 residents from Spring Green and surrounding areas packed a Linn County Board of Adjustment meeting to oppose Darrell Loan’s request for a conditional use permit to extract sand and gravel from part of his 760 acre property. The petition was tabled for a later meeting to allow county engineers to review the proposal.
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Linn County
Spring Green
Blairs Ferry
Edgewood Roads
Linn County Board of Adjustment
Darrell Loan
Route 4
Cedar Rapids
Loan
Board of Adjustment
Quarry plans stir rural Iowa objections over land use
Local landowner Daniel Loan seeks a 760 acre sand and gravel operation on land zoned agricultural residential, prompting neighbors to warn of traffic noise water and air pollution, property devaluation, and safety risks. Loan pledges no crushing, minimal dust, and self management with a quarter million investment.
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Shirley White
Loan
Junk food ban in schools eyed by Cedar Rapids district
Cedar Rapids Community School District eyes restricting candy gum and pop in vending machines during regular hours. Board member Ronald Moore urges eliminating junk foods. Harding Junior High already bans them and reports lower profits.
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Cedar Rapids Community
Ronald Moore
Moore
Harding Junior High School
Harding
Alan Whitworth
Whitworth
William Rainbow
Rainbow
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Marion residents split on high school renovation plan
Marion independent officials heard residents both in favor and against a 1.5 million dollar renovation proposal for the high school. Proposed changes include enlarged locker and home economics areas, library, craft spaces, and a 450 seat auditorium with wheelchair accessible seating.
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Marion Independent
Robert French
Fifth Ave
Marion
Mike Woodson
First Ave
University of Iowa
Des Moines
Bettendorf
Herb Stone
Cedar Rapids dropouts program expansion deemed cost free
The Cedar Rapids Community School District plans to expand the Metro High School dropout program to a second campus at Kirkwood Community College Lincoln Learning Center next year with no added district cost due to a barter agreement. The expansion reallocates around 130 students from OAK to Metro while 75 others remain in OAK with $27,000 budgeted for next year.
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Cedar Rapids
Metro High School
Kirkwood Community College
Lincoln Learning Center
Schulz
Metro
Eisenhower
Kirkwood
OAK
Insurance bid delay prompts school board postponement
Cedar Rapids Community School Board postponed action on a prescription drug insurance contract after questions on whether Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa should extend deductions to competing bidders. Otto Wiedersberg said the issue is a major complication. The district plans to start the $2 deductible plan July 1 for 1438 employees, while bidders argue over allowable reductions and legality.
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Otto Wiedersberg
Business Services
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa Pharmacy Service Corp
State Insurance Commissioner’s Office
Wiedersberg
Commissioner’s
United of Omaha
Ronald Moore
Iowa Pharmacy
Cedar Rapids board clash over library screening project
Cedar Rapids officials dispute a Gazette article about a summer library screening at Kenwood Elementary to assess books for potential withdrawals. Board member Rosser says she learned of the plan from the paper, while administrators note budget approvals and prior desegregation reports.
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Curran Rosser
Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Kenwood
Rosser
Richard Schulz
Don Guinnane
Schulz
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Janet Jones
Free Lance
Prasio
Alan R. Schultz
Grand Ave
Stone
Gary Knapp
Daleview Drive
C. Robert Bennett
Schultz
Marion Township
Eighth Ave
Ray
Stickney
Cedar Rapid
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C.R. Kitchen
Optometrist
Tower
Fort Snelling
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