Cedar Rapids man returns World War II flag from Germany
Robert Tiedtke and Rose Sacy traveled to West Germany to return a flag brought to the U.S. by Tiedtke’s late brother-in-law, an Army infantryman. The flag belonged to a Gettenau gymnastics club, which offered travel funds. The trip lasted June 4 to Wednesday, with hosts refusing payment and giving gifts instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Glenn
Steiner
Cedar Rapids
Robert Tiedtke
West Germany
Tiedtke
Rose Sacy
United States
Law
Germany
Gettenau
Lacy
Cedar Dr. NW
Switzerland
Austria
Liechtenstein
Kirkwood College Board approves raises and tuition hike
Kirkwood Community College boosts staff and president salaries while approving a tuition increase of 1 dollar per credit hour up to 23 for 12 or fewer credits and 1 dollar more for each extra credit. The board, 7-0, cites needs from salary hikes and loss of funding, with Nielsen receiving a 5,000 raise to 62,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirkwood College Board
Kirkwood Community College
Anak
Nielsen
Andersen
Armed robbery trial postponed for Herb Speller Jr.
Herbert Oliver Speller Jr., 32, of Waterloo, faced a Linn County armed robbery trial set to start Monday for the Feb. 16 Taco John’s robbery. He was arrested in Carbondale Illinois on a separate armed violence and battery case and held on $50,000 bond in Linn County with an Aug. 18 retrial date.
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Linn District Court
Illinois
Herbert Oliver Speller Jr
Waterloo
Carbondale, Ill
Carbondale
Speller
Art Wright
Wright
Jackson County
Ill
Linn County
Taco John’s
Edgewood Rd
Linn man sues two construction firms over 1984 scaffold fall
Gerald Turner of Linn County sues Knutson Construction Co. and Pearson Wall Systems Inc. in Linn District Court claiming injuries, medical costs, pain and lost wages from a July 6 1984 scaffold collapse at the Cedar Rapids Public Library site. He seeks compensatory damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Turner
Kirkwood approves 1.38 million in new jobs bonds
Kirkwood Community College board approved issuing and selling 1.38 million dollars in industrial new jobs training certificates to fund a program for Teleconnect in Cedar Rapids, Purothane in West Branch and Victor Plastics in Victor. About 725 jobs will be created over two years with training by the firms Kirkwood and a third party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hogan
Thane Inc
West Branch
Teleconnect
Mike Blouin
Foundations and Grants
Kirkwood
Purothane
Victor
Blouin
Mike Sparks
Victor and
Parothane
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C.R
Flag
Saey
Bazette
Iowa
Metro
Kirkwood Faculty Association
Wayne Newton
Linn Man
Darrel
Revception
Andi
Deo Line
SONY
RCA
Parsat
Thayer Coogin Chocolate Weil
Karpen
Agpantin
Presidentiel
FBI
SUN
Brown
Perry We
Hall
Collins Road
Lloyd Outdoor Spring Steel Furniture
First Street
Board UK
Sparks
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