Mount Vernon council orders cease water to steel plant
Mount Vernon officials reject restoration of water service to Mount Vernon Steel and Wire after cyanide and zinc readings. A July 11 public hearing is set on permanent city service cessation, with a July 5 injunction hearing planned. The city cites a breach of a pre‑treatment agreement and ongoing dumping concerns.
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Mount Vernon
Nancy Stevens
Mount Vernon Steel and Wire
James Engelbredt
Jim Langer
Frank Nidey
Cedar Rapids
Nidey
Langer
Council
Engelbrecht
Rick Elliott
Marion hosts jazz and concert bands at 7 tonight
Marion Community Concert and Jazz Bands directed by David Law perform outdoors at Marion High School at seven. The Jazz Band plays Birdland Bruiser's Blues Jazzman Doozer Blues Satin Doll while the Concert Band performs A Festival Prelude 76 Trombones Radetzky March Star Spangled Spectacular America the Beautiful Stars and Stripes Forever and Portrait of a Trumpet with Bob Miller as soloist. Free and open to the public. indoors if rain moves the event to the auditorium.
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Marion
David Law
Marion High School
Radetzky
Bob Miller
Local Meetings and Arts Events Schedule
Today's agenda lists multiple meetings across Cedar Rapids and Linn County from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m including City Council Board of Supervisors Human Resources Management Advisory Board and Zoning Board. Music by Marion Community Band at 7 p.m. Cabaret Lefse Logic and Liturgy at Luther College 6 p.m. Peace Corps seminar 7 p.m. at Stouffer's Delaware Room with film Let It Begin Here.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Kansas City
Delaware
Stouffer’s Hotel
Peace Corps
Cedar Rapids schools team with Teleconnect and St Luke's for day care
The Cedar Rapids Community Schools board voted to open a district employee day care Aug. 22 at Arthur Elementary Annex in a joint venture with Teleconnect and St. Luke's Hospital. Up to 24 slots per partner, startup costs aimed at 34 000 dollars with a 24 000 dollar Teleconnect contribution and a 10 000 dollar grant request. Board member Burton Loupee questioned subsidy equity and competition but supported the plan. The panel also approved restarting window bids for the Educational Service Center and continuing the St Luke's Alive and Well wellness program amid rival firm interest.
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Kurt Rogahn
Cedar Rapids
Teleconnect
St. Luke’s Hospital
Burton Loupee
Arthur Elementary
Iowa Department of Economic Development
Loupee
Ellyn Wrzeski
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
St. Luke’s
Middle schools praised by parents and staff in Cedar Rapids district
A Cedar Rapids Community Schools report shows broad approval of the new middle school program. Surveys indicate 88 percent of parents feel students are safe, 78 percent say their child looks forward to school, and teachers are seen as strong in basic skills.
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Cedar Rapids
Tom Micek
Micek
Iowa
Karl Palmer
Iowa Lions Eye Bank
Eye Bank
Palmer
Turner East Funeral Home
Dick Feeney
Feeney
Tom Fredericksen
Des Moines
Drunken driving arrests listed with times and places
The log lists individuals charged with drunken driving, including names ages and addresses, and the times and locations of their arrests from Friday through Sunday. Notable entries include second offenses and multiple city blocks across Marion Atkins Fairfax Des Moines Hiawatha Palo and Shellsburg.
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Frank Steigerwalt
Fifth Ave
10Th Avenue
Jeffrey Crow
Second Ave
Second Avenue
Kelly Shaffer
Route 1
Hazleton
M Avenue
Eighth Street
Daryn Fennern
Atkins
16Th Avenue
Stoney Point Road
Leroy Stewart
41St St
First Avenue
Luke Kuennen
Knox St
Fairfax
Lyle Collingwood
Highway 30
Jappa Road
Andy Holmes Jr
C St
Sixth Street
Thomas Wright
Crandall Dr
Daniel Buchanan
33Rd St
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Douglas Schultz
Randy Chapel
Oakland Rd
Boysen Road
Hiawatha
Ramond Clemen
Shellsburg
Palo
Jerry Sease
Des Moines
10Th Ave
Assault charges against Merrill Anderson in domestic incident
Merrill Anderson, 79, of 1224 38th St NW, is charged with assault causing bodily injury after allegedly striking his wife Carol with a cane on the head Sunday, causing facial bumps.
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Merrill Anderson
38Th St. NW
Carol
Forger Yields Accused Check for $1104 to Payless Cashways
Wallace Galbreath age 31 of 1614 second Ave SE is accused of forging a check for 1104 16 to Payless Cashways drawn on the account of J B Emmons.
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Wallace Galbreath
Second Ave
J.B. Emmons
Fire Department Run Log For June 26 27 Summary
A sequence of incidents includes a recreational fire at 1210 18th St SW a downed electrical wire at 522 First Ave medical emergencies at 15th Ave between J and K and 2405 Mount Vernon Rd SE a boiler malfunction fire at 4747 First Ave SE a vehicle fire at 1645 A Ave NE a grass fire at 6801 Arbor Ln NE a chemical spill at 405 Cherry Hill Rd SW and false alarm at 1525 Fifth St NW plus other medical calls and false alarms.
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18Th St
First Ave
15Th Ave
J and
K Avenues
Fifth St. NW
A Ave
Mount Vernon Road
Arbor Lane
Cherry Hill Rd
Ellis Blvd
Thieves Break In At Seeger Truck and Tractor Repair
Burglars forced a window at Seeger Truck and Tractor Repair at 1125 66th Ave SW Sunday night. They stole a pickup truck, ten aluminum plates valued at 1500, and about 500 in tools. Damage assessment is pending.
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Seeger
66Th Ave
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