Linn County extends Westdale Mall office lease through 2012
Linn County supervisors approve a lease extension for 114 156 square feet at Westdale Mall through early 2012 with City Gate LP. The county will pay 3.35 per square foot annually, about 31 952 monthly, while FEMA reimburses flood displaced offices. The extension will be on the Wednesday agenda as flood renovations begin.
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Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Westdale Mall
Linn County West
Westdale
Britt Hutchins
City Gate LP
City Gate
Iowa group seeks hate crime filing in Cedar Rapids assault
The Iowa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations argues the May 23 Cedar Rapids softball game attack on Iraqi teen Saif Al-Safi was a hate crime. Police say it was an assault with racial taunts but not a hate crime. an arrest warrant was issued for Don Schminkey for assault causing bodily injury and simple assault.
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Ff Jette
the Gazette
Saif Al-Safi
Cedar Rapids
Tait Cummings
Al-Safi
Iowa
The
Council On American-Islamic Relations
Trish Mehaffey
Miriam Amer
American- Islamic Council
Linn County
Amer
Jefferson High School
Don Schminkey
Al-Saff
Schminkey
Sahara Al-Safi
O’konek
al- Safi
Council of American-Islamic Relations
Brian Clancy
Police search for clues in fatal Cedar Rapids pedestrian crash
Heather Mitchell 29 of Marion died after being struck on Blairs Ferry Road NE near Rockwell Drive in the early hours Friday. Police say the driver Matthew Beltramea 33 of Anamosa cooperated and was not impaired. he returned to the scene and has not been charged. Mitchell grew up in Grundy Center and recently lived in Marion. she had been released from prison last month after drug related sentences. Funeral services were set for Grundy Center United Methodist Church.
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Jeff Rausch
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Heather Mitchell
Marion
Blairs Ferry Road
Rockwell Drive
Cristy Hamblin
Mitchell
Matthew Beltramea
Anamosa
Beltramea
Hamblin
Engelkes-Abels Funeral Home
Grundy Center
Iowa Department of Corrections
United Methodist Church
Former Olin teacher trial reset to October 19
The sexual exploitation case against Jeremy Chamberlin, a former Olin High School teacher, is moved to October 19 in Jones County District Court. He faces one count of sexual exploitation by a school employee, three counts of disseminating obscene material to a minor, and two counts of lascivious conduct with a minor relating to a 15-year-old student between September and January.
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The
Gazette Anamosa
Jeremy Chamberlin
Olin
Jones County
Chamberlin
Cedar Rapids ties to Abacus bond deal exposed
Time magazine reports a 2007 investment by Cedar Rapids and Linn County Solid Waste Agency linked to Goldman Sachs Abacus. Rhinebridge LLC defaulted before its October 2007 maturity, costing about 2.64 million after assets sold. The agency sued Wells Fargo Brokerage and noted a second 2 million loss from Golden Key Ltd.
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Rick Smith
Cedar Rapids
Time Magazine
Linn County
SEC
City Solid Waste Agency
Rhinebridge LLC
The
Rhine
Golden Key Ltd
Goldman
Abacus
June rainfall sets Iowa record in historical rainfall surge
Statewide June rainfall reached 10.34 inches, surpassing 1947's prior record and ranking second to July 1993 for the most in a calendar month. Rowan alone logged 10.62 inches in the last week, while Cedar Rapids and Iowa City saw significant week totals far above normal.
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Dave DeWitte
de Gazette
Iowa
National Agricultural Statistical Service
Iowa Crops & Weather Report
Rowan
Cording
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
David
Boy Dies After Pool Rescue In Council Bluffs
Two year old Nolan K. Lincoln died after being pulled from a home swimming pool in Council Bluffs. He had been in critical condition since June 21 and was transported to Children’s Hospital in Omaha where he died on Friday. Rescue crews found him with a pulse before paramedics arrived.
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Associated Press
Council
Pital
Omaha
Emergency Medical Services
Rick Benson
Lincoln
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