Iowa City defers vote on Boyrum subdivision plan
The Iowa City City Council will defer action on the Boyrum subdivision and Boyrum Street extension to Highland Avenue. The Planning and Zoning Commission previously recommended denial of the plats, while residents fear impacts on drainage, noise, litter, lighting and property values. The council will also discuss revenues committee recommendations and hear public comment.
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Iowa City
Boyrum
Boyrum Street
Highland Avenue
Planning and Zoning Commission
Commission
Southgate Avenue
Highway 6
Southgate Development Co
Karin Franklin
Gilbert Street
Highland Area
Franklin
Plum Street
Bogrum Street
Diana Street
Highland
Kirkwood Avenue
Citizens’ Committee On
Free Tommy Dorsey Orchestra Announced for Outdoor Concert
WMT AM and Life Investors Inc co sponsor a free outdoor concert featuring the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra directed by Buddy Morrow. The event runs 7 to 11 p.m. at Life Investors on 42nd Street and Edgewood Road NE with intermissions by Leo Greco and Lyle Beaver. Parking and shuttles arranged. rain contingency moves it to Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wmt-Am
Life Investors Inc
Tommy Dorsey
Life Investors
42Nd Street
Edgewood Road
Buddy Morrow
WMT
Leo Greco
WMTAM
Lyle Beaver
Lyle Beaver and
The
Brass Notes
Greco
Beaver
Kennedy High School
Weing Road
Harding School
Golf St
Rockwell-Collins
Collins Road
Stouffer
Five Seasons Hotel
Rotary to fund Hoffman bronze castings in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Rotary Club pledges 35000 to bronze cast Malvina Hoffman works for the new Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. A 6000 initial gift was presented by Rotary president Samuel Wallace to museum executive director Joseph Czestochowski. The project includes Boy with Panther Cub and panels from The Bacchanale Frieze linked to the Winter Garden.
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Cedar Rapids Rotary Club
Malvina Hoffman
Cedar Rapids Museum
Museum of Art
Wallace
Service Club
Hoffman
Boy
Panther
Winter Garden
Carnegie
Gambling case figure sentenced in Dubuque ring
John Grotjohn 44 of Las Vegas was sentenced to two years in prison and a $22,500 fine for running an illegal gambling business in Dubuque traced to no later than 1975. He pleaded guilty to IRS form-filing charges and faces three years probation after release. Judge Hansen set terms pending appeal.
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John Grotjohn
Dubuque
Grotjohn
Las Vegas
Nev
U.S. District Court
Cedar Rapids
IRS
David Hansen
Marshal's badge offers no immunity from violence
U. S. Deputy Marshal Steven Castelletti, 31, was punched while walking to his Cedar Rapids federal building. Elmer Lappe, 31, was arrested nearby and charged with willful injury, held on 11500 bond as Castelletti received treatment at St Luke's Hospital.
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U.S
Steven Castelletti
Federal Building
Cedar Rapids
Castelletti
Second Avenue SE
Elmer Lappe
Lappe
Linn County
St. Luke’s Hospital
Kids stroll through Cedar Rapids history on library tour
Ten children joined a walking history lesson as part of Cedar Rapids Public Library summer reading program. Guide Carol Hoke led an hour long downtown tour highlighting the first Fire Department, symphony, and schoolhouse. The group heard about settler Osgood Shepherd and a 1921 Carnegie Building murder story. The kids alternated between listening and playful sidewalk explorations.
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Gazette
L.W. Ward
Carol Hoke
The
Cedar Rapids
Hoke
First Avenue
First Street
Osgood Shepherd
Carnegie
Drunken driving arrests listed with times and places
The log lists eight individuals charged with drunken driving with ages and arrest details. Names include Larry Greiner Darren Tichy John Gillick Michael Etringer Bruce Voss Scott Huebener Robert Boggs Kenneth McCurdy and Theodore Weber with arrest times and locations across several streets and highways. A separate fire calls sequence records multiple medical emergencies and incidents. A drug charge reports Thomas E. Smith facing possession with intent to deliver marijuana after a search warrant. about fourteen quarters pounds seized.
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Larry Greiner
16Th Ave
Wilson Avenue
Edgewood Road
Darren Tichy
Vista Circle
Mount Vernon
John Gillick
H Ave
H Avenue
Michael Etringer
A Ave
First Avenue
Thompson Drive
Bruce Voss
Stanwood
Thomas E. Smith
First St
Smith
36Th Ave
City Meetings Scheduled in Cedar Rapids and Linn County
Today lists several informal sessions across Cedar Rapids and Linn County. At 8:30 a.m. the Cedar Rapids City Council meets on the fourth floor of City Hall. 9:00 a.m. Linn County supervisors convene in the Administrative Office Building. 4:45 p.m. Marion City Council meets at its City Hall. 7:30 p.m. Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission holds its meeting in City Hall council chambers.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Supervisors
Ence
Marion City Council
Cedar Rapids Civil Rights Commission
UPS Worker Charged With 66 Thefts In Iowa City
Valerie Ann Martin, 30, of Iowa City, is charged with first degree theft for taking $7,892.87 from UPS customers at the Coralville office. The alleged thefts span March 1 to May 20. Martin appeared in Johnson County District Court and was freed on recognizance after the initial hearing.
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Iowa City
United Parcel Service
Valerie Ann Martin
Union Rd
Johnson County
Martin
Coralville
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Frank DePirro
Iowa City News
Dorsey Band
Rotary
Hoffman Castings
Cub
Czestochowski
Anna Pavlova
Diaghilev Ballet
Dave Gosch
Jack Riha
Iowa
Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
Scott Huebener
G Ave
Marion
Lisbon
Robert Boggs
Ninth St
C Street
Kenneth McCurdy
Towne
Blairs Ferry Road
13Th Avenue
Theodore Weber
Anamosa
Secrist Road
Hindman Road
Ave
First Ave
Sixth St
Third Ave
Fir Avenue
Horse F Manor
Northbrook Manor Care Center
Council Street
Hca
American Health Care Association
UPS
Terry Koehn
Teaneck
N.J
Associated Press
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