Cedar Rapids reevaluates shepherd cabin tribute plan
Cedar Rapids officials push new options honoring early settler Nicholas Brown over Osgood Shepherd. Streets Commissioner Don Thomas considers four plans including a Brown focused park display or Ushers Ferry Village replica, with input from historians and civic groups scheduled for March.
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Optimist Club
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First Avenue
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Rick Titus
Titus
Cedar Rapids
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Special election set for Tuesday in HLV district
Voters in the HLV school district will decide on two school board vacancies, a 10-year instructional support levy, and a 10-year physical plant and equipment levy. The levies would fund general costs and buses and roof repairs, with polling from 7 am to 8 pm at Hartwick, Ladora, and Victor venues.
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HSV
Lynch
Perah Reid
Victor
Kathy Warnick
Cherrie Kuesel
Debbie Wauters
Hartwick Community Center
Ladora City Hall
Iowa County Auditor’s Office
Biotech farming aids Adams family switch to no till
The Adams family embraces herbicide tolerant Roundup Ready corn and soybeans to cut plowing and chemical use. They credit biotech with weed control and smoother harvest while noting foreign acceptance limits and past public opposition. Dale and Doug reflect on farming changes from the electronic age to GPS.
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Doug
Kevin
Dale
Chad Adams
Chad
Biotech
Mystery Writing Contest honors Cedar Rapids students
Cedar Rapids readers chose top entries from 230 submissions in Barnes & Noble sixth annual Mystery Writing Contest for fourth and fifth graders. Maggie Peter son from LaSalle Intermediate School won first. Haley Neiderhis er from Madison Elementary second. Rei ly Aarhus from Central City Elementary third.
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St. Joseph School
Lizzie White
Kristin Aerts
Erskine
Jennifer Michalicek
Grant Wood
Rachel Dee
Cleveland
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Lemme
Iowa City
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Monticello
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Barnes & Noble
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Aaron Hallquist
Harding Middle School
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Taft Middle School
Drake University
Linn-Mar Middle School
Washington Junior High School
Dubuque
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Austin Peiffer
Aksha Joshi
Jay Roltgen
Varsha Vijay
Marion
Dale Brandt
Mathcounts
Eric Lee
Matt Fishburn
Taft
Tyler Born
Amanda Lunn
Matt Neuberger
Cedar Rapids
Charlene Zrudsky
Mount Vernon Middle School
Darrell Ferreter
Cascade Junior High School
Dick Smith
Linda Takes
Janet Borholm
Janetr
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