Work Begins to Stop Methane Drift at Cedar Rapids Landfill
A plan to halt methane migration from Cedar Rapids Landfill moves ahead with Blackhawk Foundation drilling 13 boreholes along the south perimeter to collect gas and burn it off. Initial pilot hole completed February 16 at a total cost under 15000. Getty Synthetic Fuels evaluates tests and seeks a local buyer while city could receive an eighth of gas sales if a capture facility is built.
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Dick Hogan
Szette Staf
Cedar Rapids
Blackhawk Foundation Co
Genese, Ill
Dave Hogan
City Engineering Department
Hogan
C St
C. St
Getty Synthetic Fuels
Signal Hill
Calif
Getty
Debate over exempting small towns from police training in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers weigh removing a 10 week training requirement for officers in towns under 10 000 people while supporters call it progress and opponents warn it would worsen civil rights and arrest procedure readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Sullivan
Radette
Des Moines
Iowa
House of Representatives
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy
Gregory Williams
Page County
Iowa Law Enforcement Academy Council
Terry Branstad
Academy Council
Robert Harpster
League of Iowa
Senate
Five Arrested in Linn County for drunk driving charges
Five persons were arrested Sunday in Linn County on drunk driving charges. William R. Flattery, 18, Marion, faced additional improper registration counts after being stopped at county road E-70 and Highway 218 at 12:23 a.m. Edward D. Julich, 30, rural Palo, was nabbed at Blairs Ferry Road and Sixth Avenue in Hiawatha at 3:25 a.m. James R. Berkley, 33, Hiawatha, was picked up in the 300 block of Shelley Lane NW at 9:25 p.m. and charged with eluding, suspended license, speeding, improper right-side travel, and signaling faults. John V. Kilpatrick, 47, SW, was arrested in the 3000 block of Sixth Street SW on a left turn yield violation. Thomas G. Trachita, 27, SW, was arrested in the 1700 block of 16th Avenue at 10:10 p.m.
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Linn County
William R. Flattery
24Th St
Marion
Edward D. Julich
Palo
Blairs Ferry Road
Sixth Avenue
Hiawatha
James R. Berkley
Emmons St. Hiawatha
Shelley Lane
John V. Kilpatrick
Sixth St
Sixth Street
Thomas G. Trachita
Wilson Ave
16Th Avenue
C R man charged after knife and revolver incident
Delane E. Mooney 26 of Ingleside Drive SW was arrested on a charge of assault and carrying a concealed weapon after officers found a knife on him in a southwest side neighborhood. A 16 year old youth reported Mooney called to him, then fled when the knife was seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delane E. Mooney
Ingleside Drive
Sixth Avenue
Moomey
Iowa Supreme Court approves LeGrand as senior judge
The Iowa Supreme Court okayed former justice Clay LeGrand to become a senior judge. LeGrand, 72, retired from active status Feb. 26 after 15 years on the bench and will continue work without extra compensation beyond retirement pay. He was assigned to the Supreme Court in the new role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
UPI
Iowa Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Clay LeGrand
LeGrand
Volunteer alert seeks helpers across Cedar Rapids unions
UCP and partner organizations list multiple volunteering opportunities in Cedar Rapids areas including water safety at Bender Pool with Claudia 365 4657 youth campfire program at Campfire 364 0253 visiting cedar rapids care center 366 8714 sewing for Red Cross Witwer Center 393 3500 rape crisis at YWCA 365 1458 teachers and helpers for youth programs 365 1458 and 393 9477 citizen advocates 365 0487 and more positions through Volunteer Alert coordinator Edie Liotis 393 3500
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UCP
Bender Pool
Claudia
Jenny
Red Cross
Witwer Senior Citizen Center
Edie
Ywca of
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Marjorie
YWCA
Terry
Marx
Brendelwood
Meth-Wick Manor
LouAnn
Indian Creek Nature Center
Janet
L.lv
Edie Liotis
Protests Rise Over Social Security Plan for Federal Workers
About 600 Iowa postal workers federal employees and retirees gathered in Iowa City to oppose a reform bill that would put future federal hires into Social Security. Organizers warned of a $185 billion retirement deficit in 15 to 20 years and urged lawmakers to protect existing retirement benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Mittman
Johnson County
Iowa City
Iowa
House
Ways and Means Committee
Jim Kane
Jim Kane, President of Letter Carriers Local 373
Cedar Rapids
Kane
Evans
Tom Tauke
Stephen Nicholson
Tauke
Ginny Benware
Tom Harkin
Harkin
Marion Briefs and City Council Election Pitches
Local items note the Marion Women's Club Afternoon Literary Department meeting at 12 45 p m at Mrs Bob McGuire 153 Larick Drive. Voters are urged to elect Jim Barvinek Joe Carlson Eddie Begley Frank Reynolds on March 8 with various committees paying for the messages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Women’s Club
Bob McGuire
Larick Drive
Marion
Fire destroys unoccupied home on Otis Road
A Sunday evening fire damaged an old house at 2571 Otis Road SE, unoccupied for three years and owned by Lillian Condos. Velma Burger, at the same address, said the property was slated for demolition. Fire officials call the blaze suspicious and investigations continue.
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Otis Road SE
Lillian Condos
Velma Burger
Vern Bagley
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Gazette
Greg Mellis
Keith Erickson
International American Radio Relay League
Erickson
Tom Lindgren
Glenn Thorne
Larry Jemison
C.R. Man
Cedar Rapids Care Center
Fourth Ave
Campfire
Washington
Highlander Inn
Cooper Evans
Neal Smith
Berkley Bedell
Nicholson
Esther Johnson
Bettendorf
Johnson
American Federation of Government Employees
Department of the Navy
Jim Barvinek
Laura Loveless
Pol. Adv
Nancy Keilholtz
Hair Gallery
Eddie Begley
Wilma Clark
Pol
Joe Carlson
Jo Carlson
Carlson Committee
Frank Reynolds
Bob Burnham
Adv
Harold Frederick
Marion, Iowa
Merle Norman Cosmetics
2Nd St
Armar Drive
Pons OV
Oscolo
Ave. S.E
Ations
Westdale Mall
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