Johnson Avenue reconstruction plan moves forward next month
The city approves a $5.9 million construction budget for Johnson Avenue with total project costs at $8.3 million including design and land costs. A roundabout plan aims to cut crashes, handling 7 000 to 9 300 vehicles daily and potentially up to 18 000. The project will span two construction seasons with rounds at Jacelyn Drive NW and Wiley Boulevard NW near Hoover Elementary.
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Johnson Avenue
John Witt
Wiley
Jacelyn
Witt
Johnson and Wiley
Scott Atwood
4 Guys Auto Sales & Body
Johnson Ave. NW
Johnson
Atwood
Cedar Rapids plans more roundabouts and road diets
The city will add roundabouts on Kirkwood Boulevard SW near College Community Schools and at 16th Avenue SE, with others on Johnson Avenue NW, Wiley Boulevard NW, and Jacelyn Drive NW. Road diets target streets including First Street SW, Wiley Boulevard, Bowling Street SW, 42nd Street NE, Sixth Street SW, and more over the next five years.
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Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Boulevard
College Community Schools
16Th Avenue SE
Fifth Street
Johnson Avenue NW
Wiley Boulevard
Jacelyn Drive
First Street
First Avenue
Diagonal Drive
Johnson Avenue
16Th Avenue
Bowling Street
Wilson Avenue
42Nd Street
Weing Road
Edgewood Road
Sixth Street
33Rd Avenue
Immigrant Bill Sparks Debate At Subcommittee Hearing
Opposition lines form as 76 of 180 lobbyists oppose the bill while only the Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps backs it. Minorities of media and public pushback prompt a larger room later. amendments require written detainer requests and limit county attorney involvement, citing chaos if law and order unravel.
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Henry
Iowa Minuteman Civil Defense Corps
Senate
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Holt
Wes Breckenridge
D Newton
Cancer study links obesity to rise in uterine and other cancers
Andrew Nish, interventional radiologist, argues obesity fuels uterine cancer and several obesity related cancers in Iowa. The 336 breast cancers per 100 000 and rising kidney cancer rates reflect obesity impacts along with increases in pancreas, thyroid and liver cancers. The report projects 17 800 new cancers and 6 300 cancer deaths in Iowa this year.
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Andrew Nish
John Stoddard Center
Des Moines
Iowa
State Health Registry of
College of Public Health
Nish
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
American Heart Association
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