Linn County budget seeks 4.5 percent tax levy hike
Linn County residents weigh the proposed 83.18 million fiscal 2004 budget with a 0.5 percent overall decrease but a 4.5 percent rise in the property tax levy. The plan raises urban home taxes about two dollars annually and rural home taxes similarly, while commercial taxes increase 3.5 percent due to the loss of a state rollback. The hearing is 7 p.m. Monday in the Linn County Administrative Office Building board room.
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Black author to speak at Luther on Klan encounters
Daryl Davis, author of Klan-Destined Relationships, will address Luther College on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Center for Faith and Life. A black author who spent a decade arranging secret meetings with KKK leaders, Davis recounts befriending members and exchanging robes and hoods.
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Jay Holstein to lecture at Coe College Tuesday
University of Iowa scholar Jay Holstein will lecture at Coe College on Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Kesler Lecture Hall Hickok Hall. The free talk titled Some Reflections on the Art of Teaching On Paganism the Bible and Tae kwon do is sponsored by the Sinaiko Committee and open to the public. Holstein has taught in the US School of Religion since 1970 and has received multiple teaching awards.
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Iowa to Loans Help 16 Communities Upgrade Drinking Water
Sixteen Iowa communities will receive more than 22 million dollars in low interest loans to upgrade drinking water systems. Eastern Iowa recipients include West Branch Elkader Delmar Farmersburg Van Horne and Delhi with new wells towers mains and expansions. Iowa DNR director Jeff Vonk emphasizes water quality as a top priority as funding proceeds this spring.
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State Drinking Water Revolving Fund boosts Iowa loans
The program funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency offers 3 percent loans for water system upgrades and can finance all project costs. Since 1997 the revolving fund has awarded more than $120 million to Iowa communities.
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