Cedar Rapids man, two armed intruders flee after attempt
Deputies investigated a burglary attempt at a Cedar Rapids home on Mount Vernon Road just before 2 a.m. Two men, one armed, demanded entry but fled after the resident locked the door. In a separate incident, Willie B. Hodges II was arrested after a daytime shooting dispute on Bever Avenue near 15th Street SE. He faces going armed with intent and firearms charges and is jailed on $9,750 bond. The Cedar Rapids school district announced budget talks to be broadcast on public access channels with a proposed tax rate hike from 12.95 to 16.28 per thousand and summaries of district finances to be shown on channel 17 and 13 with broadcasts on specific dates.
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Cedar Rapids
Sheriff's Deputies
Mount Vernon Road
Highway 13
Don Zeller
Willie B. Hodges II
Hodges
Bever Avenue
15Th Street SE
Joe Cerrato
17Th St. SE
Linn County
Mediacom
McLeodusa
Waterloo man charged after police chase ends in Buchanan County
Dylane Braun 27 of Waterloo faces multiple traffic violations and charges of driving while suspended and eluding after law enforcement from four agencies chased his vehicle Tuesday morning until it ran out of gas in Buchanan County. The pursuit extended through Black Hawk and Buchanan counties and ended on 190th Street near Deacon Avenue. Police from Waterloo, the Black Hawk County sheriff, Buchanan County sheriff, and Iowa State Patrol participated.
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Buchanan County
Dylane Braun
Waterloo
Braun
Black Hawk
Buchanan
Deacon Avenue
Iowa State Patrol
Antiques mall owner eyes May reopening after fire
Mi fire destroyed portions of the Park Place Hotel Antique Mall in Marion. Owner Dan Olmstead aims to reopen by May 1 at 1104 Seventh Ave with 33 dealers, adding space for eight to ten more after remodeling the damaged half.
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Antiques Mall
Dick Hogan
Gazette Arion
Park Place Hotel
Marion
Seventh Ave
Dan Olmstead
Olmstead
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Dighton
Center Point
Seventh Avenue
Jelinek/Olmstead Construction
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon selects new school superintendent amid controversy
The Mount Vernon school board defended its selection of Jeff Schwiebert as the district's next superintendent effective July 1, despite objections from over 40 residents. Critics questioned his insider status and lack of doctoral credentials while supporters urged unity and new ideas.
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Gazette
Mount Vernon
Jeff Schwiebert
Linn County
Todd Tripp
Schwiebert
Adrian Ringold
Cedar Rapids gets funds for three clean air projects
Iowa Department of Transportation award totaling 1.1 million dollars funds two Cedar Rapids clean air projects and 220 826 for an Eastern Iowa air quality information campaign. A separate 448 000 dollars goes to vehicle detection loops and interconnect upgrades at 19 intersections along Williams Boulevard Edgewood Road First Avenue West and Sixth Street SW.
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Ames
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Department of Transportation
Iowa
Wendele Maysent
DOT
the Transportation Commission
Williams Boulevard
Edgewood Road
First Avenue West
Sixth Street
Gary Peterson
Iowa Commission funds traffic study and road extensions in city
The Iowa Transportation Commission awarded 448000 dollars to study traffic patterns on Williams Boulevard SW Edgewood Road First Avenue West and Sixth Street SW and 642525 dollars to extend 33rd Avenue SW including viaducts over railroad tracks. Detection loops will collect data to time signals and ease congestion reducing idling and emissions. The second project is the Turn to 38 Clean air.
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Iowa Transportation Commission
Williams Boulevard
Edgewood Road
First Avenue West
Sixth Street
33Rd Avenue
Peterson
Sisters donate Cone painting to UI museum
Four sisters from Iowa donate Marvin Cone’s Color Chords, a 1962 abstract painting valued at about $30,000, to the University of Iowa Museum of Art. The work, previously owned by their family, now hangs as part of UI’s art collection alongside Cone’s other pieces.
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UI Museum
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Cone
University of Iowa Museum of Art
UI Foundation
Elinor Wylie Patterson
Coralville
Cone
Patterson
Gertrude Wylie
Clayton Wylie
US Department of Physics and Astronomy
Wylie
Jayne Wylie Willis
Margaret Wylie Apostle
Grinnell
Apostle
Mary Wylie
Willis
Arizona
US Museum of Art
Sun City
Ariz
Presidents Club
The
Museum of Art
Jeff Martin
Howard Creel Collinson
Collinson
Grant Wood
UI Museum of Art
University
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