Senate battle over IDOT rules stalls long track bill
After heated caucuses and a failed bid to suspend rules, Iowa senators battled over reversing IDOT long track rules. A petition by Sen. Eugene Hill neared 26 signatures, delaying floor action as votes split along party lines. The measure ultimately failed, leaving the issue to the courts amid procedural maneuvering and calls to return authority to the legislature.
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Redmond
Lamborn
Eugene Hill
Newton
Batte
Senate
Arthur Neu
Karl Nalin
D-Ralston
W.R. Rabedeaux
Raiston
Joan Orr
D-Grinnell
C. Joseph Coleman
Clare
Kinley
Calvin Hultman
Red Oak
Kevin Kelly
Sioux City
Hill
Kenneth Scott
Thornton
IDOT
Norman Rodgers
D-Adel
Motor Club of
Iowa
Robert Ray
Ray
Doderer
City investigates urban renewal as firings follow probe
Berlin announced an expanded inquiry into urban renewal after suspending chief building official Charles Timmons and dismissing Senior Housing Inspector Omer Letts and Maureen Sullivan. Equipment supervisor Paul Swigger remains under suspension while county and city investigators review removals from sites slated for demolition. Dooley notes three possible outcomes from the probe.
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Berlin
Omer Letts
Maureen Sullivan
Civil Service Commission
Charles Timmons
Paul Swigger
BCT
Jack Dooley
BCI
Town City
District Court Actions in Linn County Div Three Guilty Pleas
Multiple defendants pled guilty or were fined in Linn County District Court first avenue division. David Marsden and Larry Parsons faced Jan and March charges with fines and costs. Stephen Brucher fined. Paul Coty pled guilty to trespass with $100 fine. Willie Molette sentenced to jail for February offense and charged later for assault. Bradley Chambers pled guilty to simple larceny with $40 fine. Rob ert Walker’s assault charge dismissed. Ronald Varnec pled guilty to pointing gum, 15 days with sentence suspended. Beverly Chick and Mark Hertz had charges dismissed or reduced. Henry Townsend received a reduced reckless driving sentence. Walter Vogt and Robert Fleming pled guilty with deferred sentences. Earl Shelton in Independence fined for assaulting a police officer after resisting officers.
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First Avenue
Linn County District Court
David Marsden
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Larry Parsons
Day Street
Stephen Brucher
Norwich Road
Paul Coty
Second Avenue
Willie Molette
E Avenue
Molette
Bradley Chambers
Macomb
Chambers
Robert Walker
Fifteenth Street
Wiit Tress
Ronald Varnec
Fourth Street
Beverly Chick
McKintey Street
Mark Hertz
Coldstream Avenue
Henry Townsend
D Street
Walter Vogt
Vinton
Robert Fleming
Independence
Earl Shelton
Shelton
Buchanan County
Police Chase Ends When Fleeing Car Runs Out of Gas
Two teenage girls were charged after a pursuit ends when a stolen car ran out of gas. A 16-year-old faced counts of larceny of a motor vehicle and speeding among others, with a 15-year-old charged similarly. The car belonged to Pamela McGrane of 408 Fifteenth Street NE and was spotted near Edgewood Road before the stop at Twenty-first Street NW and Burch Avenue. The youths were detained at Linn detention center.
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Pamela McGrane
Fifteenth Street
Edgewood Road
E Avenue NW
Twenty-first Street NW
Burch Avenue
Linn Detention Center
Street Closure Planned for Sewer Construction
Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer said Avenue NW between Jacolyn Drive and Wiley Boulevard will close at 8 am Tuesday due to sewer work. The street will reopen around noon Friday.
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Mel Meyer
Jacolyn Drive
Wiley Boulevard
City County Meet Over Civic Center Payment Snag
City council and Linn County officials plan a Wednesday session to decide who pays for Cedar Rapids civic center via tax increment financing. The plan hinges on setting a 1977 78 tax levy, but confusion over 1966 freeze values and district boundaries risks delays and possible switch to ordinary levies, per Linn Auditor Merle Kopel.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn
Merle Kopel
Kopel
County
Cedar Rapids Community
Iowa
Iowa Senate Appropriations Panel Debates Education Bill
Des Moines Iowa Senate appropriations committee votes to send a 238 104 750 education appropriations bill to the floor with amendments. The panel adds an audit condition for COMS and examines superintendent salary controls amid debate over a Cedar Rapids Kirkwood College pay raise and broader state funding oversight.
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Des Moines
Iowa Senate Appropriations Committee
College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery
COMS
Jerry Rankin
Selby Ballantyne
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
Ballantyne
Cloyd Robinson
Robinson
Kirkwood
Lucas DeKoster
Huill
DeKoster
Fredericksburg Man Sues Railroad Over 60 Foot Fall
John and Kathleen Hansen file a $575000 damage suit in U S district court against Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad and two Willamette Western Corp employees for a 60 foot fall from a Clinton bridge while Hansen worked on a repair crew. The suit alleges negligence in operations and safety failures.
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Fredricksburg
Clinton
John
Kathleen Hansen
U.S
Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific Railroad
George M. Ziegler
Fulton, IL
Robert W. Meadows
Martinez
Meadows
Hansen
Kathleen
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Kelly
Carr
Gallagher
Glenn
Globa
Heving
Notting
Severn
van Gilst
Burroughs
Griffin
Plymar
Scott
Orr
Elizabeth Miller
Marshalltown
Iowa City
By Frank Nye
State Board of Public Instruction
Minnette Doderet
Lown City
Azneer
Leonard Azneer
John Eckstein
University of Iowa
William Winkelman
R-Lohrville
Lic
Winkelman
McGrath
Regatta Cne Age Service Dept
Catalina
Bruce McGrath Contiac
Collins and
Center Point Road
Fredericksburg
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