Mystery bone unearthed near Norand Corp building
A bone found eight feet underground during tunnel work near the Norand Corp building at 550 Second St SE was initially thought to be human. Iowa University anthropology officials later identified it as a leg bone from a modern domestic pig, leaving the burial mystery unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Glenn Lazette
Norand Corp
Second St
Robert Thomas
Norand
Borden
Thomas
Anthropology
University of Iowa
Colorado
Cox Cable seeks $1.25 basic fee hike in Marion hearing
Cox Cable warns Marion council that without a $1.25 rise to the current $8.25 basic service, some services could be cut. Jon Lash says similar increases may come to Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha. He aims to apply June 1 to installation and relocation fees while noting competition and rising costs.
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Christie Wallace
Marion
Cox
Jon Lash
Cedar Rapids
Hiawatha
Lash
Iowa
Cox Cable
Robert Sternowski
Larick Drive
Council
Six Linn County motorists charged with drunk driving this week
Six motorists in Linn County were arrested on drunken driving charges. Names include Harold Delamater 72 of 1532 B Ave NE David Edgerly 28 of Central City Garold Jandik 23 of 201 26th St NW Harry Sizer Jr 45 of Lisbon Gary Smith 31 of Center Point Gerald Nielsen 29 of Central City. One Cedar Rapids man Dennis Irish 43 was charged after a Benton County deputy arrest at Atkins.
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Linn County
Harold R. Delamater
B Ave
David L. Edgerly
Route 1
Central City
Garold L. Jandik
26Th St. NW
Johnson Avenue NW
Harry W. Sizer Jr
Lisbon
West Main
Iowa
Gary J. Smith
Center Point
Gerald L. Nielson
E. Main St
10Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Atkins
Dennis F. Irish
Red Wing Drive
Linn County leaders form funding coop to guide federal aid
A 10 member Linn County group met at United Way to plan channeling any new federal jobs bill funds to human services. They aim to expand emergency task force concepts into a standing clearinghouse for funding and coordination among planning, health, aging, and community action groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burke Lazette
Linn County
United Way
Third Ave. SE
Iowa Department of Social Services
DSS
Dixie Clark
Don Custis
Russ Proffitt
Heritage Agency On Aging
Michael Herrick
Churches United
Joe Rinas
Madge Phillips
The
Health Center
Don Maniccia
Hawkeye Area
Betty Hatch
Cedar Rapids
Proffitt
Phillips
Maniccia
Emergency Energy Task Force
Custis
Rinas
Forbes Johnson
Robbery at Antonio Garcia Brown's restaurant
A man armed with a small caliber handgun robbed Gary M. Langebartels of a bank bag holding 747 cash and 240 in checks at 5131 Council St. NE. Langebartels, 30, said the suspect, a white male about 5 feet 7 inches, demanded the bag and ordered him to count to 50 before fleeing on foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antonio Garcia Brown
Council St. NE
Gary M. Langebartels
Langebartels
Inmate Charged Over Jail Pizza Plot and False Alarm
Linn County Jail inmate Larry Burgin, 21, faces harassment and giving false information to law enforcement charges after arranging pizzas to Lt. Roy Roseberry’s home and triggering a false 911 fire alarm. The incident followed a prank call traced from the jail. Burgin remains jailed on a first degree burglary charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Larry Burgin
Roy Roseberry
Roseberry
Cedar Rapids
Marion Briefs St Joseph's Day Special In Marion
St Joseph's Day event advertised with a Saturday sale offering a hotdog and a glass of red beer for $1 at 16th Ave. Also notes a garage for rent at 377 1045 and a medical assistance contact at 10th Street and Indian Creek Road.
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St. Joseph’s Day
16Th Ave
Bill's Tap
Marion
10Th Street
Indian Creek Road
Fund raisers to show computers for MFL district
The Friends of Computers Committee a parents group will hold demonstrations Saturday at the Monona and Luana banks and Farmersburg Library from 9 to 11 a.m. to raise funds for the MFL Community School District. A $30 000 goal aims to buy 17 computers four printers two speech synthesizers and five color monitors.
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Monona
Monona and
Luana
Farmersburg
Friends of Computers Committee
MFL
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U of I’s Anthropology Department
Home Box Office
Sternowski
Twixt Town Theatre
William and Mary Hennessey
29Th Avenue
City Hall
Glenbrook Cove
Park Board
Boyson Park
National Nature Conservancy
Registry of Natural Areas
Linn
Engle
Marion’s Garden Theatre
7Th Ave
10Th St
Diamon
Div
Westdale
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