Prairie senior barred from bus over firecracker incident
The College Community School Board suspended Renee Brown of Walford from riding the bus for the rest of the academic year after a January firecracker incident on a College Community bus. The junior involved remains unnamed. the driver, Bettie Van Amberg, was placed on three days paid leave for delaying the bus.
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Walford
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Norman Humble
Sheryl Quillin
Humble
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Bettie van Amberg
Residents petition to halt Cedar Rapids art museum development
Jim Ross of Papa Juan's leads about 500 signatures from seven local businesses to block demolition for the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art project. They plan to present petitions at the April 10 City Council hearing on amending the urban renewal plan to move into the Carnegie library site at Third Avenue and Fifth Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
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Fifth Street
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Third Avenues
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Planning Commission
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Grass fires blaze in Hiawatha and Monroe Township
Fire chiefs warned March brings dry brush and higher risk as grass fires sparked by a passing freight train in Hiawatha and a possible cigarette cause in Monroe Township burned near a farm garage. Cedar Rapids police urged care with open burning and required county permits to reduce unplanned fires.
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Monroe Township
Hugh Carney
Ivan Schutzman
Lloyd Elson
Elson
Carney
Cedar Rapids
Phil Saunders
Saunders
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