Cedar Rapids bids for school project come in well under budget
Cedar Rapids school district bids on rough grading for a new northeast elementary summarize the process bidding from ten firms ranged 87 990 to 239 160 with the low bid from McAninch Corp under the 140 000 revised budget. The bid prompts plans for an April start and a March 26 board approval with further bids planned for renovation work.
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Doug DuCharme
Shive Hattery Inc
McAninch Corp
West Des Moines
DuCharme
Emmett Scherrman
Cedar Rapids seeks names for new northeast elementary school
The Cedar Rapids Community School District invites public input to name a new elementary school on Quincy Drive north of Blairs Ferry Road. A committee led by retired principal Jack Christenson will review all submissions with a 100 word rationale. nominations due by April 6.
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Jack Christenson
Northeast
Christensen
Cedar Rapids
Educational Service Center
Second Ave
Jack Johnston
North Liberty
Jason Leonard
Elmcrest Golf and Country Club
College Community approves union wage increases
Cedar Rapids The College Community school board approved two-year contracts with Teamsters and nutritional services unions at a Monday night meeting. Teamsters employees receive 45 to 62 cent base pay raises, with a 50 cent raise the following year. Nutritional services cooks gain 45 cents each year. Full-time starting pay is $10.25. The board also approved bids for data tech seats at 35,456 and fencing for 14 new baseball and softball diamonds at 92,030.
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Nutritional Services Union
Cedar Falls
D & N Fence Co. Inc
Cedar Rapids
DOT to Hold Public Meeting on Toledo Highway 30 63 Interchange
Iowa DOT will host a 5 to 7 p.m. meeting at the South Tama High School cafeteria in Tama to discuss the Toledo interchange on Highway 30 and 63. Plans show an early interchange to minimize disruption, with a detour for Highway 63 traffic to be built first, and four lanes planned from I-35 east to the Illinois line.
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Kristophere
Owensuzette
Tama
Iowa Department of Transportation
Toledo
Tama High School
DOT
DOT District 1
Scott Dockstader
Dockstader
Broadway Street
Illinois State Line
Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids book signing for Coe alumni anthology
Authors whose work appears in Turning Up the Leaves, a Coe College sesquicentennial anthology, will sign books Thursday at Barnes & Noble Cedar Rapids Northland Square at 7 p.m. Contributors include Jimmy Montague and Bruce Williams among others. Books cost 14.95 at Coe Bookstore or 15.75 at Barnes & Noble.
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Coe
C.R
Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Jimmy Montague
Bruce Williams
Kendy Wazac
Ron Adkins
Yayoi Teramoto
Barnes & Noble Booksellers
Northland Square
Montague
Amana Appliances
Williams
Wazac
WorldCom
Adkins
Barnes & Noble
Teramoto
Japan
University of Northern Iowa
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