Washington County Jail Closed Over Roof Damage and Mold
Washington County must close its 35 year old jail by June 30 due to a leaky roof and mold. Inmates will be housed in surrounding counties at about 55 to 65 dollars per day, totaling roughly 500 thousand dollars yearly. Sheriff Yale Jarvis and Board of Supervisors chair Virginia Bordwell say remodelling is cost prohibitive and consider regional jail options.
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Virginia Bordwell
Board of Supervisors
Washington County
Yale Jarvis
Sheriff's Department
Jarvis
Mahaska
Muscatine
Rod Kampman
Bordwell
Farm Bureau
Louisa
Henry
Washington
Kampman
Washington County Board of Supervisors
Vote slated on Brucemore apartment plans
Cedar Rapids officials prepare to approve revised Brucemore site plans and a planned apartment complex in southeast Cedar Rapids. The City Council meets at 9 a.m. in council chambers on the fourth floor of City Hall to review the development, with a decision anticipated today.
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Vazette
Cedar Rapids
Brucemore
Brucemore Greenhouse Parking Plan Recommended
Cedar Rapids Planning Commission favors an 1800 square foot greenhouse and a 17 space parking lot at Brucemore with access from Dows Lane SE despite neighbor concerns over traffic. A nearby site east of Armar Drive SE for an apartment complex also gains preliminary approval. Other items include third readings for garbage sewer and water rate hikes and a taxicab fare increase proposal from $2 to $3, plus a manufactured home park development standard ordinance.
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Brucemore
Planning Commission
Dows Lane SE
Dows Lane
Armar Drive SE
Dale Todd
Brainpower workshop ties brains to learning at Horace Mann
Fifth and sixth graders at Horace Mann Elementary in Iowa City took part in a Brain Awareness Week workshop hosted by the University of Iowa Neuroscience Department. About 75 students explored brain cells, nerve signals and vision through four hands on stations while volunteers demonstrated anatomy with a rabbit, monkey and human brain.
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Shelley Oehler
Iowa City
Horace Mann Elementary
Shawn Lothridge
University of Iowa Department of Neuroscience
Iowa City-area
Horn Elementary
Coralville Central
Lincoln
Lemme
Henry Paulson
Paulson
MacKenzie Hilfers
Hilfers
Horace Mann
N. Dodge St
Missy Whitfield
Tracy Taylor
Suzette
Dan Luedert
Moon-ik Kim
Mann
Northwest Airlines outage tied to fiber cut by McLeod project
Northwest Airlines faced a systemwide outage after a fiber optic cable was damaged by a subcontractor for McLeod USA in Eagan Minnesota. About 130 of 1700 daily flights were canceled, with major delays in Detroit and Minneapolis and impacts to reservations, baggage info, and electronic ticketing. Some international stations reported delays while Unisys and other businesses also felt the disruption.
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Gazette
Eagan
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Cedar Rapids
Northwest
Mary Beth Schubert
Schubert
Kathy Peach
Detroit
Doug Killian
Unisys
Bothun
Neighbors push for endangered species study at landfill site
Cedar Rapids neighbors dispute Bluestem Solid Waste Agency access to a 425 acre site to conduct their own endangered species study. They question the selection of Tim Hall of Foth Van Dyke and Paul Christiansen for the study while highlighting potential conflicts of interest linked to Bluestem staff and a former employee.
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Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Pam Prochaska
Honey Grove
Ely
Bluestem
Prochaska
Bluestein
Tim Hall
Nieland
Foth & van Dyke
Paul Christiansen
Cornell College
Christiansen
Liz Christiansen
Linn County
Bus Driver Quits After Guilty Plea Disclosure
Cedar Rapids school district bus driver Jerry Neef 38 resigned after acknowledging a 1992 guilty plea for indecent contact with a 10 year old girl. Neef hired 1997. background checks since 1997 have targeted felonies, not misdemeanors, sparking district questions about hiring practices.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jerry Neef
Neef
Greg Reed
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the Planning Commission
Ing Lot
Pam Hinman
Pamhi
McLeod
St. Luke’s Center For Health and Well - Being
Foth
Bluestem Board
Mike Berkshire
Reed
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