Mom uses homemade signs to urge slower speeds near Washington High
Cedar Rapids residents report frequent speeding on Forest and Linden Drives SE as Conni Morrell installs 25 mph signs in her yard to prompt caution. City study underway to assess traffic volume and speed with results due early this week, police noting recent citations.
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Cedar Rapids
Conni Morrell
Washington High School
Forest and
Linden Drives
Morrell
Linden Dr
Linden Drive
Forest Drive SL
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Lauren Morrell
Linn County ends general assistance for the needy
Linn County supervisors approved a cut to general assistance ending services for those classified as needy to curb a looming budget shortfall. The program remains available only to the poor under Iowa law, with 1,148 households helped in the first half of the year and demand rising.
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Linn County
Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
General Assistance Office
Lois Rude
Rude
Ammunition plant flyover finds little change in hazards
A draft report on the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant flyover shows no significant changes from initial results. The sweep found elevated levels of some manmade radioactive materials at a storage area and firing site, plus natural radon at a coal storage area. Local officials pressed the Army to check for residual hazards from prior Atomic Energy Commission work.
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Middletown
Iowa Army Ammunition Plant
Iowa
U.S. Army
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Cedar Rapids Symphony Baroque concert charms all ages
The Cedar Rapids Symphony delivered a radiant Baroque program at Paramount Theatre featuring Vivaldi Bach Handel and Mouret. Benjamin Coelho on bassoon concerto in a minor and Dan Walker on flute highlighted superb ensemble work with the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale joining for Vivaldi Gloria. A preschooler’s encore of gloria echoed the evening’s joy.
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Diana Mallen
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Symphony
Paramount Theatre
Symphony
Mouret
Vivaldis
Gloria
Baroque- Music.org
Benjamin Coelho
Coelho
Ardor Dane Walker
The
Supporter of fire departments laid to rest on antique truck
MASON CITY AP A man who supported local fire departments died Tuesday at age 8. Ralph Thomas was carried to a local cemetery on a 1924 Ahrens Fox firetruck from the Clear Lake Fire Museum. He maintained the vehicle and built a replacement part for its plumbing system, accepting nothing in return.
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Mason City
Ralph Thomas
Thomas
Clear Lake Fire Museum
Jack Wilcox
Clear Lake Department
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