Marion considers allowing chicken therapy at Crestview Acres
Crestview Acres Nursing Home in Marion seeks to amend city rules to permit urban chickens on multi family parcels for therapy and eggs. Activist Jody Kujath cites resident nostalgia and health benefits while the council approves first reading of the ordinance change.
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Crestview Acres
Richard Risdale
Marion
Risdale
Frank Smalley
ARION
Crestview Acres Nursing Home
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Marion City
Jody Kujath
Grand Ave
Medicare.gov
Norway
Benton County
Rose Oaks Apartments tenants told to move for renovations
In Iowa City hundreds of tenants at Rose Oaks Apartments face nonrenewal of leases to permit extensive remodeling and demolition. Owners cite parking, noise and safety disruptions and aim for all residents moved by summer. Many fear finding affordable replacement housing amid a tight market.
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Rose Oaks Apartments
Iowa City
Barbara Pruitt
Rose Oaks
Dolphin Lake Point Enclave
Highway 6
Branstad deeming water quality plan unlikely this year
Gov. Terry Branstad acknowledged a bold plan to fund long term water quality improvements by extending a 1 cent sales tax for schools and diverting funds is unlikely to win approval this year. House Republicans also previewed a plan to use sales tax money from metered water and funds from the Rebuild Iowa Infrastructure Fund to start a water quality initiative.
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Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Iowa
Four Brussels attackers may have acted after police raids probe
Prosecutors describe a note from one attacker suggesting fear of capture as counterterrorism raids hit four Brussels safe houses days before the carnage. An ally had been shot and another escaped, with Ibrahem El Bakraoui, 29, cited in the report.
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Brussels
Frederic van Leeuw
Gazette Volume 134 Issue 75 Highlights
The Gazette reports volume 134 number 75 from 2016 featuring local news, briefs, and notices with community updates and events across city organizations and residents.
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