Lightning Sparks Downtown Guttenberg Fire After Strike
Four Guttenberg residents escaped after lightning struck a building at 6 a.m. and spread to a neighboring business. The fire damaged two structures including a three story stone building and the Style Shop. Fire Chief Owen Pufahl said a ladder aided two evacuees and a neighbor provided access to safety.
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Guttenberg
Dave Goschazette
Owen Pufahl
Ralph
Mabel Peters
C.J. Wachendorf
Tammy Westemeier
Pufahl
Wachendorf
Westemeier
the Peters
Karen Merrick
Terry Green
Jean
Green and Degnan Insurance Co
Green
Marion officer firing hearing set for next week
Marion Civil Service Commission will hear Jim Wellenhagen's appeal of his termination by Police Chief Mike Birmingham. The 10 year veteran and union VP denies wrongdoing and alleges union interference as the hearing begins at noon Tuesday April 5, with panel members Naomi Wade Paul Draper and William Marsh.
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Marion Civil Service Commission
Marion
Jim Weitenhagen
Weitenhagen
Wellenhagen
Birmingham
Naomi Wade
Wade
Paul Draper
William Marsh
Local government, school board and church events listed for today
Cedar Rapids City Council meets informally at 8:30 a.m. on the fourth floor of City Hall. Linn County Supervisors hold an informal session at 9 a.m. in the Admin Building. Departments and commissions convene through the day including the Human Resources Management Advisory Board at noon and the Planning Commission Executive Committee at 1:30 p.m. Central City planning and zoning meet at 6:15 p.m. City Council and Hiawatha Parks board sit in later. Holy Week ecumenical service at 12:05 p.m. First Presbyterian. Dollars for Scholars fundraiser with Jefferson Kennedy and Washington show choirs at 7:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre. tickets $3 adults $2 students.
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Cedar Rapids
Sixth St
Central City Planning & Zoning Commis
Sion
City Hall
Central City City Council
Hiawatha Parks & Recreation Commission
College Community School Board
American Legion
Ely
First Presbyterian Church
Anthony Evans
Jefferson, Kennedy
Washington
Japanese Professor to Talk at Cornell College
Yukio Fujita of Waseda University will lecture on Japan in International Business at 11 a.m. Thursday in King Chapel Cornell College. He advises the United Nations on international accounting and reporting standards.
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Mount Vernon
Yukio Fujita
Graduate School of Commerce
Waseda University
Tokyo
Japan
King Chapel
Cornell College
Fujita
United Nations
IBP shifts plans for huge hog plant in Waterloo
In Eastern Iowa, IBP moves its proposed 40 million hog slaughtering facility from Manchester to northeast Waterloo. The plant aims to kill and cut about 14 000 hogs daily, raising questions about hog supply, impact on rivals, wages, housing, and regional economics as processors evaluate market disruption and transportation costs.
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IBP
Iowa
Dakota City
Neb
Waterloo
Manchester
Maquoketa
Verlin Jackson
Heinold Hog Market
Indiana
Austin
Jackson
Geo. A. Hormel & Co
Minn
Quality Park Processors of
Dallas
Aus
Cedar Rapids
Keith Barnes
Farmstead
Jim Coleman
P-3
United Food and Commercial Workers
Coleman
Albert Lea
FDL
Dubuque
Columbus Junction
Excel
Ottumwa
Swift Independent
Marshalltown
Oscar Meyer
Beardstown
Hormel
Rust
Wilson Foods
Union
Wilson
Dick Juhl
Mechanicsville
Kirkwood Community College
Juhl
Cafe offers foreign coffee samples at Iowa City cafe
The University of Iowa World Fare Cafe in the International Center will give free samples of foreign coffees all week. Each day the entree will be from the same country. Today features Colombian Supreme coffee with pollo al cazador.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa World’s
International Center
Iowa City Library Announces Easter Book Sale
The Friends of the Iowa City Public Library plan an Easter book sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in the library garage at 123 S. Linn St. Proceeds fund materials and equipment purchases for the library.
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Iowa City
Friends of the Iowa City Public Library
S. Linn St
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