Rails to Trails opens drive with $75,000 in 2 grants
Iowa Rails to Trails launches a fund drive with a $25,000 anonymous gift and a $50,000 Hall Foundation grant aimed at developing the Cedar Valley Nature Trail between Cedar Rapids and Waterloo. The project consolidates 640 acres of abandoned railbed linked to Cedar Rapids and Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mayer
Widoor
Iowa
Green Tunnel
Combellick
Cedar Valley
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Hall Foundation
Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation
Hiawatha
Gilbertville
Waterloo, Cedar Falls and Northern
Robert
Des Moines
Linn
Benton
Buchanan
Linn County Conservation Board
Ackelson
Old Interurban
Linn County Conservation
Ackerson
Wilma Clark
McGowan Blvd
Marion
Bob Mahrau
Fernwood Drive
Iowa Rails To Trails Inc
P.O. Box
Combellich
Rails To Trails
Hiawatha-to
Center Point
Bo Cameron
Northwood Dr
Cameron
Iowa City
Dubuque
Officer Lebeda fired after disability pay denials
Debi Lebeda, a 30-year veteran of the Cedar Rapids Police Department, was discharged Monday after two denied requests for retirement disability pay related to injuries from two on duty traffic accidents in 1980. She plans to appeal the firing and the pension board decisions, saying she suffers headaches and dizziness from the injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Debi Lebeda
Fox Meadow Drive
Ray Baker
Floyd Bergen
Lebeda
Police Pension Board
the Gazette
James Affeldt
Affeldt
Linn
Burglars Take Safe and Jewelry in Cedar Rapids and NE Iowa
Burglars removed a 200 pound safe from the Richard D. Wilson home at 116 Eighth St NW and stole about 1300 dollars from the safe. A Pat Cornell residence burglary yielded sapphire and diamond jewelry valued around 795 dollars. The Cedar Rapids area saw other thefts including tools from a Newell Machinery Company bus and fence-cutting entries at the lot. Three arrests for drunken driving followed in Linn County. Police say the Cedar Rapids Police Detective Stan McClurg became Policemen's Protective Association president. The Linn County supervisors consider a fold-out stop sign ordinance for Mount Vernon Road crossing safety. The Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra will perform for area students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard D. Wilson
Eighth St. NW
Wilson
Mount Vernon Road
Squaw Creek
Linn County
12Th Ave. SE
Community Theatre Building Corp
Pat Cornell
C Ave. NE
Newell Machinery Company
North Towne Place
Commissioner Wayne Murdock Hospitalized In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Public Improvements Commissioner Wayne A. Murdock, 49, is in St Luke's Hospital cardiac care unit in fair condition after chest discomfort Sunday. He remains hospitalized with bed rest expected for the rest of the week according to a City Hall release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Stanley sentence deferred in C R prostitution case
Former State Rep. Ivor Stanley, 57, of 3110 Terry Drive SE, received a deferred sentence in Linn District Court on a charge of using the services of a prostitute. He was placed on one year probation to the Department of Correctional Services with a possible erasure if completed. The Alford plea was accepted to avoid trial and minimize media exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivor Stanley
Terry Drive
Linn District Court
Stanley
Department of Correctional Services
Thomas Koehler
University of Iowa
State Merit Employment Agency
Alford
Joseph Abodeely
Terry Drive SE
Fares Issa
30Th St. Drive
Robert W. Gorsuch
D Ave
Huan Duc Dang
Fifth Ave
Off duty deputy helps capture Linn Juvenile escapee
A 15 year old escapee from Linn Juvenile Detention Center was captured at 3 p.m. Tuesday in a northeast Cedar Rapids home. An off duty Linn County sheriff deputy spotted the youth entering 822 14th Street NE and notified authorities. The youth was returned to the detention center pending a Juvenile Court hearing. Burnley was arrested on interference with official acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn
Cedar Rapids
Linn Sheriffs Department
George Burnley
14Th St
14Th Street
Sheriff's Department
Burnley
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John Melv
Linn County Humane Society
Highway 13
Appeal Eye
Michael E. Long
Bunker, Mo
Edgewood Road
Cedar River Bridge
Sterling M. Smith
Fairfax
Iowa Highway 218
76Th Avenue
Robert T. Stastny
Lauren Drive
12Th Avenue
C Street
McClurg
Stan McClurg
The
Policemen’s Protective Association
Jerry Chapman
Larry Ralston
Kenneth Bracy
Joel Kessler
Richard Brown
Dvorak, Saint-Saens
Gershwin
Britten and Sousa
C.R
Ney
Ted Ruffin
Ruffin
Unique
Bill McCarty
Hardee's
Hardee S
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