McGillicuddy Leads Cedar Rapids Obesity Task Force
Diane Held reports Cedar Rapids Community School District forms a 30 member Obesity Prevention Task Force led by Joe McGillicuddy to reshape attitudes toward fitness and healthy eating. The group updates PE classes, adds wellness programs, and monitors classroom snacking and activity as communities confront rising youth obesity.
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Diane Held
Gazette
Joe McGillicuddy
Cedar Rapids Community
McGillicuddy
Cedar Rapids
Map miscues place students in wrong districts
Linn County Auditor Linda Langenberg says 53 Cedar Rapids area parcels were misallocated between Cedar Rapids and neighboring districts by GIS mapping. About 70.2 acres near Target West were added to College Community and 10.3 acres around Burr Ridge and Ashford Courts NE to Linn‑Mar, though both should be Cedar Rapids. The errors arose after annexations and border adjustments.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Metro Area
Linn County Auditor’s
Linn County
Linda Langenberg
Geographic Information System
College Community
Burr Ridge
Ashford Courts
Linn-Mar
Langenberg
City assessor mix up code tags school district land
Langenberg says a past land mix up labeled the site for the school district with the wrong code, noting it was bare ground to start. Annexation plans remain unresolved with the districts page referenced.
Gambling Panel Plans 3 to 5 New Iowa Casinos
Iowa gaming commissioners expect to approve three to five new casino licenses next week from among ten applications. They may again cap licenses and consider a July moratorium. Support varies with officials ranging from two to six licenses.
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James Q. Lynch
Gazette
Johnston
Iowa
Ing
Jack Ketterer
Diane Hamilton
Storm Lake
Joyce Jarding
Farley
Gerald Barr
Ankeny
Mike Mahaffey
Montezuma
Kate Cutler
Council Bluffs
Prom date applications at Washington High draw crowd
Cedar Rapids senior Jared Bazzell has never attended a school dance. For his prom on May 14 he offered an application to potential dates and drew nearly 30 applicants. Friends in the student senate encouraged the idea and supported his decision.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Jared Bazzell
Washington High School
Bazzell
Engagement may OK return of Mexican woman to Iowa
An 18 year old Hermenta Lopez faced deportation to Mexico after a lawyer’s misstep forced her to return from Washington Iowa to San Pedro Mexico. Her recent engagement to a Coralville man could enable her return, keeping family and community hopes alive.
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Iowa
The
Gazette
Coralville
Washington, Iowa
Hermelinda Lopez
Mexico
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