Transit center bid process hints at possible legal action
City Council weighs Minority Business Enterprise guidance on Ground Transportation Center contracts. Knutson Construction bid 6.239 million vs Kinderknecht 6.428 million for the general contract with minority participation disputed. Acme Electric bid 413,112 is approved despite initial disqualification concerns.
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Dick Hogan
Minority Business Enterprise Committee
Don Canney
Kinderknecht Associates
Cedar Rapids
Knutson Construction
Minneapolis
Knutson
Kinderknecht
Aller
Minor Barnes
Barnes
Jim Bradley
MBE
Bradley
Hearn Plumbing and Heating
Urban Mass Transit Administration
UMTA
Flats plan to reroute trucks sparks Seventh Street concerns
Residents along Seventh Street SE meeting with Mel Meyer, city traffic engineer, discuss a proposed new road east of Cargill to connect Otis Road SE with 15th Avenue and then to Seventh Street. The plan aims to move trucks from the Flats while City Council petitions could restrict Seventh Street traffic.
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Cedar Rapids
Seventh Street
Citizens For Community Improvement
Jane Boyd
Mel Meyer
Meyer
Cargill
Otis Road
15Th Avenue
15Th
12Th
Avenue SE
Flats
Seventh Street SE
CCI
Cedar Rapids man charged with three thefts
Police arrested 23 year old Scott Van Elson of 3601 Mount Vernon Road SE on three counts of theft tied to items from Cedar Rapids Nursery at 2100 Wilson Ave SW and the Forestry Department. He faces second degree theft and two counts of third degree theft with over $2,000 missing. some items recovered. held on $4,000 bond.
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Cedar Rapids
Wilson Ave
Elson
City Forestry Department
Linn County
Cedar Rapids Surgeon Heads Spine Reconstruction Team
Dr. Robert Winter led a Cedar Rapids native team that inserted steel rods into the back of 6 year old Sara Hodgin of Huntsville Alabama, giving her a new spine. The operation was highlighted in Fridays Gazette. Winter, 49, works at Fairview Hospital and has ties to Gillette Children's Hospital in St. Paul.
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Fred Winter
Alabama
Robert Winter
Cedar Rapids
Sara Hodgin
Huntsville
Ala
Winter
Dunreath Drive
Franklin High School
Dr. Winter
Grinnell College
Washington University
St. Louis
University of Minnesota
Fairview Hospital
Gillette Children’s Hospital
St. Paul
International Society of Scoliosis
Jane
Stage light accident at St. Patrick's injures four students
Four pupils, Amanda Dearinger, Jason Panek, Angela Albright and Kimberly Swindler, were treated for minor injuries after a bank of stage spotlights fell during a spring concert at St. Patrick's School in Spokane. Pastor Rev. John Dalton said the students are doing well and were released from Mercy Hospital.
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St. Patrick’s School
A Ave. NW
John Dalton
St. Patrick's
Dalton
Amanda Dearinger
B Ave. NW
Jason Panek
Fairfax
Angela Albright
H Ave
Kimberly Swindler
Hinkley Ave
Mercy Hospital
Thought for Today by Hazlitt on right outcomes
A concise Hazlitt maxim notes that if humanity had desired what is right, it could have achieved it long ago. The quote reflects on moral progress and human will.
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William Hazlitt
Foreclosures rise to 47 in Linn County
Thirteen mortgage foreclosures were filed Friday, lifting Linn County year total to 47. Recorder Pat Kane said with less than half the year gone, the county has already passed half of last year’s total of 70, with properties spread across Marion Cedar Rapids Lisbon Fairfax and an unincorporated area.
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Linn County Recorder’s Office
Pat Kane
Kane
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Lisbon
Fairfax
New Assignment Set for Iowa National Guard Leader Gary Barrett
Gary K. Barrett serves as unit administrator for Company C of the 234th Signal Battalion Iowa Army National Guard based in Cedar Rapids. He previously worked in personnel administration with Headquarters and Headquarters Company at Cedar Rapids.
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Gary K. Barrett
234Th Signal Battalion
Iowa Army National Guard
Cedar Rapids
Guard Battalion
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