Akasha wins Cedar Rapids Battle of the Bands at Five Seasons Center
Akasha of Cedar Rapids wins the Friday Battle of the Bands at the Five Seasons Center with a balanced show that drew 3,150 young fans. Ratler placed second, while Fresh Start, the New Relations, and Whiskey Dreams also performed as judges and crowd reaction determined the winner.
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Five Seasons
Marty Fauchier
Bill Watts
Gary Darling
Don Timmons
Bill Davis
Akasha
Davis
Kool and the Gang
Mitch Ryder
Kenny Rogers
Whiskey Dreams
Fresh Start
Dennis McMurrin
Tim Canfield
James Brown
Nashville
McMurrin
Canfield
Miller tops Democrats straw poll for Iowa governor
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller won a Democratic straw poll at a Steve Severn fundraiser, taking 92 of 261 ballots, 35.6 percent. Other candidates included Tom Harkin 52 votes, Roxanne Conlin 43, Jerry Fitzgerald 33, Harold Hughes 19, Don Avenson 15, plus two votes each for Don Canney Hurley Hall and John Culver.
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Iowa
Tom Miller
Steve Severn
Towne House
Severn
Tom Harkin
U.S
Roxanne Conlin
Jerry Fitzgerald
Harold Hughes
Don Avenson
Cedar Rapids
Don Canney
Hurley Hall
Marion
John Culver
Mishak appeals for early release after prison trauma
Russell Mishak, former Iowa City insurance firm owner, seeks probation after 110 days of a 10 year sentence for fraudulent insurance sales to the city. He cited violent cell conditions and drugs as traumatic factors and owes $167,000. Judge Hansell to rule next week.
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Iowa City
Russell Mishak
Mishak
Iowa State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Johnson County
August Hansell
Hansell
Progress on Center floor sales advances in Cedar Rapids
Wayne Engle, developer of the 18.9 million 17 story Center atop Cedar Rapids Ground Transportation Center, reports six floor offers in process with five committed verbally and aims for eight to ten floor commitments in 90 days. Asking price 825 000 per full floor plus about 75000 for amenities. City negotiates bus company leases and plans demolition bids targeted for July 15 with relocations ongoing.
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Ground Transportation
Cener
Ne Square
Fourth Ad Fifth Avenues
S Scond
Wayne Engle
Egin
Engle
Theazette
Niire
Abbott Lipsky
Ground Transportation Center
Lipsky
Greyhound
Trailways
Tom Aller
GTC
Aller
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