Trail supporters win injunction over bulldozed railbed land
A temporary injunction blocks La Porte City farmer Larry Kahler and neighbors from altering or grading land along the 46 mile Illinois Central Gulf railbed in the Cedar Valley Trail dispute. The case seeks to determine land ownership between farmers and trail supporters, with the order naming several local landowners.
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Waterloo
Illinois Central Gulf
Black Hawk County
la Porte City
Cedar Valley Nature Trail
Dennis Damsgaard
Larry Kahler
Cedar Valley
McDonald Charged With Second Degree Sex Abuse
James Allen McDonald 44 of What Cheer was arrested after a Keokuk County grand jury indicted him for second degree sexual abuse based on an alleged December 3 1980 incident. He is jailed on $25000 bond pending hearing. case handled by the Keokuk County Sheriff's Department and State Division of Criminal Investigation.
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Sigourney
Keokuk County
James Allen McDonald
What Cheer
McDonald
Independence weighs housing plan funded by Regional Authority
Independence City Council considered a low income and elderly housing project costing up to $600,000 funded entirely by the Regional Housing Authority. The plan proposed about 14 three bedroom units on up to six sites and a phased administration by the authority before transfer to the city.
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Donna Jones
Correspon
Independence
Independence City Council
Regional Housing Authority
Vinod Sarin
Iowa Northland Regional Council of Governments
Nashua
Waverly
Sarin
Frank Brimmer
Cedar County to replace Bridge with low cost stream crossing
Cedar County will replace the Red Oak Bridge closed five years with a gravel road stream crossing costing about 40 percent of a new bridge. The structure sits on County Road F-16 between Red Oak Church and Red Oak Park. bids follow engineer specifications. A May 24 public hearing on budget amendments was set. a gravel road section north of Highway 130 near Y-14 was closed for a culvert project. Irving Berlin born in 1888.
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Tipton
Cedar County Board of Supervisors
Red Oak
Red Oak Church
Red Oak Park
Anamosa Bids Farewell To Parking Meters
The Anamosa City Council adopted an ordinance removing parking meters and setting a two hour free parking limit with a five dollar overtime fine. It also authorized bids for a new emergency fire vehicle and approved burying telephone cables for Northwestern Bell. The council assigned sidewalk inspections to members and outlined repair responsibilities and billing for noncompliant property owners.
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Anamosa
Northwestern Bell Telephone
ChemLawn Four Season Care Plan for Cedar Rapids Area
The 1982 Chemlawn program in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area offers four applications each year Early Spring Late Spring Summer and Fall. It includes balanced fertilization preemergent crabgrass and foxtail control broadleaf weed control and a free lawn survey to assess needs and costs with a money back guarantee and no obligation.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
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