Cedar Rapids mayor blasts Vilsack over Highway 100 veto
Mayor Paul Pate denounces Gov. Tom Vilsack for line item vetoing a provision aiding the seven mile $86 million Highway 100 extension. The language, tucked into a state budget bill, would let the IDOT work with Linn County to secure a right of way through an area tied to Rock Island Preserve.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Paul Pate
Tom Vilsack
Pate
Vilsack
Edgewood Road
Highway 30
Cedar Rapids Area
Iowa Department of Transportation
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Linn County
Rock Island
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Conservation Board
Chamber of Commerce
Ron Corbett
Cedar Rapids to study downtown parking facilities plan
The Cedar Rapids City Council will vote on spending 258800 to study downtown parking garages including the 43 year old First Street SE parkade slated for demolition. Shive Hattery will conduct the evaluation and financial analysis for a potential new 560 space structure.
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Cedar Rapids
First Street SE
Bill Hoekstra
Hoekstra
Second Street
Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Shive-Hattery Inc
Shive-Hattery
Marion considers bond to fund City Hall center project
Marion plans a 675000 reverse-referendum bond to finance a 5 million City Hall and Community Center. A June 17 hearing is set with potential yearly costs for homeowners. Referendum would require 805 valid signatures and 60 percent approval, possible only after November.
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Nicole Schupper
Gazette
Marion
Jeff Schott
Schott
City Hall
Cedar Rapids Man Charged After Meth Precursors Stop
Ryan Vick, 28, of 3224 Prairie Dr NE Cedar Rapids was charged Saturday with possession of meth precursors and a controlled substance after police pulled him over on Blairs Ferry Road at 1235 AM. Prosecutors did not charge him with manufacturing methamphetamine.
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Hiawatha
Ryan Vick
Prairie Dr. NE
Cedar Rapids
Vick
Blairs Ferry Road
Hiawatha Police Department
Waterloo 3-year-old hit by SUV treated and released
Essence Campbell, 3, of Waterloo, was treated and released from University Hospitals in Iowa City after being struck by an SUV Saturday in Cedar Rapids. Police say she darted into traffic as an SUV passed a parked car at Third Avenue and Eighth Street SW at 3 05 p.m.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Essence Campbell
Waterloo
Iowa City
Third Avenue
Eighth Street
Vilsack Visits Iowa City Elementary on Book Tour
U S Agriculture Secretary Vilsack visits Longfellow Elementary in Iowa City during a book tour. The book Sweet Corn and Sushi has been chosen for the Iowa Stories donation, providing a free copy to all kindergarten students in Iowa.
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Christie Vilsack
Longfellow Elementary
Mary Ellen Maske
Vilsack
Iowa City
Iowa
Yamanashi
Iowa City approves 2.65 percent raises for top city staff
City Manager Steve Atkins City Attorney Eleanor Dilkes and City Clerk Marian Karr will see July 1 salary increases. Atkins to 140545, Dilkes to 58818, Karr to 75816. Raises align with other city employees. Overtime and compensatory time clauses were removed.
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Amy Jennings
Iowa City
Steve Atkins
Eleanor Dilkes
Marian Karr
Council
Hy-Vee employee mugged after work in Cedar Rapids
Betty Reed, 62, clocked out at 9:15 p.m. and walked home when a assailant grabbed her from behind in a 1500 Second Ave. SE parking lot. Her purse containing about $200 and a Social Security check were stolen, she was treated at Mercy Medical Center, and Hy-Vee coworkers quickly raised funds to cover medical bills and replace the missing cash.
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Gazett
Cedar Rapids
Hy- Vee
Betty Reed
First Avenue Hy-Vee
Reed
1500
Second Ave. SE
Inlaw
Melanie Olsen-Reed
Olsen-Reed
Olsen- Reed
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