City rejects late low bid in Cedar Rapids traffic project
Cedar Rapids officials rejected Shay Electric Service Inc. bid of 94 775 for traffic signal upgrades as it arrived four minutes after the 9 a.m. deadline. Acme Electric Co. of Cedar Rapids was awarded the contract at 97 609, with Shay pursuing a possible bid reversal through counsel.
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Mark Glenn Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Wayne Murdock
Shay Electric Service Inc
Iowa City
Shay
Acme Electric Co
Acme
Mike Maher
Shay Electric
John Cruise
City Hall
Maher
Canney
Referee closes hearing on children's emergency placement
A Juvenile Court hearing on the emergency placement of Barbara Tietz's 4-year-old daughter was closed by Referee Sylvia Lewis. The case involves alleged abuse and multiple prior children, with two in DHS custody and a related fatal beating by a boyfriend in 1978. The reporter's request to keep the hearing open was denied.
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Barbara Tietz
Sylvia Lewis
Tietz
14Th St. SE
Lewis
Department of Human Services
Edwin
Elmore
the Gazette
Quiet primary in Linn County shows flat campaign spending
Linn County elections show muted campaigning with five candidates filing no disclosure statements. J Don Weimer led in income at 2383 dollars while Jesse McCormack spent 1383 dollars. bingo fundraisers boosted Democratic Committee receipts to 14564.90 during Jan 1 to May 15 1986.
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Linn
J. Don Weimer
Jesse McCormack
Grinnell crash injures Cedar Rapids man in rollover
David Robertson, 20, of 6802 Kent Dr NE, Cedar Rapids, was listed in serious condition at St Luke's Hospital after a one car rollover on a Jasper County gravel road two miles west of Grinnell. He was taken to Grinnell General and airlifted to St Luke's following the 10:30 p.m. Tuesday crash when his vehicle rolled multiple times and he was thrown from it.
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Grinnell
Cedar Rapids
St. Luke’s Hospital
Jasper County
Kent
Grinnell General Hospital
St. Luke’s
Robertson
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