Cedar Rapids Busy Schedule Includes Public Hearings and Markets
A dense schedule lists 9 a.m. hearings by the Cedar Rapids Board of Review and City Council at City Hall, with a 3:30 p.m. Linn County Decategorization committee meeting. It notes lectures at the public library, art talks at the museum, and farmers markets in Cedar Rapids, Marion, and Iowa City. Recycling sites and local lottery results are also itemized along with births in local hospitals.
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Cedar Rapids
Noelridge Farmers Market
Collins Road
Council Street
Iowa City
Drunken driving charges listed for Eastern Iowa locals
The Log reports numerous drunken driving arrests by public safety agencies in Eastern Iowa. Names ages and arrest locations are listed including Marion, Hiawatha, Central City, Lisbon, and Alburnett, with several second and third offenses noted.
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the Gazette
Iowa
Freking Charged With Drunken Driving in Coralville
Richard J. Freking, 22, of Cedar Rapids, was arrested Sunday in the 700 block of First Avenue, Coralville, on a drunken driving charge. He resides at 250 66th Ave. SW, Apt. 7, Cedar Rapids.
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Brenda S. Essington
Brandon Ave
Hiawatha
Robins and
Boyson Roads
Elaine J. Kerr
24Th St
Seventh Avenue
Marion
Jeremy J. Kratz
Springville
Main Avenue
Alburnett
Richard A. McElree
Cedar Dr
Birch Drive
Alan L. Naber
Ninth Street
Angela Johnson
12Th St
First Avenue
10Th Street
Scott W. McCracken
Central City
Stephanie A. McGuire
Blairs Ferry Rd
11Th Street
Kevin P. Murray
Seventh Ave
Mount Vernon Road
Dows Road
Brett A. Strachen
English Blvd
Timothy B. Pickup
Goldfinch Lane
County Home
Alburnett Roads
Jeffrey L. Edgerly
S. 11Th St
Blairs Ferry Road
Joe Williams
Park Towne Lane
Edgewood Road
Laree Minor
24Th Ave
James Kness
Rompot St
Theresa A. Mitchell
20Th Ave
David S. Butler
25Th Ave
Papa Juan's
Center Point Rd
Richard Hasson
10Th Ave
Sheryl Hassan
James Werner
West Des Moines
Lori Werner
16Th Ave
James W. Soupene
First Ave
April Colburn
Chauna Weeks
16Th St
David Weeks
Richard J. Freking
66Th Ave
Apt. 7
Cedar Rapids
Coralville
Girl Scouts plan camp sales to fund new facilities
Mississippi Valley council plans selling Piper Hills Camp Muscatine Camp Sacajawea and Singing Bird Lodge to fund improvements at Shabonee Port Byron and Conestoga Dixon while seeking a new year round camp near Cedar Rapids Iowa City. Officials cite growing Cedar Rapids area membership and a four year study guiding the move.
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Associated Press and Gazette
Davenport
Mississippi Valley Girl Scout Council
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Ann Sartwell
Illinois
Iowa
Linn County
Johnson County
Sartwell
Piper Hills
New Windsor
Sacajawea
Muscatine
Singing Bird Lodge
Rock Island
Ill
Camp Shabonee
Port Byron
Conestoga
Dixon
Mississippi Valley Council
Johnson, Jones, Linn
Jackson
Clinton
Washington
Cedar
Scott
Henry
Mercer
Warren
Knox
Clinton County Conservation Board
Miss Elk-Ton
Clinton County
Ginger Lundmark
Linn ready to bite into jail billings under new law
Linn County prepares to aggressively collect room and board from prisoners. Sheriff Don Zeller expects about 1 million dollars annually, aided by a new Iowa law signed May 14 allowing direct liens on criminal files and wage garnishment.
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Linn
Terry Branstad
Schwartz
Zeller
Iowa State Sheriffs and Deputies Association
McLeodUSA seeks city grant for C Street widening
McLeodUSA asks the city to apply for a 6 million dollar RISE grant to widen and extend C Street SW to a new technology park. The state would cover 80 percent with the city paying about 1.2 million, offset by higher property taxes. The plan aims for a June grant decision.
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McLeod
Dave Elgin
Iowa Department of Transportation Commission
Tom Aller
2001 Development Corp
McLeodusa
Elgin
C Street
Marion miners weigh fate of 38 California claims and gold fever
A mother and son in Marion recount decades of prospecting. They kept 38 claims, earned small checks from investors, and now face possible loss of their land amid mining law changes. Johnson and LaBudda describe gold fever, silicosis, and the idea of sovereignty over land as prices quote 351 dollars and forty cents per ounce.
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Mom
California
Marion board gives initial approval to school plan
Marion School board preliminarily approves a long term construction plan with a proposed bond of 10.7 to 12.5 million dollars. The plan adds to Marion High and Washington and Starry elementaries while remodeling Emerson and Vernon. It shifts Washington to grades four and five and Vernon to six to eight, with Starry and Emerson housing kindergarten and first through third grades, and may go to voters on September 9 requiring a 60 percent majority.
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Marion Independent School Board
Marion High School
Washington and Starry Elementaries
Washington
Starry and Emerson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beems
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Donald Doe
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art
Museum
Farmers Markets
Public Works Complex
Sixth St
Randall Foods
Edgewood Rd
Bluestem Solid Waste Agency
Illinois Lottery
Christina and
Joel Belew
Colorado Dr
ST. Luke’s
Heather Onimus
Shaun Burridge
Ridge
Karen
Steven Greif
Augusta
Deborah
Rob Ragger
Sixth St. SW
Kimberly Sprague
Michael Lambert
Atkins
Kari
Craig Atkinson
Mary Kisling
James Otto
Third St. NW
Jessica
Dan Gordon
Inwood Lane
Autumn
Dana Carruthers
18Th St
Pam Hanson
Cherry Hill Rd
Secced
Girl Scouts
Galesburg
Jason Behnken
Jefferson
Amy Headington
Laura Buresh
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School
By Steve Gravelle
Sheriff's
Galen Schwartz
City
LaBudda
Johnson
E.J
John Birch Society
Son
Emerson Elementary
Vernon Middle School
Harry Baumert
Vernon
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