Vilsack Pate clash over veto on Highway 100 impact
Gov. Tom Vilsack and Cedar Rapids Mayor Paul Pate clash over an item veto aimed at Highway 100 extension. The dispute centers on a provision intended to empower county boards to set highway rights of way and whether it would hinder or help the seven mile project tied to Rock Island Preserve. Corbett plans to reintroduce the measure in January to shift decision making to elected officials.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Tom Vilsack
Paul Pate
Pate
Vilsack
Ron Corbett
Linn County Board of Supervisors
County Conservation Board
Conservation Board
Rock Island
Edgewood Road
Corbett
Palo resident alerts town as tornado nears
Jim West of Palo, 58, a Duane Arnold Energy Center instructor and reserve deputy, reported a tornado near Blairs Ferry Road. Linn County emergency manager Ned Wright credited his warning with triggering sirens and saving lives after an F-3 tornado on May 21 damaged several homes. no major injuries were reported.
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Gazette
Palo
Jim West
Ned Wright
Linn County
West
Duane Arnold Energy Center
Jim
Wright
Blairs Ferry Road
Palo Tornado Destroys Sabatuk Home. Family, Neighbors Rally
Two year old twins Seth and Zach Sabatuk described their Palo home as broken after an F-3 tornado on May 21. The family, visiting Orange City, faced $100,000 to $200,000 in damage and now plans a demolition and new build. Neighbors and Home Depot volunteers helped, and the Sabatuks stay in Cedar Rapids while seeking a duplex.
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Palo
Seth
Zach Sabatuk
Andy
Heather Sabatuk
Andy Sabatuk
Cedar Rapids
Sabatuks
Orange City
Iowa
David Wallace
the Gazette
Larry McQueeney
State Farm Catastrophe
Matt Hoskins
State Farm Catastrophe Claims
McQueeney
Hoskins
Three arrested in Cedar Rapids C A business billing scam
Cedar Rapids police report three arrests in a case of fake companies billing Cedar Rapids Inc and Central States for over 300000. Johny Smith 33 of Swisher a former Cedar Rapids Inc employee is charged with multiple theft counts and money laundering. A Fairfax couple Douglas Boerschel 31 and Koey Boerschel 27 are accused of creating D&E Services and billing for crane services and inspections not performed. A fourth suspect is being sought. Investigators say JIT Just In Time Distribution billed the firms since October 2002 and a $15000 skid loader was purchased and billed to the employer.
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Cedar Rapids
Johny Smith
Swisher
Cedarapids Inc
Fairfax
D&e
Central States
Greg Koenighain
Smith
Linn County
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Koenighain
Douglas Boerschel
Fastenal Co
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First Assembly of God
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