Preservation Mindset Keeps Cedar Rapids Brick Streets
Wayne Murdock, Cedar Rapids streets commissioner, says brick streets are a small but historic part of the city’s 600 miles of roads and will be preserved unless major structural or drainage problems arise. The city traces brick streets to before the 1940s with a few remaining blocks in every quadrant, and past debates over overlay or relaying on 13th Street prompted study of costs and potential relaying. There are about 25 blocks of brick streets left in Marion.
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Wanted man nabbed after speeding stop in Iowa
Des Moines man Tuan Le 18 was stopped on I 380 at 2 15 am by a Linn County deputy. A passenger Santo Rodriguez 28 Des Moines was sought by Kansas on a dangerous drugs warrant. Weapons were found and both men were held in Linn County Jail.
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Iowans face higher speed limit yet rise in interstate fatalities
Iowa statistics show 65 mph on rural interstates since 1987 reduced speeding tickets by 56 percent but deaths rose. State Patrol issued 29 224 tickets after the limit hike versus 65 955 the prior year. 34 Interstate crash fatalities in the last 12 months reflect a 62 percent rise.
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Iowa State Patrol
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Wayne Petersen
Des Moines
Iowa AEAs Get 470000 Grant For Teacher Institute
Fifteen Iowa AEAs will run a three year program funded by the National Science Foundation to boost science lessons. Coe College in Cedar Rapids hosts six week summer institutes for grades four through nine with two teachers from each AEA attending and receiving stipends and room and board.
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Coe College
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Ottumwa
Group fights Burlington teen curfew as unconstitutional
Iowa Civil Liberties Union opposes a proposed Burlington curfew arguing it violates rights to movement speech equality family privacy and parental control. City Council discusses need while Panora case pending at Iowa Supreme Court highlights curfew enforcement issues.
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