Iowa residents mobilize against Wisconsin air corridor plans
Critics in northeast Iowa rally to block a proposed low level flight training corridor extending from the Wisconsin Air National Guard Hardwood Range near Finley to Vinton. Public meetings are set for Elkader and Manchester with RAMA and Citizens United voicing opposition. The Iowa ANG notes alternatives and an environmental study, with flights possible no earlier than late 1996.
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Wisconsin Air National Guard
Iowa
Elkader Opera House
West Delaware Middle School
Manchester
Grace Bukowski
Rural Alliance For Military Accountability
RAMA
Bukowski
Reno
Nev
Don Lund
Monona
Citizens United
Hardwood Range
Finley
Vinton
Tim Leonard
Iowa Air National Guard
Leonard
Federal Aviation Administration
Cedar Rapids Downtown School and Day Care Informational Meetings
The Cedar Rapids Community School District will run a downtown school for 45 students in K through 2. Five Seasons Day Care will operate a 90-child program from 6 weeks to preschool. Renovation of the Ground Transportation Center to house the school completes late this year. The Downtown School Task Force seeks $800,000 over five years, with contact Laura Dement at 362-7483.
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Cedar Rapids
First St
Five Seasons
Ground Transportation Center
Laura Dement
Iowa City selects Marvin Lynch for school board seat
Marvin Lynch aged 44 from Iowa City was appointed by the Iowa City school board to fill the vacancy created by the death of Michael Howard from cancer earlier this month. Lynch has served as University of Iowa director of personnel services and has eight years of residence in Iowa City. board president Tom Bender said Lynch was chosen from a small candidate pool.
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Marvin Lynch
Iowa City
Michael Howard
Lynch
University of Iowa
Tom Bender
Stanley post office future discussed by residents and USPS
More than 60 Stanley residents heard Mark Allen of the Cedar Rapids district say closing remains a strong possibility while options were explored. Proposals include keeping the office open, routing from nearby Aurora, or contracting a community post office. Residents vow to keep up the effort.
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Stanley
Mark Allen
U.S. Postal Service
Cedar Rapids
Allen
Aurora
Stop signs planned for C R s worst accident site
Cedar Rapids residents will see all way stop signs installed at Fourth Avenue and Seventh Street SE to curb a year 1994 high accident rate. City Traffic Engineer Gary Petersen notes 10 crashes at that intersection and 12 intersections above two crashes per million vehicles.
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Petersen
Fifth Avenue
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Fourth Avenue
Fifth Street
Third Avenue
11Th Street
J Avenue
Oakland Road
Iowa to hack first bald eagles from Wisconsin nests
East Iowa bird watchers report that six immature eagles will be moved Monday from Wisconsin nests to a hack box on a 30-foot Coralville Lake tower. The operation, led by Macbride Raptor Center, aims to boost survival and reintroduction of raptors in Iowa.
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Orlan Love Gazette
Wisconsin
Coralville Lake
Iowa
Jadeane Cancilla
Macbride
Cedar Rapids
Steve Atherton
Parks and Natural Resources
Kirkwood Community College
Eagle-hacking project aid urged at local center
Readers are invited to contribute to the Coralville Lake eagle effort via the Macbride Raptor Center at Kirkwood Community College P O Box 2068 Cedar Rapids 52406.
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Coralville Lake
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
CRIME Net unites 15 agencies to fight drug crime
Fifteen Linn and Johnson County law enforcement agencies join in CRIME Net Cedar Rapids Iowa City Metropolitan Enforcement Network to share information and coordinate investigations. Linn County Attorney Denver Dillard calls it an anti drug cartel effort aimed at faster prosecutions and reduced duplication. Cedar Rapids Police Chief Bud Byrne and U.S. Attorney Stephen Rapp emphasize a new era of cooperation to curb drug dealing and related violence.
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Rick Smith
Linn
Johnson Counties
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Tagged Crime Net
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Linn and
Charles Larson Sr
Iowa
U.S
Gary Hinzman
6Th Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
Crime Net
Dillard
Bud Byrne
Byrne
Stephen Rapp
Promoter plans 12 hour Wadena 95 rock festival
Promoter Jerod Miller proposes a July 29 concert on a Wadena farm for 5000 fans with 12 hours of music from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Acts signed include Rare Earth Starship and the Greg Kihn Band. Tickets cost 25 with 1000 local sales and 4000 through Ticketmaster.
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Dave Rasdal
Wadena
Jerod Miller
Wadena 95
Miller
Rare Earth
Starship
Greg Kihn
Cub Koda
Brownsville
Larry Myer
the Janeys
Marion
Scarlet Runner
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Enoch Smokey
Volga River
Brad Mattocks
Fayette County
Oelwein
County Zoning Board of Adjustment
Five year old boy burned in Cedar Rapids back yard fire
A five year old Cedar Rapids boy, Marcus Harris, was severely burned Tuesday after playing with fuel and matches in a neighbor's back yard. He was doused with camping lamp fuel and ignited at 151 Fifth Ave SE and was taken to Mercy Medical Center. Neighbors said the children played with rusted cans and matches as Cedar Rapids Fire Department Captain George Bockenstedt described an extremely flammable warning nearly obscured by rust. A neighbor, Jaymie Stewart, rushed to extinguish the fire with a garden hose and reported the incident as fire officials responded.
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Bockenstedt
Jaymie Stewart
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