Linn County E-911 funds study to unify public safety radios
The Linn County E-911 Board voted to spend up to 50 000 dollars for a consultant to study compatibility of police fire and ambulance radios. Cedar Rapids Marion and the Sheriff’s Office dispatch centers currently operate on three incompatible systems. Board Chairman Jim Houser cites post 9 11 federal law pushing agencies toward unified communications by 2013.
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Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Marion
Sheriff's Office
Jim Houser
New chief of staff named at University Hospitals Iowa City
Dr Eva Tsalikian will be introduced to the Regents committee as the new chief of staff at University Hospitals. She succeeds Dr Charles Helms who has led the role for eight years and will remain on staff. Helms joined the hospital in 1976 and will shift to other duties, while Tsalikian, with the hospital since 1983, begins a three year term.
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Eva Tsalikian
State Board of Regents
University Hospitals
Tsalikian
Carver College of Medicine
Charles Helms
Helms
Linn-Mar approves low bid for site work on new Marion elementary
The Linn-Mar school board accepted Borst Brothers Construction Inc. of Marion for site preparation at the east Marion elementary project at 466,868 dollars from four Iowa bids funded by a 27.5 million bond. Work to begin immediately with completion hoped by late summer or fall. The board also expelled an unnamed student for violating the weapons policy for the current year.
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Linn-Mar
Borst Brothers Construction Inc
Marion
50Th Street
East Marion
Iowa
Forevergreen Road closure in Coralville for work today
The Coralville Engineering Department reports Forevergreen Road will be closed from Highway 965 east to the Forever Green Nursery westerly driveway for work this morning. Access to the nursery remains via Front Street or 12th Avenue. The west leg of the 965 Forevergreen intersection will reopen. temporary signals will be removed and a stop sign installed.
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Forevergreen
Forever Green Nursery
Coralville Engineering Department
Front Street
12Th Avenue
Forevergreen Road
Downtown Cedar Rapids Library Seeks Significant Renewal
The Gazette reports a consultant study finds downtown Cedar Rapids library use centers on the facility itself rather than vibrant downtown attractions. Tim Hill, library board president-elect, supports more downtown activity while backing a renewal plan for the aging library and potential riverfront tied development.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Public Library
Tim Hill
Library Board
First Street
Hill
Library Foundation
Devel
Mount Vernon students help move to new high school
Mount Vernon High School students, faculty, and volunteers moved about 2,500 boxes and furniture Tuesday to a new 92,000 square foot high school costing 10.5 million dollars. They loaded items for transport to trucks and into storage, aiding the district’s cost savings while seniors helped before graduation. Students expressed ownership and excitement about the new building and its upcoming use as a middle school.
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Brian Ray
the Gazette
Diana Bradshaw
Sara Kruger
Mount Vernon Middle School
Mount Vernon High School
Scott Myers
Mount Vernon
Dick Hogan
Gazette
Duane Orr
Jeff Schwiebert
Schwiebert
Retiree's tractors go to auction after 43 years
Loyd Poppe, 79, retired farmer from Strawberry Point, walks his farmyard where 92 tractors fill the yard and speaks of sentimentality as he prepares to auction the collection. The milk cows and children are gone, and the longtime farmer decides to part with the machinery that defined his 43 years at the homestead.
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Loyd Poppe
Loyd
Strawberry Point
Loyd Poppe Tractor Auction Draws 500 Bidders
Loyd Poppe holds a farm auction at 9 a.m. Saturday June 10 at 1004 140th Ave W 69 near Strawberry Point. About 500 bidders nationwide are expected as tractors are sold one by one. He began collecting after a 1937 John Deere Model A sparked his interest.
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Loyd Poppe
United States
140Th Ave
Strawberry Point
Nixonauctioneers.com
Loyd
Ordinary man becomes hero on Highway 218
Steve Clark a 34 year old physical therapist from North Liberty stopped to help a diabetic woman in a car stalled on Highway 218. He alerted 911, moved his truck to prevent a rollover, and stayed calm until EMS arrived. His quick actions saved a life.
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Steve Clark
North Liberty
Clark Kent
Clark
Iowa City
Physiotherapy Associates
Cedar Rapids
Kent
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