Tower moratorium delayed third week amid talks with Universal Gym
Communications Engineering and Universal Gym Equipment push a deal to swap land for a new 425 foot tower on the former site of a collapsed structure. The plan hinges on a zoning amendment allowing towers as a principal use in restricted industrial districts and on council approval.
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Lonnie
Gib Boxa
Communications Engineering
Bud Henkel
Universal Gym
Universal
Carolyn Hinz
Hen
Hinz
Henkel
Chicago man pleads guilty to three Iowa drug charges
Donald Eric Thomas of Chicago pleads guilty to second degree robbery, drug delivery, and second-offense drug delivery in Linn County. A plea bargain triples the 10 year sentences for the drug counts, with a mandatory minimum of one third to be served, potentially totaling 30 years.
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Dick Hogan
Linn County
Donald Eric Thomas
Chicago
Thomas
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Denver Dillard
Dillard
Deases Convicted Of First Degree Murder Inmate Slaying
Ed ward Deases 24 of Ames was found guilty by a Lee County jury of first degree murder for stabbing fellow inmate Joseph Perea to death at the Iowa State Penitentiary on July 8. The verdict carries a life sentence. Deases is already serving life for a 1989 Ames murder. Perea, 29, had been convicted in 1983 of killing a 12 year old girl in Arizona. The trial lasted about one hour and 48 minutes.
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Fort Madison
Edward Deases
Iowa State Penitentiary
Lee County
Deases
Ames
Jennifer Ann Gardner
Joseph Perea
Perea
Arizona
Russian anchor Komarova visits Iowa City for lectures
Tatiana Komarova, chief Moscow Nightly News anchor with an audience of about 70 million, visits the University of Iowa to discuss journalism and political change. She speaks English, answers in Russian via translator, and describes U S media coverage of the U S presidential election. She will lecture again at 4 p.m. in the Communication Studies building room 101 on political development in Russia.
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Heather Sloman Wood
Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Tatiana Komarova
Moscow Nightly News
University of Iowa
Komarova
United States
USTV
Mikhail
Raisa Gorbachev
Communication Studies
U of I
Russia
Drunken Driving Charges From Linn County Jail Logs
The Log lists several drunken driving arrests by Linn County agencies with times and street locations. Names ages and addresses appear for each offender and include third and second offenses, plus notes of nearby blocks and avenues. One theft charge from Cedar Rapids Public Library, a drug delivery case, and an assault with a weapon are also noted with suspect details.
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The
Gazette
Linn County
Michael J. McCullough
Mount Vernon Rd
First Avenue NE
Cedar Rapids
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METRO/TOWA
Johnson Elementary
Jeffrey
Illinois
Dil
Sparkle
Sparkeer
Flingelx
Boyson
3Rd Ave
Town Center
Collins Rd
Lindale Mall
U.S
Joel L. Beal
Maplewood Dr
First Avenue
Corey D. Brink
66Th Ave
Bruce A. Debow
Ridge Dr
Marion
Randy J. Koenigham
Fourth Ave
Fourth Avenue
Timothy R. Guerin
East Post Rd
Floyd McDaniel
10Th St
29Th Street
Nathan D. Johnstone
Rompot St
Otis Road
David L. Sexton
Bever Ave
First Avenue SE
Christopher M. Fleck
10Th St. SE
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Daniel L. Adams
Angela
Scityune
Bob Zimmerman
Council St
Ultra
Tony
SUNM
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