Linn County Hires Budget Director Dawn Jindrich
Linn County Supervisors appoint Dawn Jindrich as budget director starting November 22 to work with Finance Director Steve Tucker on the annual budget. Jindrich, with Rockwell Corp. since 1987, replaces Claudine Hixson who retires after 32 years. Salary set at 42700. About 65 applicants, five interviewed.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Dawn Jindrich
Rockwell Corp
Claudine Hixson
Steve Tucker
Jindrich
Tucker
Cedar Rapids Library Phones Down for Repairs. Two Arrests Made
Cedar Rapids Library will lack telephone service and reference help today until repairs finish. In a separate matter, John R. O Connor Jr. 25 faces a hate crime charge after a confrontation on First Avenue West involving racial epithets. Jeffrey Coleman 21, of Davenport, faces charges related to a broken truck window from a thrown bottle. A Linn County jury convicted Grady Daniels 21 and Greg Holiday 24 of first degree robbery for the Budget Inn crime on February 9. both faces sentencing December 20 and were found to display a firearm during the incident.
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Cedar Rapids Public Library
Cedar Rapids
John R. O’connor Jr
1604
Fourth St. NW
Jeffrey Coleman
Davenport
First Avenue West
O’connor
Coleman
Linn County
Grady Daniels
C Ave. NW
Greg Holiday
First Ave. SE
Budget Inn
16Th Ave
Anti drug award to Gazette and four firms in Des Moines
The Gazette Co and three other firms will be honored Saturday night in Des Moines for backing the Red Ribbon celebration. Iowa Family Communications Network will also award business person of the year honors to United Airlines Pepsi Cola and Budget Rent-A-Car representatives. A separate hearing Monday at 1 30 p m will decide if Waterloo Greyhound Park must surrender its parimutuel license or risk revocation. NCC owners seek bankruptcy relief to block the gaming commission from pulling the license and ask the court to keep it in place temporarily until a full hearing.
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The
Gazette Co
Des Moines
Iowa Family Communications Network
United Airlines
Pepsi Cola
Budget Rent
Waterloo
Commission
NCC
Boy Burned In Substation Explodes With Fire Not Shock
Marion ten-year-old Adam Slater was severely burned after climbing a 6-foot fence into an IES Utilities substation in Hanna Park. Doctors say the injury resulted from an explosion and flame rather than an electrical shock. Adam remained conscious as his father Marty Slater retrieved him from the area.
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Dave Gosch
Iowa City
Marion
IES Utilities
Adam Slater
Wanda
Marty Slater
Adam
Hanna Park
Heinle
Slater
Central City Eyes TIF District for Housing Growth
Central City approves urban renewal plan placing undeveloped areas in a 28 acre TIF district along Highway 13 to spur housing. Hoyt Enterprises plans Montgomery Estates possibly 60 lots with sewer service, or 27 lots on one acre with septic, boosting school enrollment and local growth. The Linn County Board opposed housing TIF trend, citing higher service costs with limited immediate tax gains.
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Douglas Neumann Uanzette
Central City
Linn County
TIF
Highway 13
David Hoyt
Hoyt
Corporation of Hoyt Enterprises Limited
B.J
Montgomery Estates
Marla Taylor
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Manchester teen charged in West Delaware office shooting
Chad Welcher a 16 year old sophomore at West Delaware High School is charged with two counts of attempted murder a Class B felony and one count of carrying a weapon an aggravated misdemeanor in a shotgun incident that injured two office workers Julie Shaw and Linda Mickens. The county attorney has filed to waive Welcher to adult court and he is held in a Davenport juvenile facility. Sheriff Walker declined to discuss motive while the investigation continues.
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Gazette
Iowa
Manchester
West Delaware High School
Chad Welcher
Delaware
Lou Walker
Welcher
Davenport
Julie Shaw
Linda Mickens
Walker
Mickens
Shaw
Mount Pleasant
Alzheimer's clouds a Cedar Rapids man's future
Ed Aswegan, a 79 year old Cedar Rapids resident, publicly discusses his Alzheimer's diagnosis. He attends Milestones Adult Center with others who face memory decline, while doctors note the rarity of open acknowledgment. The piece highlights personal impact, caregiver insight, and regional prevalence data for the disease.
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Wanzette
Ed Aswegan
Katherine
Cedar Rapids
Ronald Reagan
America
Aswegan
Joan Bernandini
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Milestones Adult Center
Joel Wulf
Reagan
Wulf
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