Neighbors block wind turbine plan in Cedar Rapids
In Cedar Rapids, residents near the Cedar Rapids Iowa City Electrical Training Center persuaded the Board of Adjustment to deny IBEW Local 405 a conditional-use permit for three wind turbines. The 2-2 vote halted the plan, amid concerns over a 60 foot tower in a residential area and potential noise and property-value impacts.
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Iowa City
Johnson Ave
Board of Adjustment
IBEW
David Lodge
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Mike Dryden
Ament Inc
Dryden
Mike Carson
Ibew Center
Iowa
Tom Zenisek
24Th St. NW
Zenisek
Garland Groom
Liz Martin
The
Ibew Local 405
University Heights delays last zoning vote on condo proposal
The City Council tabled the third reading of a zoning change for a six story condo complex on Melrose Avenue amid strong public opposition. A community survey showed 56 percent opposing, 39 percent in favor, while residents urged ravine protections and a ravine exclusion from the change.
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University Heights
Justine Scattarelli
Gazette
Melrose Avenue
Jeff Maxwell
Melrose and
Grand Avenue
Maxwell
Julie Andsager
Pat Yeggy
Alice Haugen
Shades blinds recall after Iowa toddler death
The death of 22 month old Benjamin Ricketts of Cedar Falls led the CPSC to recall about 495000 roman shades and 28500 blinds. Hanover Direct Inc. agreed to the recall. The agency estimates one child dies monthly from cord strangulations on blinds or roman shades.
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Associated Press
Washington
Iowa
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Benjamin Ricketts
Cedar Falls
CPSC
Hanover Direct Inc
Weehawken
N.J
Cedar Rapids Woman Pleads Guilty in Stabbing Case
Contina Foster, 37, admitted stabbing her Cedar Rapids boyfriend Julius Trammell, 37, with a paring knife during a September argument. She alsopleaded guilty to fraudulent unemployment claims and faces prison time if the plea deal stands.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Contina Foster
Linn County District Court
Julius Trammell
Trammell
Linn County
Nic Scott
Marshalltown Restaurant Faces Health Ruling Over Cooking Method
Taylor's Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop owners weigh their next move after Iowa Health Director Tom Newton orders a change to their decades-old ground beef cooking process. A $100 fine and license revocation are possible if noncompliant due to cross contamination risks cited by federal inspectors and experts.
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Marshalltown
Taylor’s
Iowa Department of Public Health
Tom Newton
Des Moines Register
Sandy
Don Short
Newton
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