Meyer backs Center Point Road upgrade for I 380 opening
Cedar Rapids city hearing Mel Meyer urged upgrading Center Point Road NE between 29th and 42nd streets to align with the late next year I 380 opening. He presented four options, including widening and medians at a cost of about 150000, resurfacing at 278000, and 50000 for intersection work.
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Cedar Rapids
Mel Meyer
Center Point Road
29Th
42Nd Streets
Meyer
Iowa Department of Transportation
Eighth
32Nd Streets
IDOT
Third Avenue
Collins Road
Third Avenue SE
Lins Road
29Th Street
Center Point
Cedar Rapids seeks 30 foot Christmas tree donation
The Cedar Rapids Parks Department requests a donation of a 30 foot evergreen to serve as the city’s official Christmas tree to be placed in the plaza between City Hall and the courthouse. A prior donor withdrew. Call 398-5080 to arrange donation. The department will remove the tree stump after removal.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Parks Department
Linn County approves courthouse floor plan for renovation
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a revised courthouse remodel plan adding four attorney client conference rooms while keeping judge and reporter spaces. The project reallocates space from a traffic court waiting area and administrative offices as architects refine department layouts with federal revenue sharing funds about 1.2 million dollars to be spent over several years.
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Linn County Board of Supervisors
Courthouse South
First St
Compromise on Kenwood school stop signs reached
Kenwood School failed to win permanent four way stop signs at C Avenue NE and 38th Street but a compromise emerged. Patrol students would padlock signs in the morning and remove locks in the evening to control crossing safety. PLO chief Arafat addressed the UN on Palestinian statehood.
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Kenwood
C Avenue
38Th Street
PTSA
Dick Manson
Manson
Safety Patrol
Mel Meyer
Rockwell-Collins
Meyer
Condi
Iowa man sues German national over land deal
Leo A. Lala Jr sues Otto Wilhelm Sels in Linn County District Court over an oral agreement to buy and transfer ownership of the 233 acre Stookey farm near Marion for Sels. Lala seeks 1.31 million for land purchase and 300 thousand for farming and shipping expenses plus related damages.
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Linn County
Leo A. Lala Jr
Linn
Otto Wilhelm Sels
Lala
Sels
Stookey Farm
Marion
Cedar Rapids
Roof rises at Atkins Little League park with donated help
The Atkins Little League grandstand at the Benton Community School District ball park gets a new roof three years into a donor funded improvement. Materials came from Dale Vogt and Sons West Side Grain and Salvage. Morton Buildings supplied siding. Coaches and supporters provided labor with a crane donated by Coonrod Crane and Wrecker Co.
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Atkins
Benton Community School District
Dale Vogt and Sons
West Side Grain and Salvage
Morton
Atkins Little League
Coonrod Crane and Wrecker Co
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