North Fayette unveils largest interior mural in conte cration
North Fayette school district residents attended the public unveiling of a 8 by 64 foot conte crayon mural in the junior high gym. Burlington artist David Garrison led a two week residency under the Iowa Arts Council program with 16 plywood panels depicting Fayette County scenes from 1900 and portraits of 13 local residents.
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Iowa
North Fayette Junior High School
West Union
North Fayette
Burlington
David Garrison
Iowa Arts Council
Fayette County
Lorenz Schatz
Archibald Sowden
Rodney Drewes
Cornel Anfinson
Warren Illis
Rosena
Labor leaders lose suit against Hy-Vee over handbills
A Johnson County judge dismissed a $120,000 lawsuit by Laborers International Union Local 1238 Iowa City and IBEW Local 405 Cedar Rapids against Hy-Vee in Coralville. The ruling held private parking lots are not public spaces and not the municipality. Charges of criminal trespass had been dismissed earlier.
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Hy-Vee
Johnson County
Iowa City
Coralville
Cedar Rapids
William G. Gerhard
Clair Scott
Gary Chapman
Thomas M. Horan
Gerhard
Scott
Laborer’s International Union
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Chapman
Horan
Hy-Vee Stores Inc
East Iowa Roundup: False report and tavern incident dominate
Jacquelyne Rifai, 25, faces a false reporting charge after she claimed last month she was sexually assaulted by two men and had money stolen. Lynn L. Conrad, 32, was charged with dispensing alcohol after hours at The Bungalow tavern. Police also mention arrests of Clellan Fuller and Timothy Woods, with no charges filed. Separately, Local P-3 union hosts grand opening at 116 14th Ave S with open house to 6 pm and a 1 pm dedication by Bud Lutty.
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Jacquelyne Rifai
Northview Place
Rifai
Toddville
West Side
Lynn L. Conrad
Terry Ave
Hiawatha
Bungalow Tavern
H Ave
Conrad
Clellan R. Fuller
D Ave. NE
Timothy E. Woods
Washington Ave
Linn County
Linn District Court
Cedar Rapids man gets 10 year term for second degree robbery
Darren L. Benesh, 22, was sentenced in Benton County District Court to 10 years for second degree robbery tied to the July beating and robbery of 70 year old Edward McGregor near Belle Plaine. He will serve concurrently with another sentence at Anamosa Men's Reformatory and pay court costs after pleading guilty to the reduced charge on September 30. Joe Baker Jr. faces related charges in the same case.
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Vinton
Cedar Rapids
Benton County
Belle Plaine
Darren L. Benesh
St. SW
Anamosa
Benesh
Bennesh
Joe Baker Jr
Edward McGregor
Baker
Semi-trailer jumps curb on Williams Boulevard injures property
Russell Brandal, 32, of Greene Iowa, allegedly forced onto the curb by another driver Friday in the 2000 block of Williams Boulevard SW. He was charged with failure to have control after causing $2,250 in property damage and $750 to the truck.
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Williams Boulevard
Russell Brandal
Greene
Iowa
Brandau
Libel trial over KHAK broadcast pauses for weekend recess
Jurors in Linn County hear closing arguments in a libel suit by Gordon Dolley against radio owner Stoner Broadcasting over January 1981 sexual harassment allegations. Dolley, a Marion police sergeant, was suspended after the broadcast.
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Gordon Dolley
KHAK
Stoner Broadcasting
Des Moines
Linn District Court
L. Vern Robinson
Dolley
Steve Warbasse
Marion
Warbasse
Richard Fry
Former Cedar Rapids officer drops small claims against city
Debi Lebeda, former Cedar Rapids police officer now based in Denver, withdrew a small claims action seeking wages and medical bills from the city. She acknowledged receiving 169.25 from the city as due and owing. Lebeda had claimed the city owed 352.78 for wages and medical bills from two June and August 1980 accidents while on duty. She was fired March 29 for disobeying orders and neglect of duty and has appealed that dismissal.
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Cedar Rapids
Debi Lebeda
Lebeda
Denver
Colo
First Avenue
Linn District Court
Linn
Cedar Rapids Smile winner gifts Hawaii trip to parents
Mark Pence, winner of the Cedar Rapids Smile contest, donated his $2,000 grand prize a week in Hawaii for two to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Orville Pence of New London. The gift was part of Cedar Rapids Visitors and Convention Bureau friendliness campaign.
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Cedar Rapids
Marryce Heidt
Orville Pence
New London
Iowa
Mark
Heidt
Pence
Hawaii
the Visitors and Convention Bureau
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Deb Wiley
Garrison
Keith Hesse
Eldorado
Alpha Mills
Iowa Security
Oakdale
P-3
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
14Th Ave. S
Anthony ‘Bud’ Lutty
Washington, D.C
International Union
Woolrich
Living Well
Revenge Ltd
Lindale
C.R
Roland Krekeler
Rotten Courts
Fry
Randy Birch
Birch
William Eads
Board of Trustees
Iowa Police Retirement System
Eads
Stubtoe
Lindale Mall
Santa’s Workshop
Toy Towers
First Ave
N.E
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