Cedar Rapids unions seek mediation to end impasse
City employee relations director Fred Nordengren says five unions the fire fighters library transit Teamsters and AFSCME have declared an impasse and will request mediators from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service. The unions demand wage hikes from 16 to 24.2 percent and fringe benefits. the city offers a 7 percent raise with no fringe gains.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred Nordengren
Firefighters
Library, Transit, Teamsters
American Federation of State, County, Municipal Employees
Afscme
Nordengren
State Public Employment Relations Board
Des Moines
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Teamsters
Police
Library
Transit
Two charged in Iowa City shotgun slaying case
Michael O. Gilroy of Coralville and Michael L. Murphy of Iowa City were arrested on first degree murder and accessory after the fact charges in the March 12 shooting death of Vincent Lalla. A nine month probe by a special task force led to the arrests at their homes with no resistance.
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Iowa City
Michael O. Gilroy
Coralville
Michael L. Murphy
Vincent Lalla
the Gazette
Gilroy
Johnson County
Murphy
Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation
Gerald Shannon
Lalla
Loyal Order Moose Lodge
William Kidwell
DCI
A.D. Smith
Robert Carpenter
Driver forced off highway by car into bridge abutment
Franklin Beck, 42, a Cannon Yogurt Co. driver from Rock Island, escaped with minor facial cuts when a green car speeding toward him in the eastbound lane forced his panel truck into a bridge abutment on Highway 151 east of Marion. The truck tipped into a ravine after ripping out railing. the other vehicle did not stop.
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Davenport
Highway 151
Marion
Franklin Beck
Beck
Cannon Yogurt Co
Rock Island
Quad Cities
Waterloo
Cedar Rapids police recruit drive yields 210 requests
The Cedar Rapids Police Department reports three weeks into its national recruiting push that 210 people have requested applications, with about 120 from out of state. Twelve completed apps are in, deadline is 2 p.m. Dec. 19.
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Cedar Rapids
Gary Hinzman
Hinzman
New York
California
Waterloo
Des Moines
Quad Cities
Midwest
Chicago
St. Louis
Kansas City
Civil Service Commission
Arson Suspected in Fire Damaging Two Apartments
Arson is suspected as the cause of a blaze that damaged two apartments at 708 Fifth Ave SE shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday. Fire was set in a closet of Pamela Prescott's unit, with flames burning through the ceiling and limited damage to two closets and heat smoke in the upstairs unit. Police to join investigation.
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Fifth Ave
Pamela Prescott
Prescott
Richard Anderson
Center Point Road
Klinger Street
Traveling salesman swindles service stations in Cedar Rapids
Police report two Cedar Rapids service stations fell for a deception in which a salesman delivered a case of toilet bowl cleaner totaling 45.20 and left with payment. The cartons bore Federated Industries. Similar thefts were reported by other stations, prompting police to label it theft by deception.
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Cedar Rapids
Clark Oil
First Ave
Hawkeye 76
First Ave. SE
Federated Industries
Des Moines
EPA to study Iowa sulfur dioxide levels and modeling plan
The EPA may require Iowa to submit a revised sulfur dioxide emission plan. Modeling will test 13 counties for attainment, with five priority areas tested first. If violations are found, non attainment designations could trigger emissions reductions and new rules by March 1 and Sept. 1 deadlines.
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Iowa
EPA
Charles Miller
DEQ
Iowa Air Quality Commission
Allamakee
Black Hawk
Cerro Gordo
Dubuque
Johnson, Lee
Linn
Monroe
Muscatine
Polk
Pottawattamie
Scott
Woodbury
Johnson, Linn
Federal Register
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