Lamont honors Ed Wessels for 50 years of service
Lamont celebrated Ed Wessels longtime public service with a lifetime honorary Fire Department membership. He joined the department in 1936 and served as city clerk, built the fire station, and ran the Wessels Recreation Parlor on Main Street. Ed's stories span floods, umpiring, popcorn nights, and family ties.
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Lamont
Ed Wessels
Lamont Volunteer Fire Department
Wessels Recreation Parlor
Main Street
Dick Clark
U.S
Larry
Fire Department
Lillian
Son, Ladd
Francis
Gus” Augustson
Officials dispute campaign sewer claims in Cedar Rapids
City engineer Dick Ransom and another department head say statements from the mayoral campaign about Cedar Rapids sanitary sewer plans are untrue. The candidate Joe Rinas proposed expanding lines north along the Interstate 380 corridor to accommodate new industry.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Rinas
Dick Ransom
Marion Briefs and City Sewer Plans Discussed
The Marion YMCA continues youth basketball registrations through Thursday. A Gazette letter about Cedar Rapids sewer rates was disputed by City official Milligan, who notes Cedar Rapids’s rates are among the lowest in the state. Ransom says Cedar Rapids spends 1 to 1.5 million annually on sewer work and outlines undeveloped northeast areas and Prairie Creek trunkline as key development considerations.
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Rinas
Gazette
George Milligan
Cedar Rapids
Milligan
Ames
Iowa City
Mason City
Des Moines
Waterloo
Ransom
C Street
Prairie Creek
P.O
Iowa
Third Avenue SE
Gazette Company
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Ramblin
Rasdal
Lamont Creek
Mark Glenn
Gazette City Hall
Marion
Marion Ymca
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YMCA
Trojan Lodge
Potluck Entertainment
Hiawatha
Rapids
Smulekoffs
Smulekoff's
1St St
3Rd Ave
Kathy Roberts
Kathy
Center Point Rd
Nutri
Serete Spewadae
Sena
Iawa
Tom
Snow
Double Wuzzles P.O
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