Public debate over two way traffic on Third Street and A Avenue
City Council weighs converting Third Street NE between First and A avenues and A Avenue NE between Second and Third streets to two way traffic. Proponents cite downtown access and parking, while opponents led by City Traffic Engineer Mel Meyer warn of more accidents and fire access problems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Hogan
Third Street
Five Seasons Center Commission
Mel Meyer
Quaker Oats
Stouffer’s Hotel
Meyer
Third Streets
Second Street
Bob Leeper
C. Todd Heglund
Barton-Aschman Associates Inc
Minneapolis
Heglund
Armstrong-Race Realty
Robert Armstrong
Armstrong’s Department Store
Armstrong
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats Co
A Avenue
City Council eyes five year moratorium on skywalk air rights fees
Cedar Rapids informal approval seeks a five year pause on air rights charges for downtown skywalk links used by the public and new connections built during the period. Public hearings are likely before formal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Tom Aller
David McGuire
Tom Collins Sr
Collins
Aller
Cedar Rapids Pool Repairs Under Review For $203000
The Cedar Rapids City Council asks the Financial Activities Coordinating Team to study a report by Howard R. Green Consulting Engineers outlining $203000 in repairs across six city pools before next summer. Ellis Pool may need $30000 this year with a full overhaul at $700000, while Cherry Hill requires $72000 for a circulation system and 30 percent of its bottom already replaced. The report predicts $408000 in further improvements over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Dan McLean
Howard R. Green
Ellis Pool
Delaney
Cherry Hill
Cedar Hills
McLean
Airport seizure nets two for marijuana trafficking
Two people were arrested Tuesday after an airport luggage search turned up over 20 000 dollars in marijuana and 1000 dollars in cash. John E Ciha 23 and Wanda L Lusk 18 were charged with possession with intent to deliver and jailed in Linn County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
John E. Ciha
Stratford Lane
Wanda L. Lusk
Fifth Ave
Linn
Ciha
Lusk
Driver charged in Linn man with multiple DUI offenses
Linn County arrest records show Robert L. Ament Jr., 32, of 390 15th Ave. SW, arrested 5:23 p.m. Tuesday in the 1500 block of N Street SW. He faces third-offense drunk driving charges along with driving with a suspended license and driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Ament Jr
15Th Ave
N Street
Forum backs higher pay and tougher curriculum in Mount Vernon
About 100 attendees at Mount Vernon High School forum on excellence in education urged higher teacher pay and stronger curriculum standards. A majority favored extending the school day, increased federal funding, and 11 month contracts for teachers, with mixed views on lengthening the school year.
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Forum
Gretchen Sutherland Lazette
Mount Vernon High School
Mount Vernon
Ralph Plagman
Washington High School
Cedar Rapids
National Commission On Education
Plagman
Bill Carroll
Cornell College
John Krumbholz
America
Suki Dell
John Wilch
Kay Graber
Grant Wood Area
Graber
Dell
Ruth Miller
Dick Peters
Carroll
Sharon Hill
City sewer studies poised for January council review
City engineer Richard Ransom told about 30 residents at a Citizens for Community Improvement meeting that preliminary sewer studies should be complete by end of December and final drafts, refined after neighborhood meetings, will go to the City Council by late January. Five firms examined 60 of 450 miles of lines, with multi million dollar projects funded by next spring general obligation bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Ransom
Ransom
Citizens For Community Improvement
First Lutheran Church
Wayne Murdock
Fired man faces assault charge after firing
A 25 year old man was arrested Tuesday afternoon outside the Sixth Street Sale Barn after being fired by his boss. Chris Wimberly of 345 17th St SE was charged with assaulting supervisor Bill Fritz after an alleged intoxicated confrontation in Fritz’s office. Wimberly was taken to Linn County Jail.
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Chris Wimberly
17Th St
Sixth Street
Sixth St
Linn County
Wimberly
Bill Fritz
Fruitland Blvd
Fritz
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C.R
State Department of Criminal Investigation
St. Luke’s Child
Reeper
Don Phillips
KMART
National Education
Murdock
First Avenue N.E
Santa Claus
Plaza Theatre
Lindale Mall
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