Linn budget woes loom as county faces funding cuts
Linn County supervisors warned last night that next fiscal year will be tougher due to reduced state funding and higher provider costs for youth shelter care. The Department of Human Resources Management could see about 270000 more in costs, with Four Oaks and Foundation Place daily rates rising from 12 to 40 dollars, unpaid by the state. Potential layoffs and a closed Juvenile Detention Center unit were discussed if funding squeezes persist. Community voices urged restoring indigent burial funds and maintaining gravel road maintenance amid tighter budgets.
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Board of Supervisors
Department of Human Resources
Lu Barron
Four Oaks
Foundation
Manager Place
Barron
Jim Houser
Iowa State Association of Counties
Houser
Dawn Jindrich
County Offi
Langston
Michael Papich
Papich-Kuba Funeral Home
Cedar Rapids
Papich
Playwright Iowa mystery ends with likely correct boy
Tom Rasdal reports DNA testing on two Elliott men suggests paternal link to the returned boy in a Waterloo case. The 9 of 10 Y chromosome matches support that the Elliotts got the right child, though some disagree, and Rasdal notes he is “eating a little crow” after revealing the results.
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Waterloo
George
Roy Burke
Ray Elliott
Ray Burke
Elliotts
Tom
California
Richard Elliott
Anna
Cedar Rapids
Robert Elliott
Sam
Houston
Two Men Charged in Cedar Rapids Robbery Conspiracy
Cedar Rapids police say Daniel Freese and Timothy Sprous were arrested Monday on robbery conspiracy charges linked to two southwest Cedar Rapids robberies. Freese faces a second conspiracy count for an Oct. 14 incident. three 18-year-old women reported two men at midnight with a handgun. Freese and Sprous remain jailed on bonds of 26,000 and 13,000 respectively as investigators pursue more suspects.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Daniel Freese
Longview Dr
Marion
Timothy Sprous
First Ave
Central Dr. SW
Freese
16Th Ave
Linn County
Sprous
Bernie Walther
District to trim costs as labor talks loom in budget
The district faces a 2003 04 valuation drop to 15 20 amid reduced costs of an early separation package awarded to 126 staff last year. With a 19 percent tax rate rise and a 170 million budget the district risks further cuts unless new money covers 1.6 million in expected raises.
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Steve Graham
Paula Vincent
City warns against street leaf raking, warns no more after Wednesday
City officials say many residents ignored guidelines, creating large leaf piles blocking streets. The rule requires raking only the day before pickup and warns in capital letters that no more raking in the street after Wednesday.
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