Magazine recycling added by Cedar Rapids truck route
Cedar Rapids adds magazines to accepted recyclables due to a new market. The truck operates 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second Saturday at Econofoods East, and the fourth Saturday at Econofoods West. Beginning Oct 17 it will park at Marion Hy-Vee on the third Saturday. Also visits other stores weekdays.
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Cedar Rapids
Dave Hogan
Hogan
Econofoods East
51St St
Econofoods
Edgewood Rd
Marion Hy-Vee
Ushers Ferry
Seminole Valley Park
Voter video debuts in Iowa City highlighting disability voting rights
A 15 minute Iowa video explains registration and voting steps for people with disabilities. Produced by the University of Iowa Video Center with a $9,000 grant, the project distributes about 500 copies statewide with 100 more available.
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Johnson County
League of Women Voters
Iowa University
Iowa Governor’s Planning Council For
University of Iowa Video Center
Campaign finance dispute over pro life endorsements
Linn County Supervisors candidate James Houser and Rev. Larry Johnson face a likely appeal after the Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission found that a letter endorsing Houser constituted a thing of value to his campaign. Johnson and Houser contest the ruling as personal endorsements. The pair were ordered to pay the hearing costs. Perry lauds the decision as curbing religious political influence.
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Tom Fruehling
Jazette
Beth Linn County Board of Supervisors
James Houser
Larry Johnson
Johnson
Iowa Coalition For Traditional Values
Houser
Mike Alt
Linn
Right To Life
Ken Perry
Jean Oxley
Perry
Iowa Campaign Finance Disclosure Commission
Disclosure Commission
Commission
Plaque Move Reunites Hoover Highway Marker with Lowden City Hall
A missing Hoover Highway plaque, thought stolen after a February 1991 disappearance, was found in a ditch by a mower. It was relocated beside Lowden City Hall after being recovered and rewarded, with officials citing better historical placement near the town’s market and a planned bike route along the highway.
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Dave Gosch
Merlin Kruckenberg
The
Lowden
Dave Gesch
Adette Star
Cedar County
Lowdon
Tom Walsh
Herbert Hoover Foundation
Walsh
City of
London
City Hall
London Historical Society
Cation
Kruckenberg
Hoover Highway
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Old Capitol
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids condo project delayed as neighbors cry foul
The Cedar Rapids City Council postponed a revised 2.9 acre site plan on First Avenue near Cottage Grove for one week to address neighborhood concerns about a $12 million twin tower development. Opponents accuse officials of railroaded proceedings while city officials seek to respond and review access plans amid disputes over a proposed drive between Brucemore and nearby properties.
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Lonnie Zingula
Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
Cottage Grove Avenue
Leo Peiffer
Peiffer
Ann Dorr
Cottage Grove
Allan Kane
First Ave
St. John the Baptist Orthodox Parish
Rafael Abraham
Kane
Bob Shelly
Brucemore
David McGuire
Leo C. Peiffer
P.C
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
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East Iowa Journal
Bill Pelke
People’s Unitarian Universalist Church
Third Ave
Pelke
Amnesty International
Oes
Iowa
West Branch
Tipton
Springdale
Rochester
Hoover
Tipton Library
East Main Street
Iowa Avenue
Clinton Street
John’s
Heritage
Sutherland Square
Plaza East
Mark Hanrahan
Dorr
Wayne Murdock
Mel Meyer
Meyer
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