Mealey Hotel in Oelwein defaults on bank loan
The Mealey Hotel owners in Oelwein defaulted on a $500,000 commercial revenue bond loan from Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids and renegotiated repayment terms. The city learned the hotel, later converted to 34 apartments, faced a potential tax sale this June unless $25,000 in delinquent taxes was paid by June 20. The owners had already paid the September tax and are current on county taxes.
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Mealey
Oelwein
Merchants National Bank
Cedar Rapids
Steve Kendall
Delwein
Fayette County
Tel
Benefit concert aims to aid Iowa peace groups
The performance supports the Iowa Peace Network and Tall Grass Prairie Earth First. Organi ver age. Scott also schedules a Des Moines show at Knox Presbyterian Church on Friday at 8 p.m. Tickets are five dollars in advance and seven at the door.
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Iowa Peace Network
Tall Grass Prairie
Earth First! Organiver
Scott
Des Moines
Knox Presbyterian Church
Ma rengo and Willi amsburg council actions and remodeling
The Ma rengo City Council adopted a resolution selecting a Des Moines firm to study a sewage lagoon. Willi amsburg City Hall remodeling progressed with contractor Dave Udepohl reviewing the second floor plan and cabinet changes. The first floor work completed this spring included enlarging the City Clerk's Office moving the police office and adding a restroom. Council sought quotes for remaining tasks and proposed lowering the ceiling to ten feet and closing several windows.
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Rengo
Des Moines
Sremodeling
Williamsburg City Hall
Dave Udepohl
Udepohl
Gun defect probe in Cedar Rapids death of Itoh
Cedar Rapids police will test the 9mm semi automatic handgun for defects after the death of 26 year old Hiroe Itoh in her apartment. Investigators have completed interviews and provided reports to Linn County Attorney Denver Dillard. Itoh’s parents, arriving from Japan, are arranging for her body to be cremated and returned home. Rich ard Weeks, the fiancé, was questioned and released as investigators pursue the accidental shooting theory.
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Hiroe Itoh
Cedar Rapids
Tokyo
Japan
Hatsuo Fujishima
Kirkwood Community College
Turner’s Chapel
East
Itoh
Gateway
Weeks
Glen Fox
Fox
Linn County
Denver Dillard
Shinichi
Kazue Itoh
United States
Fujishima
Kirkwood
U.S. Navy
Indecent contact case leads Linn County log summary
The Log reports indecent contact charges against Steven Dughi 38 of 67 Leisure Blvd NE for incidents with an 11 year old girl between Oct 1 1988 and July 31 1989. Also listed are Paul Moyer 18 charged with assault in Central City and multiple drunken driving and rescue reports from Linn County with numerous names and locations.
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Steven Dughi
Leisure
Paul Moyer
Prairieburg
Shannon Seetey
Central City
Linn County
Ronald Groves
29Th Ave
Center Point
Lee Wright Jr
17Th St
Mount Vernon
Clifford Koppenhaver
C St
F Avenue NW
Cedar Rapids ACT scores rise above state and national marks
Cedar Rapids public schools report higher June ACT scores for 721 test takers with a district average of 22.1, above Iowa and Midwest and national averages. Jefferson Kennedy and Washington show gains, women slightly trailing men overall though close, and English leads while math favors men.
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Cedar Rapids
Midwest
Stephen Daeschner
Ite
Kennedy
Washington
Iowa
Rural chore programs face funding squeeze amid heavy rains
HACAP officials warn flood of expenses from persistent rains raises mowing and labor costs. In July and August about 3,276 hours used, leaving 6,000 hours for the year as four counties prepare to request aid. Priorities shift to keep homes livable with limited chores.
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HACAP
Maniccia
Barb Grant
Grant
Linn
Johnson
School lunch program runs 3 million enterprise in district
In her annual report to the Cedar Rapids school board, McCune said the self supporting lunch program totals about 3 million, receiving state and federal reimbursements but not using local taxes. A projected 200,000 deficit stems from new freezers and restoring Grant and Truman kitchens, funded from reserves.
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McCune
Grant
Truman
Food Service System
Cedar Rapids
Pizza Hut
Council weighs tax break for 2060 Partnership project
The council approved a $525,000 forgivable loan to 2060 Partnership to support a $13 million development in downtown, with tax increment funds and strings including promissory note prepayment if the project falters. Construction began mid September on a 100,000 square foot building with a concurrent 100,000 square foot Killian's building renovation.
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Montrose
Killian’s
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