City and Community Meetings and Arts Events Today
A page lists a full slate of local government meetings at Cedar Rapids Linn County Marion and Hiawatha plus school board sessions. Arts events include Ottumwa artist Richard Dutton at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art an In Service Day workshop bow and arrow making and several music performances. Charity events and a large Illinois Lottery cash game are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Marion Park Board
Parks Department
Hiawatha City Council
North Linn Community School Board
Ottumwa
Richard Dutton
Cedar Rapids Museum
Daughters and Sons Born to Local Families
Vital statistics from Mercy St Luke's and University Hospitals record multiple births in Des Moines area. Oct. 10-11 listings include Michelle Hunt in Des Moines and Rachelle Shepard in Hiawatha, plus Fraser Peterson Sloterdyk Dietz births and a Carrie Hughes Swalliom daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michelle
Rick Hunt
Waveland Dr
Rachelle
William Shepard
Litchfield Dr
Hiawatha
ST. Luke's
Michele
Troy Fraser
Troy St. SW
Mary
Carl Peterson
Solon
Laurie
Aric Sloterdyk
24Th Ave
Marion
Cindy
Karl Dietz
Pleasant Dr. SE
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Carrie Hughes
Andrew Swalliom
Robins
Rawlings urges Iowa on respecting differences and culture
University of Iowa president Hunter Rawlings called for a university that honors individual rights and broadens students' cultural understanding. He warned that groupthink from both political ends harms debate and expression, citing disputes over classroom material and a forthcoming conference on lesbian, gay and bisexual studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Hunter Rawlings
Rawlings
Bosnia
Groupthink
Raw
Northeast
United States
U of I
Scandal Council mops Up Former City Workers
Darrell Freese 32 a former Streets Department supervisor Lockhart Amana. Doug Fields ex Sewer Maintenance Director Cedar Rapids. Richard Hermanson ex Sewer Maintenance Supervisor Cedar Rapids face charges. City will fight unemployment claims but pay unused vacation and sick leave as separation benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Hermanson
Sewer Maintenance Department
Darrell Freese
Streets Department
Doug Fields
Richard Hermanson
Freese
Lockhart
Amana
Fields
Hermanson
Cedar Rapids
Morris
Bill Holtz
Serbousek
Free pneumonia shots offered in East Iowa drive
Five area health care groups join in a Pneumonia Knockout effort to provide free pneumococcal vaccines for residents over 65 and others at high risk. Clinics run now through November 2 with schedules at Salvation Army Witwer Center Osco Drug stores and several senior centers across Linn County.
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Linn County Department of Public Health
Mercy Medical Center
Visiting Nurse Association
Nursing Home
Witwer Senior Center
Witwer
Salvation Army
C Ave. NW
Second Ave
Osco Drug Store
Westdale Mall
Palo
First St
Hiawatha
Center Point Road
Center Point
Lion/Legion Hall
Main St
Central City
Falcon Center
Fourth St
Marion Senior Center
10Th Ave
Marion
Seventh Ave
C Ave
Westdale Wellness
Lincoln Learning
18Th Ave
Lisbon
Linn Community Center
Springville Community
SANSI
Broadway St
Center Point Rd
Linn County sheriff race heats with Fiser and Zeller
Democratic contenders for Linn County sheriff square off over leadership and communication. Incumbent Fiser touts stable management and narcotics task force leadership while challenger Zeller emphasizes public outreach and broader administrative experience. Both claim readiness to modernize and motivate staff.
Sheriff candidates clash on plans for Linn County
Democratic nominees Donald Zeller and Dennis Fiser differ on who leads sergeant involvement and public information. Both back a $2.5 million bond to upgrade dispatch communications. Zeller seeks self defense training and teacher conflict resolution. Fiser pushes a full time school drug prevention officer and potential use of federal crime funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rick Smith Gazette
Donald Zeller
Dennis Fiser
Linn County
Sheriff's Department
Fiser
Zeller
Sheriffs Department
Cedar Rapids
Hawkeye Labor Council backs Zeller for Linn County sheriff
The Hawkeye Labor Council endorses Donald Zeller for the Democratic nomination in the Dec. 6 sheriff election. Zeller, a 22 year Linn County deputy and patrol division commander, faces Dennis Fiser who led the detective bureau and became sheriff last month after Dennis Blome left. Caucus tonight at 5 to 7 30 p.m. at the Local P-3 Retirees Building 116 14th Ave SE. Republican caucus for sheriff set for Oct 20 with four candidates including Don Sawyer Mike Kelly Garry McCune and Jim Sorenson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
P-3 Retirees
14Th Ave. SE
Fiser
Zeller
Copper Jones
Spider
Palo
Vietnam
Ladora
Amana
Department
Donald Sawyer
Blome
Sheriff's Department
Rick Smith
Hawkeye Labor Council
Donald Zeller
Dennis Fiser
Dennis Blome
P-3
14Th Ave
County Republican Party
Don “Buzz” Sawyer
Mike Kelly
Kelly Security Services
Garry McCune
University Heights
Jim Sorenson
U.S. Army Reserve
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TEL
Cityline
Soutter Fountain
Redmond Park
Third Avenue SE
Hair
E.C. Mabie
Iowa Jones
the Commons
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Stradivari Quartet
Douglas Moore
Clapp Recital Hall
Rumpelistiltskin
Kennedy High School
Children’s Theatre of
Springville Presbyterian Church
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
Third Ave
Noelridge Farmers Market
Noelridge
Randall Foods Store
Edgewood Rd
Iowa
Illinois Lottery
Lowa-Lllinois ‘Gas & Electric Co
The
Gazette
John M. Sharp
Ankeny
50Th Avenue Court
Sixth Street
Shannon L. Rasmussen
900
Ave
First Avenue
Michael A. Purcell
Francis Tramontano Jr
Seventh St
U of President
Darrell L. Freese
Douglas G. Fields
Scandal Council
Medicare
Blome Nor
Metro Narcotics
Coppertones
Steve Spicher
Labor Council
Robert Carson
Carson
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