Local public safety log highlights Linn Cedar Rapids cases
The Gazette’s public safety roundup lists multiple Linn County and Cedar Rapids incidents including arrests for indecent contact with a child, forging and cashing checks at Marion’s U S Bank, and false use of a credit card. It notes a Marion vehicle and building fires, medical calls, and traffic crashes. Birth announcements remain welcome with forms at The Gazette offices.
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Williamsburg balks at 3 million fire station estimate
Williamsburg officials question a 3 million price tag for a new fire station as impractical for a town of its size. Council members demand cheaper options and suggest a 2 million cap while considering design cuts and expansions. A fact finding mission with Piper Jaffrey is planned before the October 25 meeting.
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Mount Vernon campus library to host polling station
Cornell College will open the Russell Cole Library as a satellite polling site on Tuesday. Voters from Mount Vernon Lisbon and Franklin Township and Cornell College students may vote from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Room 108 with access via the south entrance and free parking available. Registration closes Oct. 23 for the Nov. 2 election.
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Marching Band Results From Iowa State Festival
Results from the Iowa High School Music Association State Marching Festival north division at Kingston Stadium Cedar Rapids. Southern region festival set for Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Oskaloosa or Muscatine with $5 adults $1 students. State ratings list multiple divisions and schools including Cedar Rapids Jefferson Kennedy Washington Linn-Mar Prairie and many others.
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Clinic expansion prompts concerns in Decorah council
Sarah Strandberg reports Winneshiek County Memorial Hospital officials worry Gundersen Lutheran’s proposed east edge Decorah clinic could duplicate services and draw patients, affecting hospital viability. Council approves zoning change to permit medical clinics in C-1 district amid debate over competition and patient care.
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Paul Wanless
Steve Matter
Gary Rustad
Karen Trossem
Don Arendt
Jerry Aulwes
Jim Dale
Leonard Pitts speaks at Coe College Marquis Series
Pulitzer winner Leonard Pitts will headline a free Marquis Series event at 7 30 p m Monday in Sinclair Auditorium Coe College Cedar Rapids The Gazette co sponsors Pitts syndicated pop culture and social justice column since 1994 He won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for commentary and is known for his post 9 11 column We Go Forward From This Moment
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Tama County supervisor race outlines growth and housing notes
Tama County official emphasizes building from existing businesses as key to jobs. He touts ample housing land and quality of life in Tama communities along with a positive result from a South Tama School bond issue. Incumbent Keith Sash faces an unopposed re election in District 2. supervisor pay is $22,200.
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