Veterans Memorial Stadium ballpark on schedule and budget
Doug Neumann told the council on Tuesday that the $15.3 million Veterans Memorial Stadium project remains on schedule and on budget. Richard Pankey of Estes Co. reported about 50 percent of structural steel erected and sod for the outfield to be installed next week ahead of an April opening.
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Veterans Memorial Stadium
Doug Neumann
Richard Pankey
Estes Co
Pankey
Neumann
Linn County Voter Registration Deadline Approaches
The Linn County Auditor's Office urges residents to register by Friday for the November 6 city elections. Office at 930 First St SW will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Registration forms available in person, by mail to the Auditor or City Clerk offices, in the phone book, or online at linncounty.org. Call 892-5300 with questions.
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Linn County Auditor’s Office
First St. SW
Linncounty.org
Scott County approves bonds for Davenport River Renaissance project
Scott County voters approved up to 5.26 million in bonds for Davenport's River Renaissance on the Mississippi River project. The 113.5 million downtown revitalization plan includes an art museum arts walk and river music history center aided by a 20 million Vision Iowa grant. Turnout was 33 percent with 26 156 votes for and 9 497 against, 60 percent needed. Opponents gathered signatures.
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Scott County
Davenport
Scott County Auditor’s Office
Vision Iowa Board
Metro forum draws crowd in Cedar Rapids mayoral race
Cedar Rapids Public Library Beems Auditorium hosted a crowded forum with over 200 spectators. Incumbent Mayor Lee Clancey and challenger Paul Pate answered questions in a cordial session, though Pate had missed two earlier debates broadcast on local TV.
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Beems Auditorium
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Lee Clancey
Paul Pate
Clancey
Pate
Access Channel
Ghostly Presidents at Hoover Library With Spooky Tales
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library hosts Ghostly Presidents a two nightly show through Oct. 30 featuring tales of Abigail Adams Lincoln Dolley Madison and Theodore Roosevelt era spirits. Tim Walch says the event adds a seasonal educational entertainment angle with docent and community theater actors in period costumes.
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John Kenyon
West Branch
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum
White House
Abigail Adams
Abraham Lincoln
James
Dolley Madison
Andrew Jackson
Willie Lincoln
Timothy Walch
Mary Todd Lincoln
Teddy
Edith Roosevelt
Ethel
Edith
Washington
Ghostly Presidents at Hoover Library Museum this fall
The show Ghostly Presidents runs 6 to 7 p.m. daily from Friday to October 30 at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum. Admission is free. Sue McGaughy of Cedar Rapids portrays Dolley Madison and, with her husband Dick, plays James and Dolley Madison in the production.
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Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Museum
Sue McGaughy
Cedar Rapids
Dolley Madison
James
OSHA fines Transco Railway over worker deaths in Iowa
Transco Railway Products Inc. faces a 90000 fine from OSHA after over 20 safety violations are linked to the Aug 23 asphyxiation deaths of two Transco workers Danial Steil and John Woodson in a rail car near Oelwein. Employees were inspecting an ADM Transportation Co. car when Woodson collapsed and Steil entered to help.
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OSHA
Rail Company
Orlan Love
Iowa
Oelwein
Transco Railway Products Inc
Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Bureau
Danial Steil
John Woodson
Transco
Steve Masters
Des Moines
ADM Transportation Co
Woodson
Steil
Woodson and
Fayette County
Marty Fisher
James Davis
Transco Railway Products
Cedar Rapids school board eyes plan to close achievement gap
The Cedar Rapids school board pushes administrators to craft an early intervention plan to address the achievement gap and consider public forums on academic achievement. Superintendent Lew Finch outlines the district’s assessment approach, noting multiple measures beyond standardized tests and highlighting grade-level progress trends in the middle and high school years.
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Janet Borholm
Cedar Rapids
Susan McDermott
Lew Finch
The
Gazette
Iowa
Finch
Keith Westercamp
Doug Henderson
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Masters
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