Cedar Rapids receives grant for arson work and other notices
Factory Mutual Insurance grants Cedar Rapids Fire Department 5000 dollars to buy computer equipment and Fire Sleuth software to track arsonists and juvenile fire setters. The same report records a tobacco policy workshop, Mended Hearts anniversary events, and Iowa Senate candidate Shawn Gallagher urging state budget reform.
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Factory Mutual Insurance Co
Cedar Rapids
Shawn Gallagher
Iowa
Linn County
Gallagher
Fisher Commission
Senate
Jones County
Joint network aids teachers with updated education programs
Kirkwood Community College and Grant Wood Area Education Agency sponsor the Interactive Information Network to update educators on curriculum and staff development. The EDUTRAC series from 3:45 to 5 p.m. offers free programming across 20 sites in seven counties.
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Kirkwood Community College
Grant Wood Area Education Agency
Edutrac
Grant Wood Aea
Missouri teacher recants Iowa abduction tale
A 26-year-old O'Fallon teacher told Waterloo police he was kidnapped and driven to Waterloo but later admitted the story was false. He blamed personal problems for the fabrication, saying he was not abducted from the St. Louis area and never forced to travel to Kirksville and Waterloo.
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Missouri
Iowa
Scott Joseph Parres
St. Louis
Waterloo
Parres
Minneapolis
Lead paint found at University of Iowa day cares
Iowa City officials test lead based paint in six University of Iowa centers after samples show levels above federal standards. Pickets guard sites as Joanne Fritz notes a full study is needed while blood tests for children proceed. no poisoning cases reported to date. Institutions include Alice's Bijou and five other affiliated centers plus two non affiliated preschools renting space.
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Lyle Muller
Johnson County
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Fritz
Alice’s
Bijou
U of I
Brookland Woods
Rainbow
University Parents Care Collective
Hacap Head Start
University Preschool
Heritage Christian School OKed to Open in Iowa City
The Iowa City Board of Adjustment approved Heritage Christian School 5-0 to operate at 1470 First Ave with an enrollment cap of 60 for K-8. The approval followed a reconsideration vote and neighbors' traffic concerns, with 50 of about 90 expected students enrolled by early August.
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Heather Sloman Woodin
Johnson County
Iowa City
Heritage Christian School
First Ave
Iowa City Board of Adjustment
Rich Vogelzang
Iowa City Area Christian School Association
Wendy's
Eastdale Plaza
Steve Kohli
Parents’ Association
Vogelzang
Kohli
Board of Adjustment
Catherine Johnson
First Avenue
Jeff Barta
Larry Baker
Burglaries Hit Squaw Creek Pro Shop and Local Deli
The Pro shop at Squaw Creek Golf Course reported six golf sets valued at 5000 dollars a golf bag 250 dollars and cash stolen after burglars pried a door and used a golf cart to haul items to a residence at 710 14th St SE a videocassette recorder microwave and television valued 750 dollars were taken between 8 p m and midnight Monday The Chicken Shoppe at 201 First Ave SW saw an unspecified cash loss from a safe overnight Tuesday with no sign of forced entry.
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Squaw Creek
14Th St
First Ave
Fire Calls Prompt Evacuation and Illegal Burning
Fire crews respond to 1844 A Ave NE evacuating water from an electrical area at 4:14 a.m. Later, at 3:35 p.m., an illegal burn is reported at 1663 24th St NW.
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Ave
24Th St. NW
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Five Seasons Center
Joe Elliott
Interstate 380
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Washington, D.C
Kristi Ferguson
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Valissa Berg
Northland Ave
Mended Hearts
McKinley Room
Mercy Medical Center
Mercy
St. Luke’s Hospital
Ballwin, Mo
Scott Parres
Kirksville
U of Day-Cares
Christian School
The
U.N.I. Dome
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls
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