Marion opens new West Eighth Avenue bridge over Indian Creek
Mayor Vic Klopfenstein and Councilman Tom Osborn lead the first crossing as Marion reopens the $800,000 West Eighth Avenue bridge over Indian Creek built by Iowa Bridge and Calvert. The project, begun in April, rerouted 400 to 500 cars per hour and restores a major artery toward Cedar Rapids' northeast side.
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Marion
Vic Klopfenstein
Tom Osborn
West Eighth Avenue
Indian Creek
Iowa Bridge
Calvert
Cedar Rapids
Schlesselman Urges Better District Communication
At a coffee event hosted by C B and Dorothy Hall Linda Suchomel Schlesselman urged improved communication among the College Community board administration faculty staff and patrons. She favors remodeling and expanding the high school and cited district miscommunication as affecting a prior bond issue.
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College Community School
Linda Suchomel Schlesselman
C.B
Dorothy Hall
Schlesselman
College Community Board
District 2 director race ends in defeat for Schlesselman
Schlesselman and Carl Williams contested the Director District 2 seat with both school bond issues defeated. If elected, Schlesselman pledged to engage the community, visit schools, and improve two way communication with district residents. Williams was the other candidate in the race.
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Schlesselman
Carl Williams
Cedar Rapids schools urged to reform counseling program
Cedar Rapids Community Schools should overhaul its counseling program, says candid ate Susan McDermott who seeks re election. She argues counselors must focus on guiding students toward college and careers, noting surveys and tests show the need to push all students, especially women and minorities, to challenge themselves. The discussion came at a Friday coffee hosted by George Ross. McDermott faces Jane Pike in the September 13 election.
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Cedar Rapids
Susan McDermott
McDermott
George Ross
Meadow Lane
Jane Pike
Weekend City Activities and Theatre Lineup
Outdoor events include a Bever Park to Mount Vernon bicycle ride at 8 a.m. and a Smoke-cooking fish and game demonstration at Squaw Creek Park campground. Exhibits feature Cedar Rapids Horseman's Club Quarter Horse Show at Hawkeye Downs. The Nerd and The Dining Room play at Old Creamery Theatre. The Amorous Flea at Amana Visitor Center Theatre. Art project at Mercy Hospital by the CR Museum of Art. Tickets listed for adults and children.
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Bever Park
Mount Vernon
Hawkeye Bicycle Association
Squaw Creek Park
The
Conservation Department
Cedar Rapids
Amana Visitor Center
Old Creamery Theatre
Controversial rezoning work release center eyed by Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids planning panel will hear a request to rezone land at 16th Avenue and Rockford Road SW for a two acre work release center. The debate draws hundreds of neighbors opposing the DCS plan while legislators seek AG guidance on purchase legality. A second item seeks a conditional use permit for a fly ash dump.
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Vanessa Shelton Gastre
16Th Avenue
Rockford Road
Cedar Rapids
DCS
City Board of Adjustment
Fourth Ave. SE
Iowa Department of Corrections
Terry Branstad
Iowa
DCS Board of Directors
Phil Brammer
Richard Running
Brammer
DCS Board
William Faches
the Gazette
Faches
State Department of Corrections
Cedar Rapids may deny fly ash dump at 4301 Old River Rd SW
Cedar Rapids planning staff may recommend denial of a conditional use petition to deposit processed coal combustion residue at 4301 Old River Rd SW on an 80 acre site near Highway 30 and Honey Hill Road. Residents fear groundwater and air pollution and traffic increases. The plan requires Board of Adjustment and Iowa DNR approval.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Old River Rd
William Hennessey
Highway 30
Honey Hill Road
Ely
Planning Commission
Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Bergen
Hennessey
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Honeyhill Road
Patricia Schultz
Schultz
Board of Adjustment
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Labor Day Office Closures and Delayed City Services
All government offices in the metro area close Monday for Labor Day. City buses do not run. Cedar Rapids and Marion garbage pickup shifts to a day later next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Urbana Car Collectors Show Seeks Entrants and Public View
Collectible cars of all makes will be judged and exhibited at the Urbana Car Collectors Show on Monday. Entry registration runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the old Ford garage in Urbana with a $6 fee. Public viewing is free from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
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Ford
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