Linn County property tax rates mostly steady with small blips
Linn County 2007 08 property tax rates remain steady overall with small rises and decreases. Robins and Alburnett show the largest increases driven by higher school taxes and a county levy hike. Center Point district lowers its levy while Linn-Mar faces the highest rate partly due to school bonds.
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Linn County
Robins
Alburnett
Cedar Rapids
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Center Point
Robins/Alburnett
Alburnett/Alburnett
Center Point City
Wallis to Speak on Faith and Politics at Iowa Lecture
Jim Wallis, religious leader and head of Sojourners, will discuss biblical faith and political values at the University of Iowa. The Geneva Lecture Series event is Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Iowa Memorial Union Main Lounge with Corwin Smidt providing a response.
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Jim Wallis
University of Iowa
Wallis
Sojourners and
Call To Renewal
Iowa Memorial Union
University of Iowa, Iowa Memorial Union
Suspicious Fire Damages Church Playground Playhouse
Coralville firefighters responded to Coralville United Methodist Church early Tuesday and extinguished a small fire that damaged a corner of the church playground playhouse. Investigators had not determined a cause by late Monday. The fire was described as suspicious by Fire Chief Dave Stannard.
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Coralville United Methodist Church
13Th Ave
Dave Stannard
Stannard
Coe College Enrollment Rises in Cedar Rapids
Coe College reports a fall enrollment increase of over 3 percent with 1,301 total students and 397 first year enrollees. Incoming students show strong academics with an average ACT of 25.5 and GPA of 3.6, while 30 percent place in the top 10 percent of their high school class based on rankings.
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Alburnett
Bertram
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
College Community
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Marion
Center Point
Central City
Coggan
North Linn
Ely
Fairfax
Hiawatha
Lisbon
Linn Mar
Palo
Prairieburg
Robins
Robins/Linn-Mar
Springville
Walford/College Community
Walker/North-Linn
Linn County Auditor's Office Gazette
the Gazette
Coe College
Coe
Ramblin Ship captain envisions Nina voyage via canal
Kyle, 48, longtime sailor now captain of a Nina replica, lives on the 34 foot vessel with a volunteer crew aboard. They sailed the East Coast and Great Lakes and plan another Panama Canal passage toward the West Coast. Local readers note the Nina’s historic voyage ended in 1501. Dave Rasdal column.
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Florida
St. Petersburg
Kyle
Iowa
Nina
Puerto Vallarta
Panama Canal
Connecticut
Great Lakes
North America
Columbus
Rally Supports Troops On Fight for Victory Tour
Debbie Lee and Deborah Johns spoke to more than 50 people at Veterans Memorial Park in Cedar Rapids urging continued troop support amid the ongoing Iraq war. The Move America Forward event, one of 27 stops, featured caravanning mothers and criticism of politicians allied with Gen. David Petraeus.
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Cedar Rapids
Debbie Lee
Marc
Iraq
Marc Lee
Lee
Surprise
Ariz
Veterans Memorial Park
Move America Forward
Deborah Johns
Granite City
Calif
Washington, D.C
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William
David Petraeus
Harry Reid
John Kerry
House
Nancy Pelosi
Loebsack cites Iraq spending draining Iowa homeland security
U S Representative Dave Loebsack, visiting Cedar Rapids, says defense money is shifted from Iowa to Iraq and coastal cities, hampering homeland security progress. He urges reallocating overseas funds to strengthen Iowa security while declining to comment on Gen Petraeus testimony.
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Cedar Rapids
New York
Washington
Iowa
Iraq
U.S
Dave Loebsack
Crat
Cedar Rapids Central Fire Station
Loebsack
Bush
New York City
House Armed Services Committee
Gen
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