Low turnout in Cedar Rapids school election prompts Kopel rebuke
Cedar Rapids voters cast 2049 ballots in the district's 66 345 eligible voters the turnout being the lowest since 1967. County Auditor Merle Kopel urged the legislature to curb annual elections citing a $6418.50 cost or about 3.13 per vote.
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Arthur School
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College District elects Stroleny Hynek and Boland to board
Mary Cerveny Stroleny wins district 5 with 512 votes over Thomas Tjelmeland 410. Daryl Hynek gains district 6 with 571 to Roberta Lympus 365. William Boland Jr is unopposed in district 1 with 724 votes. Three year terms for all. 938 voters cast, 23 percent of eligible.
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Ridgeway Drive
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College Community Board of Directors
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Route 2
Cedar Rapids
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Ely
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Robert Krob
Daryl Hynek
Swisher
Roberta
Lympus
Hynek
William Boland, Jr
Fairfax
Kirkwood Incumbents Re-elected
Incumbents for three expired Kirkwood Community College board terms won in Tuesday’s election. Morris Allen 954 votes Marion route 3 director district 7. Richard Foerstner 1057 votes Iowa City director district 3. Robert Davidson 1649 votes Mechanicsville director district 1.
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Iowa City
Robert Davidson
Mechanicsville
Cedar County
Stolen items and theft reports appear in city briefs
A series of theft notices reported by Linn deputies include a $4500 tractor taken from Fairfax cemetery shed and towed by unknown vehicle, jewelry worth $350 stolen from Rita Wiley’s bedroom, two lawn mowers stolen from Cecil Dennis’s garage, $170 in food stamps stolen from Kathy Harris’s car, and $325 camera equipment taken from Don Wehr’s driveway.
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Linn
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Eighteenth Street
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Fifth Street NW
Kathy Harris
Johnson Avenue
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Shasta Drive
Hiawatha Officers Sued Over $1.5 Million
A Hiawatha couple, Lawrence and Carol Boyd, filed a $1,575,000 suit in Linn district court against the city and officers Michael J. Barry Lyle Rusk and David Saari. They claim illegal entry, assault, and wrongful arrest related to a dog incident on April 27. The suit seeks substantial actual and punitive damages for break in damage assault and arrest with claims of heart condition aggravation. Mrs Boyd was charged with several offenses but allegedly found innocent.
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Linn District Court
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Wulff Resigns House Seat to Lead Grassley Office
Iowa lawmaker Henry Wulff resigns from the House to take over the Waterloo district office for U.S. Senator Grassley. Wulff, a former teacher, will start Oct. 1, triggering a special election. Additional Eastern Iowa vacancies include Sen. Elizabeth Shaw and Rep. Tom Higgins leaving for new posts.
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Weather details and lake level report for Coralville area
Weather summary shows high temperatures Tuesday and overnight lows with precipitation amounts. SE wind at 6 mph at 10 am, sunrise 6 46 and sunset 7 17. Year ago highs 80 and lows 64 with no precipitation. Extended forecast favors showers Friday to Sunday with highs in 70s to low 80s and lows in the 60s. Coralville Lake pool level 683.26.
Court dismisses inmates divorce law challenge
A federal judge dismissed a suit by three Anamosa inmates challenging Iowa no fault divorce on religious grounds. Judge Edward J. McManus called the claim frivolous, ruling the state can regulate marriage and divorce and that no one could be found guilty of adultery under the inmates reading of the Bible.
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Linn District Court
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Reformatory
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Kleiss
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John Long
McManus
Iowa Cities Report Labor Shortage Sparks Job Gaps
Thirty years ago reports from major Iowa cities indicated widespread labor shortages with many job openings unfilled as unemployment remained high in urban areas and employers searched for qualified workers.
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Cedar Rapids Gazette details and subscription rates
The Cedar Rapids Gazette established in 1883 lists address at 500 Third Ave SE Cedar Rapids IA 52406 and outlines subscription prices for carrier and mail editions along with area limitations and AP republication rights.
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Iowa Democrats Fight Change in Caucus Date
Democratic State Chairman Edward Campbell vows to fight a proposal by a national rule making commission to move the Iowa early presidential caucuses after the New Hampshire primary and likely on the same day as other states. He says the change undermines Iowa’s time honored system and could lead to stampeding.
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Edward Campbell
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Births Reported Across Area With Multiple Families
Vital Statistics lists births on Sept 12 and 13 from Mercy St. Luke s and multiple parents across Cedar Rapids Marion Waterloo Hiawatha Central City Vin ton and other locales For a list of names and addresses of the families including Saylor McAleer Olson Kelley Thompson Wilkin Hopker Weiss Boots Anderson Norton Klinger Tippett Hensch Walaska Cole Welter Clark and others and times of incidents such as burned food resuscitation call auto extrication and a child breathing trouble the report cites a 12 32 p m Tuesday entry and other entries at 2 23 p m Tuesday 8 20 p m Tuesday and 8 30 p m Tuesday.
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Timothy R. McAleer
Edgewood Road
Ronald A. Olson
Twenty-fourth Avenue
Marion
Daniel J. Kelley
Sunset Lane
Hiawatha
Gary D. Thompson
K Street
Glen A. Wilkinson
Second Street
Martin Hopker
Vinton
Gerald Weiss
Thirty-second Street
Lynne M. Boots
South Eleventh Street
Sylvia M. Anderson
Waterloo
Charles T. Norton, Jr
Leigh E. Klinger
James E. Tippett
Cynthia A. Hensch
Cedar Rapids
Raymond C. Walaska, Jr
Tracy L. Cole
Stephen L. Welter
Debra L. Clark
Central City
Third Avenue
First Avenue
Lindale Drive
Circle Drive
$1.3 Million Suit Filed in Farm Accident
Steven and Deborah Ries sue Kewanee Machinery and Conveyor Co. for 1.372 million dollars over injuries to their five year old son Robert from a grain auger at a Delaware County farm in November 1976. The petition alleges inadequate shield guarding on the auger intake and seeks 172 thousand for medical and prosthetic costs and 1.2 million for future hardship and expenses. Donald Ries and Lynn Ries were present during the incident.
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Cedar Rapids
Illinois
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Deborah Ries
Robert
Kewanee Grain
Schermann
Dyersville
Kewanee Machinery and Conveyor Company
Chromalloy American Corporation
Kewanee, Il
Delaware County
Donald Ries
Lynn Ries
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