Cedar Rapids approves 890000 stadium design contract
The Cedar Rapids City Council approved an $890,000 contract with Heinlein Schrock Architects of Kansas City to design the new baseball stadium, partnering with Leo Peiffer Architects of Cedar Rapids. The fee is not to be exceeded and the project used a qualifications based interview process, with public bidding reserved for construction.
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Kansas City
Heinlein Schrock Architects
Leo Peiffer Architects
Lyle Hanson
Fire damages Pierce Lumber warehouse in Belle Plaine
Fire officials say arson caused heavy damage to the Pierce Lumber Inc. warehouse in Belle Plaine on Tuesday. State Fire Marshal investigators collected samples Wednesday as firefighters removed burning bundles and cooled the site. remaining lumber suffered smoke and water damage.
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Pierce Lumber Inc
Belle Plaine
Russ Spading
Write-ins delay results in Vinton-Shellsburg school race
Vinton-Shellsburg voters await final school board results as Benton County Board of Supervisors canvass Friday. Unofficial counts show Mary Coots 14 and Gerald Horst 11 in one race, with three absentee ballots and one challenged ballot to decide. Incumbent Sainsbury leads Reifenstahl 833 to 202. Voter turnout was higher than usual and lines formed at polling places.
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Vinton-Shellsburg
Benton County Board of Supervisors
Mary Coots
Gerald Horst
Coots
Horst
Sainsbury
Alberta Reifenstahl
Reifenstahl
Edleon City Bid Unfolds Before Des Moines Board
Des Moines City Development Board weighs incorporation of Edleon in Johnson County on 126 acres near Swisher. Property owner David Paula argues for creation of the new city named from his parents. Approval requires six resident signatures plus opposition from county offices.
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Des Moines
Johnson County
David Paula
Iowa City
Edleon
Paula
Edward
Leona
Swisher
Planning and Zoning Department
Engineering Department
Attorney's Office
Board of Supervisors
Marion school board to send improvement plan to state
The Marion Independent School District will submit a Comprehensive School Improvement Plan for 2000 to 2004 aimed at yearly growth in reading and math for all students. Facilitator Jill Olsen-Virlee presented the plan, which the board unanimously approved, with a filing deadline this Friday.
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Marion Independent School Board
Marion
Jill Olsen-Virlee
OSHA cuts fines after Cedar Rapids worker death
OSHA reduced Cedar Rapids Water Pollution Control fines from 219000 to 78000 after investigating the May 16 death of Donald J. Murphy, 44, of Ely from hydrogen sulfide poisoning. The city kept 24 violations but saw smaller per-violation penalties. Mary Bryant said penalties aim to prevent repeats and not just raise revenue.
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OSHA
Bryant
Murphy
Ely
Artisans craft inert paper for historic U S Charters display
University of Iowa Center for the Book, led by Tim Barrett and Lynn Amlie, made special cotton-fiber paper for the Charters of Freedom. They will unveil page two of the Constitution in a new titanium case in Washington, noting the paper lasts at least a century and helps control display moisture.
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Lynn Amiie
University of Iowa Center
Tim Barrett
UICB
Oakdale
Sacette
OWA City
University of Iowa Center For the Book
United States
Lynn Amlie
Amlie
Barrett
Washington
Constitution
National Archives and Records Administration
Defense seeks outside expert in Memmer case fire evidence
Attorneys for Jonathan Lee Memmer push for an independent expert to appraise evidence from the March 1999 fire in which Memmer is accused of burning two women's bodies. Judge Remley allowed defense access to DCI accreditation documents and related materials, including DNA tests, photographs, notes, fingerprints, and gasoline test results.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Jonathan Lee Memmer
Memmer
Edward Leff
Department of Criminal Investigations
Leff
Johnson
DCI
Remley
Des Moines
Mercy unveils Chest Pain ER to speed heart diagnosis
Mercy Medical Center introduces a Chest Pain ER concept to accelerate diagnosis and treatment of heart attack symptoms through improved coordination between emergency physicians and cardiologists, immediate tests, updated monitoring, and redesigned ER space. St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore originated the concept, now spreading nationwide.
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Vascular Services
Mark Pospisil
Mercy
St. Agnes Hospital
Baltimore
United States
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