Corridor Mercy Medical Center names new chief medical officer
Dr. Mark Valliere is appointed chief medical officer succeeding Dr. Curt Reynolds who retired this summer. Valliere previously served as vice president of Medical Affairs at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau Missouri since 2005 and earlier held positions at Trinity Regional Health System in Rock Island and Medical Arts Associates in Illinois. He completed his residency at University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1986 and earned a graduate degree at Tulane University.
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Mercy Medical Center
Mark Valliere
Valliere
University of Iowa
Curt Reynolds
St. Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau
Trinity Regional Health System
Rock Island
Ill
Moline
Medical Arts Associates, Ltd
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Tulane University
New Orleans
Interstate 380 ramps to stay closed into next week
The Iowa Department of Transportation says two I 380 ramps just east of the Cedar River will remain closed into next week. The northbound entrance ramp from First Street NE and the southbound Exit 20 A remain shut while nearby city streets opened. Lindner Painting, Inc. of Lincoln Nebraska handles the $500 000 project.
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Cedar River
Iowa Department of Transportation
First Street
Lindner Painting, Inc
Lincoln
Nebraska
Iowa City to Demolish Fire Station 2 and Build New Unit
The Iowa City Fire Department will demolish Fire Station 2 at 301 Emerald St to make way for a new 10 300 square foot station on the same site at an estimated cost of 1 9 million. The new station should open between late July and fall next year. Interim fire and emergency services will operate from a manufactured home at 1200 S Riverside Dr with temporary living and business quarters while the adjoining public works building is retrofitted to house the fire apparatus.
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Iowa City Fire Department
Emerald St
S. Riverside Dr
City Public Works
City Council to vote on smoking in public places resolution
The council will vote on a proposal urged by CAFE Iowa CAN to seek state permission for local control over public smoking. The group pushes all cities to back the measure urging the Legislature and Gov Culver to allow local bans, noting Iowa City’s 2001 ban and its 2003 repeal after a Supreme Court ruling.
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Cafe Iowa
Iowa Citizen Action Network
CAFE
Chet Culver
Iowa City
Supreme Court
Ames
Toddler Cayden Adair begins word after I 80 crash
Two year old Cayden Adair suffered brain and limb injuries when a two vehicle crash on Interstate 80 near Oxford killed his mother Heather Adair and Dolores Pierce. He has started therapy at ChildServe and can stand and blow bubbles though he still wears a neck brace.
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Jennifer
the Gazette
Cayden Adair
Poppa
Britt Adair
Altoona
Cayden
Clive
Oxford
Heather Adair
Dolores Pierce
Iowa State Patrol
Pierce
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Adair
ChildServe
Johnston
Adair Sai
More funding boosts vertical infrastructure improvement
Harpers Ferry reports a jump in major maintenance funding for West Virginia state buildings. The Vertical Infrastructure Advisory Committee notes the $40 million annual appropriation for 2008 and 2009 begins tackling a $470 million deferred backlog across 972 buildings operated by 12 agencies.
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Orian Love
Gazette
Harpers Ferry
Luster Heights Camp
Department of Corrections
Cal
Holland
MidAmerican Energy seeks electric and gas franchises in Iowa City
After years of debate Iowa City moves toward granting MidAmerican Energy electric and natural gas franchises for 10 year terms with renewal options. City Council may set hearings for Oct 2 as part of a process that follows a failed 2005 push for a city run utility and a four year voting ban under state law.
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Iowa City
MidAmerican Energy Co
MidAmerican
Dale Helling
City
Citizens For Public Power
Iowa
Steam engine a centerpiece of 26th Plagman Barn Show
The Northeast Iowa Farm and Antique Association builds a 35 acre historic village around the Plagman Barn. A 100 horsepower steam engine from Guttenberg’s canning era is being restored after the group bought it for 2250 dollars at a Wellman auction. The event runs today through Sunday from 6 am to 5 pm with live music, games, shootouts, tractor pulls, flea market, and a swap meet. Jim Tibbett leads the group as they pursue operation of old equipment. The trio toured Garber and Guttenberg areas amid questions about the original canning company.
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Arber
Plagman
Northeast Iowa Farm and Antique Association
Guttenberg Corn Canning
Clayton County Road
Garber
Guttenberg
Dave Rasdal
Gazette
Jim Tibbott
Greeley
Larry Borcherding
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