Cedar Rapids council blocks plan to remove fire training captain rank
Safety Commissioner Floyd Bergen announced the ordinance failed to gain a second reading, preserving Ron McLain’s position and delaying the shift to line lieutenant. Fire chief Edsel McMickle defended the proposal as boosting firefighting staff efficiency despite union opposition and morale concerns.
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Dick Hogan
Floyd Bergen
Cedar Rapids
Bergen
Don Canney
Ron McLain
Edsel McMickle
Schwarz
Bob Carson
Hawkeye
McLain
McMickle
North English officials clash over taxes and spending
State Rep. Phil Tyrrell urged restraint on state spending at a Republican Women’s Club gathering in North English, arguing against further tax hikes and warning about revenue declines. The roundup also lists upcoming forums in Mount Vernon and local drunk driving arrests, library donations, and a theft report in Cedar Rapids.
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Phil Tyrrell
North English
Iowa County Republican Women's Club
Tyrrell
Robert M.L. Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Mount Vernon
Richard Jenkins
Iowa
Physicians For Social Responsibility
Mount Vernon Middle School
Mount Vernon Fellowship For Peace
Jenkins
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Gayla Newmeister
Marsha Acord
Johnson County
Michael Andrew Caufield
E Ave
Park Road
Dubuque Street
Fred Vincent Clinton
Second St
Iowa State Patrol
Karen Kaye Simpson
North Liberty
Riverside Drive
Larry G. Brenneman
Thief Steals Air Tools from Rural Toddville Building
Linn County sheriff reports say tools were taken from an unlocked rural Toddville building last weekend. Larry Baker of Route 1 Toddville told deputies a grinder two sanders and a file valued at 975 dollars were stolen.
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Toddville
Linn County Sheriff's
Larry Baker
Route 1
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Jim Miller
Bill Schwarz
Fire Department
Japan
Hong Kong
Tyrrell Talk
Nuke Forum
Pineview Drive
Gilbert
Burlington
Association For Retarded Citizens
Geri Pettitt
Dick Beavers
Kay Pitlik
Scott Seibert
Dotty Cummins
Sharon Wetherell
Craig Harwood
Americana Healthcare Center
First Ave. NE
San
Holland Orchard & Nursery
Hwy
Dial
TTSA
Nat
Atarer
U.S
Marc
Wty
Soo
Highway 149
Westdale Mall
First Avenue SE
Lindale Mall
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