Coralville delays hotel funding vote on convention center plan
Coralville postponed a vote on 33 million in annual appropriation notes for a 63.2 million convention center and hotel project amid legal concerns. Groundwork will start soon, but most financing must wait. the city skirts debt limits via notes, with a pending lawsuit involving Kinseth Hospitality. Mayor Jim Fausett said the project is not delayed but will proceed after the suit settles.
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City hotel project sued over state-law violation
A Johnson County District Court suit challenges building a city owned hotel at the Inside Inn site near Interstate 80 and First Avenue, with Tim Oswald of U S Bancorp Piper Jaffray warning delays could trigger a city financial crisis as consultants report to the council.
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Iowa to receive first zoo raised trumpeter swan Bruiser
Debbie Talbott, an animal keeper from Washington DC, will send Bruiser the 25-pound trumpeter swan raised at the Smithsonian National Zoo to Iowa for the swan restoration project. Bruiser, hatched in May, joins 14 other zoo raised swans to winter at sites across Iowa. Ron Andrews notes Iowa started using zoo raised swans in 1997 and now collaborates with about a dozen zoos. Bruiser should mature in three years and may bond with a wild swan.
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Gazette
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Washington, D.C
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Smithsonian
National Zoological Park
Osceola
Debbie Talbott
Zoo
Talbott
Ron Andrews
Department of Natural Resources
Towa
Andrews
National Zoo
Iowans Hold Mortgages Longer in 2000 Census Report
A U S Census Bureau release shows Iowans paid off 37.2 percent of homes in 2000, down from 44.2 percent in 1990, amid nationwide declines due to refinancing fueled by low rates and easy credit. Wells Fargo’s Jay Tapper notes second mortgages funded additions and college costs, with equity as a main asset.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Ern
Iowa
Children’s College
Tapper
West
Municipal Power Study Prompts Iowa City Debate
A Cedar Rapids firm’s report for the Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities says Iowa City could save millions, possibly over 80 million in 25 years, with a municipal utility. MidAmerican Energy questions the calculations as City Council weighs options after a 15-year MidAmerican franchise expired in 2001. Mayor Ernie Lehman notes a formal two-year study may follow.
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Zack Kucharski
Gazette
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Six claim to be Americans among detainees in Iraq
Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski said six detainees claim U.S. citizenship and two claim British nationality among security detainees held in Baghdad. They are suspected of involvement in guerrilla attacks against coalition forces and are being interrogated by military intelligence amid a broader pool of hundreds of third-country nationals. Details remain limited for security reasons.
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Iraq
U.S
Janis Karpinski
Baghdad
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