Former Central City teacher admits mail fraud scheme
Joel Alan Widdel, 44, of Oak Grove Missouri, pleaded guilty in U S District Court to one count of mail fraud over selling videotape copies of copyrighted movies and TV programs. He faces up to 250000 dollars in fines or five years in prison or both, with sentencing set for December 3.
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Central City
Joel Alan Widdel
Oak Grove
U.S
Widdel
Canada
Robert Teig
Coggon trio face new charges in drug case
Linn County Attorney files new charges against Alan Henderson 21 Roxann Cubit 26 and dismisses Cory Strauss 21 in a case tied to a drug car raid. Henderson is charged with going armed with intent to commit bodily injury while Cubit faces conspiracy to purchase a controlled substance.
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Linn County
Alan Henderson
Roxann Cubit
Cory Strauss
Henderson
Jeff Clark
Strauss
Cedar Rapids venue bid filed for arson cruelty cases
Two Cedar Rapids men charged with second degree arson and cruelty to animals seek out of county trials claiming publicity would deny a fair trial in Linn County. Both trials are set for October 15 in Linn District Court with Conard seeking Davenport Scott County and Miller seeking Spirit Lake Dickinson County.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
John Gregory Conard
Kenneth J. Miller Jr
Conard
Miller
Linn
Davenport
Scott County
Spirit Lake
Dickinson County
18Th Ave
Coward
Fifth Ave
Fourth Ave
Malaysian official to speak at Cedar Rapids event
Ah-Oon Lay of the Chicago office of the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority will address local officials and business people at Stouffer's Five Seasons Hotel. A reception in Cedars I and II begins at 5 30 p.m. Contacts: Monica Magee.
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Ah-Oon Lay
Chicago
Office of
Malaysian Industrial Development Authority
Stouffer
Five Seasons Hotel
Malaysia
Lay
Cedars I and II
International Trade Bureau
Monica Magee
Linn County Clarifies Meeting on Prime Time Program
At 7 p.m. Thursday a meeting is set for a broader group of parents at the Cedar Rapids Educational Service Center 346 Second Ave SW. It covers the Prime Time Program for first and second graders, superseding the ELP in those grades while ELP remains in higher grades.
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Cedar Rapids Community Schools
Second Ave
Cedarapids Inc Shuts Down Temporarily At Iowa Plant
Rumors spread that Cedarapids Inc a Raytheon unit and former Iowa Manufacturing Co would close in October but sources say the shutdown will last one week. The company plans to install new computer equipment during the interruption. Officials and union leaders had no comment. Cedarapids makes road building equipment.
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Cedarapids Inc
Cedarapids
Raytheon Corp
Iowa Manufacturing Co
Cedar Rapids weighs bond for new police station
City officials consider a multi million dollar bond to fund a new police facility as space issues and aging infrastructure strain operations. The ad hoc committee led by Tom Zenisek aims to recommend location, size, funding sources, and costs by September 1991 for potential council approval.
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Jeff Burnham
Cedar Rapids
Tom Zenisek
Dan Quayle
Zenisek
John Zenisek
Smith
J.D. Smith
Committee of
Jon Janda
Gary Pribyl
Gerald Powers
Julie Sawyers
Ole Munson
Ken Slaughter
Gene Kopecky
Peter Jacobs
Tom Ecker
Nancy Evans
Rich Herbst
St Luke's Gift Doubles Youtheatre Budget For 1990-91
St Luke's Hospital contributes 15000 dollars and in kind gifts to Youtheatre, nearly doubling its budget and making St Luke's the corporate sponsor for the 1990 91 season. Youtheatre plans Cinderella and The Wind in the Willows on the main stage at Theatre Cedar Rapids with expanded scenery and lighting. Calliope will expand to 12 schools as part of a broader season including classes workshops a summer camp and touring troupes.
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Dee Ann Rexroat
Youtheatre
Diana Nollen
Theatre Cedar Rapids
TCR
Cedar Rapids
Willows
Calliope
St. Luke’s
Hasley Proposes Tunnel Plan For Highway 30 Fog
Republican Iowa Senate candidate Andy Hasley proposed a half mile tunnel to fix visibility problems on Highway 30 near the ADM Corn Sweeteners plant. The Cedar Rapids meeting drew 14 attendees and included discussion of detours, lighting, and warning speed signs.
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John Kirsch
ADM
Andy Hasley
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Prairie Junior High School
Hasley
Wally Horn
JoRetta Veverka
Iowa Department of Transportation
Horn
Cedar Rapids Scrutiny Grows Over Crippen Recycling Venture
Crippen and his Home Metal Recyclers face a formal solid waste ordinance in Cedar Rapids limiting curbside recyclers to licensed haulers with a $30 annual fee. City officials cite safety and cost goals while Crippen frames the rule as unfair monopolization and cites the Kissinger precedent to argue for curbside access.
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Sazette
Crippen
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Dick Gates
City Sanitation Department
Gates
Henry Kissinger
U.S
Marion
Jeff Schott
Kissinger
Schott
David McGuire
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Cedar Rapids Cedarapids Inc
Bob Jaeger
Lucky Awards and Engraving Inc
Police Department
St. Luke’s Gift
Don Crippen
Gazette
Todd McIntorf
Hiawatha
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