Corridor meeting on flood protection scheduled
An informational meeting on the Army Corps of Engineers flood protection plan for Cedar Rapids is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza Five Seasons Hotel ballroom. Corps officials will present the plan and city officials will discuss preferred flood management strategy. Information and copies are available by email, phone, or online.
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Five Seasons
First Ave
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Three men arrested after loaded handgun and meth found
Officers stopped a suspicious vehicle on Center Point Road NE and pursued it after eluding police. A loaded 9 mm handgun and 27 ounces of crystal meth were found in the vehicle. Driver William DeJesus Jr. and passengers Fernando Sanchez and Rafael Alegria-Ugalde were charged with possession with intent to deliver while armed. All three placed in Linn County Jail.
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Center Point Road NE
William DeJesus Jr
Cedar Rapids
Fernando Sanchez
Wheat Ridge
Colo
Rafael Alegria-Ugalde
Denver
DeJesus
Linn
Gazette Tips Line For Reporters And Subscribers
A reader instruction item invites readers to call Cedar Rapids numbers to share tips for stories and photos and provides separate subscribe lines for subscriptions and tips. The notice emphasizes direct contact with Gazette reporters through provided telephone numbers.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Time Check Park Recreation Center Faces Flood Recovery Debate
Cedar Rapids officials weigh options for Time Check Park center after the 2008 flood. The wrecked recreation building is 20 percent cleared, boarded up, and could be replaced at its site with flood protections. FEMA funding and three replacement plans for the center and the library are under review.
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Cedar Rapids
Rob Wagner
Parks and Recreation Department
Wagner
Lina
Galvin
FEMA
Greg Eyerly
Eyerly
Constitution Day at City High Celebrates Founding Era Fun
City High School marked the 223rd anniversary of the Constitution with a staff dress-up day. Teachers portrayed Founding Fathers and Eliza Pinckney while students solved a schoolwide Guess Who game and learned about U.S. history as part of social studies goals.
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Bill McTaggart
City High School
McTaggart
James Madison
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U.S
Robert Byrd
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Byrd
Iowa
Watkins-Miller
Scott Jespersen
Northwest Junior High School
Coralville
Iowa City
Jespersen
Jeanine Redlinger
Redlinger
Eliza Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
Gouverneur Morris
George
Dey
Jissele Verdiner
Carrie Watson
Martha Washington
Constitutional Congress
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