Hiawatha annexation vote slated after board approval
Voters in Hiawatha and about 120 acres face a likely November 6 election on involuntary annexation after the Iowa City Development Board approved the request. Cedar Rapids and Robins dispute ongoing plans as Pruss appeals the decision. The combined vote will decide whether the area near Interstate 380 joins Hiawatha.
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Dick Hogan Gazette
Hiawatha
Cedar Rapids
Robins
State City Development Board
Francis Pruss
Scholer
Pruss
Iowa Supreme Court
Cedar Rapids weighs plan to add police and fire staff
Public Safety Commissioner David Zahn outlines a decade long plan to add 20 police officers and 24 firefighters. He cites staff needs for a new fire station at E Avenue and 80th Street NW and four firefighters per truck. He notes current staffing and a 11 percent population growth trend, while the council trimmed posts earlier this year.
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Cedar Rapids
David Zahn
Zahn
E Avenue
80Th Street
Flesh-eating disease claims Des Moines woman
Des Moines woman Jackie Coleene Helden Brand 59 died Sunday from necrotizing fasciitis, a rare deadly flesh eating infection. She is the third Iowan to die this year from the ailment and the sixth in four years.
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Des Moines
Jackie Coleene Helden
Brand
Iowa Methodist Medical Center
Poccollia Daisy Ware
Patricia Quinlisk
Harkin announces USDA grants to Iowa producers
The U S Department of Agriculture awards over 2.4 million dollars to five Iowa independent commodity producers. Grant program aims to develop value added products and improve rural communities. Recipients include Biomass Agri-Products Harlan Premium Pork Clive Iowa Quality Beef Supply Network Ames Midwest Grain Processors Hanlontown American Natural Soy Processors Hartley.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Iowa
Tom Harkin
Harkin
Senate Agriculture Committee
The
Agriculture Department
Biomass Agri- Products
Harlan
Premium Pork Company
Clive
Quality Beef Supply Network, LLC
Ames
Midwest Grain Processors Cooperative
Hanlontown
American Natural Soy Processors, LLC
Hartley
NICC approves equipment bid for robotic arms
Northeast Iowa Community College board approved a 26 140 bid from Rixon Associates Dayton for vertically articulated robotic arms for the integrated manufacturing program at Peosta Campus. Enrollment rose 4 percent with 2 128 students at Peosta and 1 493 at Calmar. Faculty and staff pay packages rose 2 and 2 75 percent respectively.
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Peosta
Northeast Iowa Community College Board of Trustees
Rixon Associates
Dayton
Ohio
NICC
Parents urge action on Wilkins kindergarten class size
A Linn-Mar parents group with 35 members pressed the school board over 25 students in each of Wilkins Elementary's two kindergarten rooms. They urged hiring another full time teacher to create three classes or a half time teacher to split duties, while district officials review the matter. The board re-elected Tom Manor as president and Erik Miles as vice president for 2001-02.
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Marion
Linn-Mar
Wilkins
Chris Turner
Winchester
Joe Pacha
Tom Manor
Erik Miles
Linn Court News: Cedar Rapids Felony Pleas and Sentences
Linn District Court action includes multiple guilty pleas and sentences. Eric J. Owens received deferred judgment for marijuana possession, while Jeffrey Montgomery and Charles Wise pleaded to lesser theft charges. Brandon Driscoll and Shaun Phelan faced fines and probation for burglary related offenses. An Alford plea marked Toyon Valentine’s cocaine case with a two day jail term. Behnke, Siemering, Cunningham, Robinson, Jackson, Gibson, and Sundberg resolved various firearms, domestic abuse, arson, and related charges with fines, jail time, or probation as noted. The report covers incidents in Cedar Rapids and Marion with dates ranging Feb to Apr.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn District Court
Eric J. Owens
Cameo Lane
Owens
Jeffrey D. Montgomery
Charles P. Wise
Montgomery Ward
Wise
Montgomery
Brandon R. Driscoll
Kelly Walters
Driscoll
Phelan
Toyon D. Valentine
Yankton
S.C
Alford
33Rd Avenue SE
Valentine
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Randal Scholer
Linn County Auditor/Elections
Linda Langenberg
Supreme Court
Fort Dodge
Campaign Almanac
Oviatt & Retro
Russ Oviatt
Public Safety
Oviatt
Noelridge Park
Poweshiek
Grinnell
Poweshiek County
Republican Party
Poweshiekgop
Central Committee
Alan Clark
GOP
Quinlisk
Centers For Disease Control
Iova
Heldenbrand
Calmar
Linn-Mar Parents Group
Marion City
Lowe Park
FFA
Linn Court News
Nikki R. Behnke
Collins Community Credit Union
Kevin L. Siemering
Siemering
Willie E. Cunningham
Seventh Street
Cunningham
Royal E. Robinson
Roxanne Cubit
Center Point Road
Robinson
Donald T. Jackson
Pamela Dixon
Jackson
Wayne P. Gibson
Dominion
16Th Avenue
Gibson
Correctional Department
Robert L. Sundberg
Sundberg
Cecil Novak
Double Inn
Ellis Blvd
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