Wal-Mart blocked from filling flood plain for Decorah site
A judge halted Wal-Mart from filling the Upper Iowa River flood plain for a Decorah supercenter and denied a bond to cover delays. Residents challenge the DNR permit and city approval, with hearings set in Des Moines and Winneshiek County.
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Wal- Mart
Department of Inspections and Appeals
Winneshiek County
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Iowa River
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Iowa Department of Inspections and Appeals
Priester
Centrum Plaza
Karl Knudson
Decorah City
Education gains demand for passion and national standards
Janet Borholm reports Marilyn Whirry, 2000 National Teacher of the Year, urged Cedar Rapids audiences to boost student passion and parent involvement while supporting national standards. Whirry, a 35 year veteran and NAGB member, spoke at Coe College noting education enters a new era amid varied presidential plans.
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Janet Borholm
S.am
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Marilyn Whirry
Whirry
Coe College
Manhattan Beach
Calif
Cedar Rapids approves tennis center plan at Cleveland Park
City Council plans a 50 147 contract with Brown Healey Stone Sauer for a Tennis Center Complex at Cleveland Park to accompany a 14 million stadium project. A 450000 budget funds 10 tennis courts and a club house with additional courts to be funded by grants and private donations.
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Brown, Healey, Stone & Sauer, PC
Cleveland Park
Douglas Neumann
Neumann
Veterans Memorial Stadium
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Lyle Hanson
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club
GOP education plan targets early literacy and postsecondary tracking
The plan calls periodic school visits every five years to observe teaching methods and places third graders needing reading help in intensive phonics programs. It advocates refining high school offerings based on graduates’ college performance and tracking students after graduation to gauge readiness for college coursework. Republicans will meet with Gov. Vilsack to forge bipartisan educator pay reform for rural Iowa, acknowledging it will be difficult but essential.
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Siegrist
Tom Vilsack
Iowa
Gazette
Rod Boshart
Veterans golf outing at Quail Creek honors WWII vets
Navy veteran David Dehner from Burlington recalls blindness affects his swing while he hit a birdie. Cedar Rapids volunteer Jason Clements praises the veterans’ joy and year after year camaraderie. Air Force veteran Jim Grabowski from Vermillion says one good hit isn’t enough to win. Chicago World War II veteran Henry Solomon counts his fourth TEE tournament visit and praises the friendly driving range crowd.
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Henry Solomon
Chicago
Cedar Rapids bank robbery suspect linked to Sioux City case
Anthony C Flowers, 47, suspected in a Cedar Rapids United Security Savings robbery, is also wanted for an earlier Sioux City First National Bank heist. FBI confirms Flowers, armed and dangerous, with multiple aliases and tattoos. Authorities note a rising Eastern Iowa bank robbery trend with 15 incidents in 1999.
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Steve Gravelle
Wette Star
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Anthony C
Flowers
First National Bank
Scott Jennings
FBI
United Security Savings
Edgewood Rd
Jennings
Tony
Curt Flowers
Tony Williams
Andy Flowers
Anthony Redwing
Larry Holmquist
Omaha
Holmquist
Iowa
Hiawatha man faces charge for leaving accident scene
Jeffrey A. Strausser, 37, of 4020 Flickertail Lane, was charged with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident after his car went off Miller Road NE before 3 am on Sept. 8. A passenger, Michael Kreassig, 35, of Hiawatha, was found injured in a ditch. Strausser was released after a court appearance.
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Steve Gravelle
Sazette
Jeffrey A. Strausser
Flickertail Lane
Strausser
Miller Road
Kreassig
Re Center
Fire at Vito's restaurant in Iowa City causes major damage
A Monday morning fire at Vito's on the Pedestrian Mall caused about 85 000 in damage. Fire Marshal Roger Jensen said sprinklers in the kitchen and prep area controlled the blaze, reducing losses. the restaurant had updated its sprinkler system during a recent renovation.
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Roger Jensen
Jensen
Vito
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