Business owner questions parking lot paving zoning ruling
Cedar Rapids area debate centers on whether a new Sixth Street Sale Barn must pave its gravel lot. Bill Fritz seeks a commercial rezoning for 5716 Sixth St. SW and faces a city engineer condition requiring hard surface paving to reduce dust. The Zoning Committee backs the rezoning but will advise on a paving variance route.
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Nancy Stevens
Ete
Sealcote
Cedar Rapids
Bill Fritz
Sixth Street
Sixth St
Fritz
Butterball Pomeranian Terrier Mix Seeks Adoptive Home
Butterball a 6 month old male Pomeranian terrier mix has had initial distemper and parvovirus vaccines and first deworming. He is housebroken good with children and ready for adoption at Linn County Humane Shelter on Mount Vernon Road SE for a 42 dollar fee plus license.
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Linn County
Mount Vernon Road
Certified mail cuts Linn County food stamp losses
Linn County drops in stamp losses since switching to certified mail for monthly food stamp delivery. About 75 percent of recipients, or 4485 people in Cedar Rapids–Marion area, receive stamps by signed-for mail, cutting losses from $100k–$120k a month to $5k–$6k.
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Vanessa Shelton
Linn County
Edith Pruismann
Linn Financial
Iowa Department of Human Services
Linn Board of Social Welfare
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Prussmann
Loren Jansa
DHS
Pruismann
Linn County cracks down on rent aid double dipping
Linn County General Relief tightens rules after finding multiple adults in a single household may claim three month rent aid in two separate cycles. Kris Lint said investigations are under way, with families potentially required to repay about $400 and possible prosecution. A computer system is planned to streamline verification shared with Health Services and Veterans Assistance.
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Linn County General Relief
Kris Lint
Lint
Linn Board of Social Welfare
General Relief Office
Board of Social Services and
General Assistance
Code of
Iowa
Social Welfare Board
Health Services
Veterans Assistance
400 Third Ave. SE
Cedar Rapids Eighth Avenue connector questioned over agreement
City officials question whether a written agreement exists with the state on the Eighth Avenue connector. Officials seek new traffic counts and need for the four block road to I 380, with fair land acquisition costs and potential future use under review.
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Ry Dick Hogan
Cedar Rapids
State
Eighth Avenue
Third Street
Sixth Avenue
First Avenue
13Th Street
Bergen
Mel Meyer
Ransom
Wilson
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Avenue 1
L Street 1
Woman 80 Injured In Cedar Rapids Two Car Crash
An 80 year old woman, Valda Barber of Wyoming, is in serious condition after a two car collision in Cedar Rapids Tuesday afternoon. Myra Nalley, 74, of Oxford Junction drove westbound and turned left, fronting an eastbound car driven by Mary Anderson, 19, of Marion. Both Nalley and Anderson were treated for minor injuries and released. The accident remains under investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Valda Barber
Wyoming
Iowa
St. Luke's Hospital
Myra Nalley
Oxford Junction
Barber
Nalley
Seventh Street
Mary Anderson
Anderson
St. Luke’s
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