Linn County Fair seeks bigger share of county funds
Linn County Fair Association asks the Linn County Board of Supervisors for an equal share of tax funds with the All Iowa Fair to support the Central City fairgrounds and upkeep. They note 1986 non livestock exhibits from Cedar Rapids Marion dominated participation and cite needed repairs and a new food stand costing about 30 000, with potential a 5 000 boost to 25 000 next year.
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Dick Hogan
Iette
Linn County Fair Association
Central City
Linn
Association
Cedar Rapids
Future Farmers of America
Linn County
Leon Soukup
Cedar Rapids Fair
Willard Goodlove
Goodlove
Cedar Rapids-Marion
Ken Schriner
All- Iowa Fair Board
Jean Oxley
Board of Health
Soukup
Area colleges report mixed Linn County enrollment changes
Enrollment gains at Cornell College in Mount Vernon and Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids contrast with declines at Coe College and Kirkwood Community College. Coe shows a 1.9 percent drop due to nursing program changes. Cornell up 67 to 1168. Kirkwood fall term headcount 6308, with gains in vocational enrollment but declines in arts and sciences. Mount Mercy up to 1325 marking 17 straight years of growth.
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Gazette
John McIvor
Collie-Lab
Linn County Humane Society
Kurt Rogahn
Linn County
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Mount Mercy
Cedar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Coe College
St. Luke’s Hospital
Coe
Hospital
Kirkwood
Mount Mercy College
Tama County to depose Cherry Mansion case figures
Tama County supervisors authorized attorney Carlton Salmons to seek depositions from Gladys Cherry Elliott her grandsons Derb Cherry and Jeff Wheeler Cedar Rapids attorney Dennis Currell and the Tesars Tom and Delores Tesars in lawsuits over the 1985 Cherry Mansion tax sale and parcel.
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Toledo
Des Moines
Carlton Salmons
Tama County
Cherry Mansion
Salmons
Brent Heeren
Iowa
Gladys Cherry Elliott
Derb Cherry
Jeff Wheeler
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Currell
Tom and
Delores Tesar
Elliott
Tesars
Cherry
Tama
Juvenile placed on probation for assault on elderly man
A 15 year old Cedar Rapids boy was placed on probation after pleading delinquent for assault causing bodily injury to 79 year old Joe Murdock. Murdock died about a month later though authorities say the death was not linked to the June attack.
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Cedar Rapids
Joe Murdock
Murdock
First St. SE
Linn
Three charged in Coe College car break-ins
Coe College security spotted Terri Hough-Shepherd 20 Melissa Patterson 19 and Tyrone Green 19 in a college parking lot around 1 30 a m. Police found pliers a flashlight and stolen stereo equipment after three cars were broken into and dash stereo parts removed. Victims were students Timothy Dill Brian Graves and Andre Blake. Patterson and Hough Shepherd released without bond Patterson and Green face court appearances.
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Coe College
Terri Hough-Shepherd
Melissa Patterson
Tyrone Green
17Th St
Coe
Paul Clark
First Ave
Clark
Hough- Shepherd and Patterson
Green
Timothy Dill
Brian Graves
Andre Blake
Patterson
Hough Shepherd
Department of Correctional Services
Toddville to Get Sign From I 380 Exit
State Rep. Doris Peick announced a new directional sign for Toddville at the Linn County Road E-34 exit off I 380. The sign, long requested, was blocked by IDOT due to Toddville being unincorporated. District Engineer Bob Henely said the policy change allows the sign and it should be up within two weeks.
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Toddville
Linn County Road
Doris Peick
Iowa Department of Transportation
Peick
IDOT
Bob Henely
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the Gazette
Sylvia Lewis
Benton County Conservation Board
Vinegar Lake
Russ Grime
Mount Auburn
Brandon
Ilten’s Inc
Second Ave
Sien’s
Dart Journey
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Jane Boyd
Dows Charitable Trust
Linda Winston
Trust
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