Renovations Boost Vinton Pride Across Town
Mayor Vermedahl notes street signs may go up and benches may be added as paint crews finish fresh lines on wider streets. Eight murals brightened Labor Day weekend, moves planned for visibility. Business owners report revived downtown activity and community pride as theaters, courthouses, and shops receive updates.
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Dave Vermedahl
Dave
Vinton
John Ketchen
Bank
Highway 150
First Avenue
John Clingman
Clingman Pharmacy
John
Walt
Sheryl Peter
Dorothy Burger
Waterloo
Benton County
Courthouse Square
Second Avenue
Rocks on roof prompt Cedar Rapids roof project
Workers at the downtown Cedar Rapids library used a vacuum to clear rocks from the top of the building ahead of a new roof funded by 245000 dollars in general obligation bonds. The activity produced a rain stick like noise heard by patrons.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Gazette
Water Department
Hornick ruling limits crop damages recovery after flood dam
A District Judge ruled that 12 landowners and Hornick officials cannot recover damages from Woodbury County and its disaster services after a temporary dam flood redirected water onto farmland. Hornick lies about 35 miles south of Sioux City. Local officials seek tighter oversight of city staff sparked by a confrontation at a council meeting where a staffer threw a newspaper at council members.
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Marion
Community
Metro
Linn County
Pam Hinman
Dick Hogan
Cindy Hadish
Frank Gluck
Hornick
Woodbury County
Disaster Services
Dewey J. Gaul
Sioux City
Oskaloosa Herald
New Sharon
Ralph Ihde
Casey's
Ihde
Woman Sues NASCAR Over Farley Speedway Injury
Doris F. Adams of Blue Springs Missouri sues NASCAR and Farley Speedway alleging injuries from being struck by a race car while watching a NASCAR sanctioned race from the infield on September 19 1998.
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Farley
Farley Speedway
Nascar
The
Speedway
Doris F. Adams
Blue Springs
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Fyiowa
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Iowa
Mississippi
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Iowa City
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Hawkeye Downsele Rotcs
Paramount Theatre
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Simon Estes Community Choir
Allen Koepke
African American Historical Museum and Cultural Center of
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