Public forum invites ideas to improve Cedar Rapids
Tonight from 7 to 8 30 p m at the National Czech and Slovak Museum and Library Cedar Rapids residents can share ideas for city improvement. The Gazette sponsors a panel including Jerry Enzler of Americas River in Dubuque Tim Borich an ISU planning professor and Ron Corbett CR Chamber president to speak and take questions.
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Cedar Rapids
National
Czech & Slovak Museum & Library
16Th Ave
The
Gazette
Jerry Enzler
Dubuque
Tim Borich
Iowa State University
Ron Corbett
Cedar Rapids Area
California man sentenced for threat letter and bank fraud
Donald Snyder 28 of Riverside received two years three months in federal prison after being convicted of sending a threatening letter with a bullet to a Cedar Falls man in December 2000 and using the victim's credit card to buy two handguns. He must pay 1621 dollars in fines and serve three years of supervised release after release.
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Donald Snyder
Riverside
Cedar Falls
Snyder
College Community approves school bid for Prairie Ridge
The College Community school board approved Rathje Construction Co. of Marion to perform site work on the new Prairie Ridge elementary school. The $694,591 bid was $248,453 below the district’s $943,045 estimate, with six bids total and even the highest bid under budget. Rathje will handle excavation grading sewer and water main work. Construction starts in two weeks.
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Postville Suspect Held After Laundry Stabbing
Omar Flores an 18 year old Postville resident is jailed in Clayton County on an attempted murder charge for stabbing Julien and Efrain Vega at a Postville coin operated laundry around 130 am Sunday. Efrain Vega was treated and released while Julien Vega underwent surgery in La Crosse Wisconsin and is listed in stable condition after the hospital call in Waukon.
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Omar Flores
Postville
Clayton County
Flores
Julien
Efrain Vega
Julien Vega
la Crosse
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Waukon
Seminar at Fayette County Courthouse Focuses on Meth Dangers
A 7 tonight seminar at the Fayette County Courthouse explores methamphetamine hazards. Sponsored by the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, Fayette County Emergency Management, and Oelwein police, the one hour session invites attendees to call (563) 422-3614 for details.
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Panel upholds deputy's firing in Iowa case
The Jones County Civil Service Commission upheld Sheriff Mark Denniston's firing of Deputy Tommy Lee Wink 48 for dereliction of duty and dishonorable conduct. The order cites improper service of papers and later sexual misconduct with a 16 year old Monticello boy during a court summons. Wink admitted the acts in an August interview.
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Jones County Civil Service Commission
Mark Denniston
Tommy Lee Wink
Wink
Monticello
Denniston
Civil Service Commission
Allen Conrad
Phil Andrews
William Aitchison
Larry Hedlund
Airport speeds up parking plans
The Cedar Rapids Airport Commission sets October 9 for a public hearing on plans to add 426 parking spaces after the short term lot was closed due to federal security rules after 9/11. A base contract covers 320 spaces north of the existing long term lot and an alternate bid adds 106 spaces east of it.
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George C. Ford
Iowa
Larry Mullendore
Commission
Sierra Club weighs Cedar Rapids candidates for environmental stands
Cedar Rapids Sierra Club members scrutinize 17 City Hall candidates for environmental alignment. A Beems Auditorium forum drew about 125 attendees as the group considers endorsements next week while noting incumbents largely back the $86 million Highway 100 extension, which faces opposition over a preserve and butterfly habitat. The primary is Oct. 9 and the general election is Nov. 6.
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Cedar Rapids
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Iowa Department of Transportation
Cedar River
Pentagon attack echoes through Iowa delegation visit
Sally and John Falk of West Union and their Iowa auto-dealer delegation were in Washington when two planes hit New York and a third struck the Pentagon. They fled, rented vehicles, and drove home after witnessing the attack. John, a Naval Intern, later returned to work as firefighters battled debris and fires.
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Fayette County
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Washington, D.C
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West Union
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Jefferson High School
Cedar Rapids
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Washington
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John
World Trade Center
New York City
Sumner
National Automobile Dealers Association
New York
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