Cedar Rapids Seeks Safe Routes funds for school sidewalks
The City Council and Cedar Rapids school district plan to apply for the Safe Routes to School program to fund sidewalks around Cleveland and Garfield elementary schools. Statewide funds total 1 million dollars with Cleveland priced at 93240 and Garfield at 110970. A separate note warns southwest Cedar Rapids residents of a loud venting noise from steam line work near the Prairie Creek power plant between 7 am and 4 pm for two to three hours.
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Cedar Rapids
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Garfield
Alliant Energy
Prairie Creek
C Street
Scott Drzycimski
Drzycimski
Iowa property tax deadline extended due to weekend
All Iowa property taxes and mobile home taxes must be paid by Monday to avoid penalties. The first half is due Sept 1 or by Sept 30 to avoid 1.5 percent penalties, but Sept 30 is a Saturday so the next working day applies. Payments may be delivered to the Treasurer's Office or postmarked by Monday, with ongoing 1.5 percent monthly interest if unpaid. Online payment options are provided at two Iowa tax sites.
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Iowa
Iowataxandtags.com
Iowatreasurers. Org
Absentee Ballots Available for Nov 7 General Election
Absentee ballots go live at county auditors offices today. Voters can request by mail using an Official Absentee Ballot Request Form from the auditor or the county website in some areas. The deadline to request by mail is Nov 3. Ballots may be picked up in person at the auditor’s office until the Monday before Election Day. Call the county auditor with questions.
Demolition Ends Era for Alpha Chi Omega House
In Iowa City the Alpha Chi Omega sorority house, damaged by the April tornado, was torn down after 55 years. About 50 current members and alumnae watched as an excavator reduced the building to debris, signaling a stark end to a local landmark. No members were seriously hurt.
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Gregg Hennigan
Vazette Owa
Elsie Foerstner
Alpha Chi Omega
Foerstner
Iowa City
E. Washington St
Taylor Vanhooreweghe
University of Iowa
Waterloo
Melissa Fortman
Cedar Rapids
Alpha Chi Omega Sorority
Ashley Ramirez
Davenport
Erin Crowley
Appleton, Wis
Niki Brani
Chicago
Barnhart
Custom Services
West Branch
Iowa students not ready for college says ACT report
ACT data presented to the Iowa Board of Regents show only about one in four high school graduates in 2006 were college ready in English science math and reading. Regents heard calls for closer K 12 and higher education collaboration to set clear standards and requirements.
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Gazette
Cedar Falls
Iowa
ACT
State Board of Regents
Regents
Regent
Judy Jeffrey
State Department of Edu
Cation
Teresa Wahlert
West Des Moines
Harvest time and the roadside corn signs in Iowa
A Gazette column notes harvest traffic on Iowa highways near Iowa City and observes how unfamiliar readers react to the Avenue of the Saints signs and cornfields. The writer reflects on language trends and suggests plain explanations for visitors. Mike Deupree’s column appears Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays.
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Mike Deupree
Mike
Deupree
Gazettecommunications.com
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