Cedar Rapids to remanufacture buses under ADA upgrades
Cedar Rapids will remanufacture four buses using a $603,750 state grant plus earlier funds, upgrading 14 more over several years. Buses will be torn down to frames and rebuilt with original parts and wheelchair lifts, meeting ADA standards while saving tax dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Lonnie Zingula
Bill Hoekstra
ADA
Hoekstra
Ing
Ground Transportation Center
GTC
Publicizing basic research urged by Nobel chemist Polanyi
Nobel laureate John C. Polanyi urged clearer public explanation of basic research benefits to governments and citizens. He warned that funding could shrink if officials cannot distinguish basic from applied research, noting outcomes of basic research are harder to measure. He spoke at the University of Iowa as Ida Beam Distinguished Visiting Professor and plans lectures on photo chemistry of adsorbates.
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Johnson County
Iowa City
Canada
John C. Polanyi
Polanyi
U of I
Ida Beam
The
Loyal Societies of Canada
London
Edinburgh
University of Toronto
State Historical Society approves $417 thousand in Iowa grants
The State Historical Society of Iowa funds total $417 186 with projects across Eastern Iowa. Winneshiek County gets 17000 to restore Decorah Civil War Monument and 16000 for Linn County study. Additional awards support Cedar Clermont Amana Johnson Linn Poweshiek Washington and Winneshiek sites and facilities.
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Winneshiek
Iowa
Amana Heritage Society
Iowa County Historical Society
Johnson
Johnson County Historical Society
E Linn
Drawing Legion
Cedar Rapids
CSPS
Poweshiek
Grinnell
Washington
Mennonite Historical Society
Vesterheim Museum
Cedar Rapids man gets up to 20 years on drug and robbery verdicts
Darryl F. Jackson 19 of 390 15th St. SE was sentenced in Linn County District Court to at least 40 months in prison with a 1300 dollar fine after a jury conviction on second degree robbery and drug delivery. The case involved an undercover drug operation and an incident where the informant was grabbed during a crack sale.
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Cedar Rapids
Darryl F. Jackson
15Th St. SE
Linn County
Thomas Horan
Jackson
Horan
Denver Dillard
Dillard
ERA backers warn of toxic anti ERA blitz in Iowa
Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment rally against anti ERA schemes in Johnson County. They report 78 percent Iowa support per a poll and plan door to door anti infestation pest strips to counter out of state attacks ahead of the November 3 referendum.
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Gazette
Johnson County
Iowa City
Department of Public Health
University of Iowa
Coralville
Phyllis Schlafly
Stop Era
Sarah Webber
Students For Era '92
Linn-Mar Homecoming Parade and Crowning Schedule
Linn-Mar High School kicks off homecoming Thursday with a parade at 5 30 p m along a route from the high school through 10th Street McGowan Boulevard 24th Avenue and 29th Avenue to Indian Creek School. The coronation follows at 7 p m in the gym with senior king candidates and queen candidates and attendants. The varsity football game vs Prairie Friday night precedes a Saturday 8 to 11 30 p m homecoming dance in the gym.
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Linn-Mar High School
10Th Street
McGowan Boulevard
McGowan
24Th Street
24Th
29Th Avenue
Indian Creek School
Prairie
Drunken driving arrests listed in Linn County Log
The Log lists multiple drunken driving arrests with times and locations across Linn County. Second offense notes appear for several individuals including Belding Moncar Sommerville Krueger and Wendling. Drug charges involve Fisher Poggenpohl for marijuana manufacturing and an assault case cites Haskins injuries in a Fourth Avenue SE incident.
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Paul G. Belding
Mount Vernon Rd
Gerald Moncar
Rushmore Dr
42Nd Street
Center Point Road
Beth Ann Koranda
32Nd St
First Avenue
29Th Street
Leslie E. Sommerville
Mount Vernon
Fifth Avenue
Sharon K. Krueger
Christopher J. Wendling
Ave
South 12Th Street
Marion
Wymer Guilty in $100 Million Fraud Scheme Sentencing Set
Steven D. Wymer pleads guilty to nine fraud counts and agrees to forfeit about 10 million dollars. Officials say the Iowa Trust will claim the forfeited assets. He faces up to 100 years in prison and about 200 million dollars in fines and restitution to more than 60 government entities and financial institutions.
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Los Angeles
Steven D. Wymer
Iowa
Wymer
Iowa Trust
Mer
David Lyons
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