Coralville group to receive $800000 refugee resettlement grant
The Institute for Social and Economic Development in Coralville will obtain 800000 dollars from the U S Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement for economic development. Five hundred thousand dollars funds a micro loan program for local business startups and three hundred thousand supports technical assistance for ethnic community based organizations. The office assists states with refugee and asylum seeker assimilation, Cuban and Haitian entrants, and trafficking victims.
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Institute For Social and Economic Development
Coralville
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Office of Refugee Resettlement For
Office of
Cedar Rapids Freedom Fest Sets Attendance and Impact Records
Organizers report 11 day Freedom Festival drew 372000 attendees up from 307000 in 2002. Economic impact estimated at 12.3 million, up 2 million from last year, per an independent survey by Students in Free Enterprise of Mount Mercy College. Household attendance details include 2.3 people per household, 3.4 events attended, and 32.55 dollars spent per event. Next year’s celebration runs June 24 to July 4.
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Free Enterprise of
Mount Mercy College
Linn County
Two hospitalized after Cedar Rapids highway crash near off ramp
Sylvia Foreman and Cartha Eby, both of Hiawatha, remained hospitalized after a Sunday morning two car crash at the Highway 100 off ramp. Frances Dochterman of Cedar Rapids ran a red light and hit Richard Foreman of Hiawatha. Dochterman was cited for disobeying a traffic device.
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Sylvia Foreman
Cartha Eby
Hiawatha
Frances Dochterman
Cedar Rapids
Center Point Road
Richard Foreman
St. Luke’s Hospital
Eby
University Hospitals
Iowa City
Dochterman
St. Luke’s
Woman Renewed Tama County Officers Examine Irving Property
Tama police and other agencies renewed a missing person probe into 26 year old Cora Okowski who disappeared about 3 percent years ago. Investigators searched the Irving property of Don and Nancy Park after a Tama newspaper tip pointed to the site as a possible location tied to her disappearance.
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Tama County
Irving
Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Cora Okowski
Tama
Tama-area
Dan Wilkens
Don and
Nancy Park
Highway 21
Wilkens
Okonski
Don Park
Park
Okowski
Bobby Ratliff
Kcrg-Tv9
Cedar Rapids
Cora Okonski
High quality for low income tenants
Julie Hartman joined the first tenants when Quarton Place opened a 26 unit complex at 85 Harbet Ave NW. The one bedroom and efficiency apartments target households under 18 800 for one person and 26 850 for a family of four with monthly rents of 265 to 350. The 2.1 million project used a 285 000 city grant and funds from Fannie Mae HUD and the state development agency to open debt free.
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Steve Tory
Cedar Rapids
William Quarton
Quarton Place
Harber Ave
Quarton
MidAmerica Housing Partnership
MAHP
Tory
Steve Gravelle
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Julie Hartman
Hartman
Housing Partnership
Harbet Ave
Mary Schoen- Clark
HUD
Federal Department of
University Hospitals offers $5 extra hourly pay in Iowa City
University Hospitals introduces a pilot program giving about 1,000 SEIU Local 199 represented staff a $5 hourly raise in exchange for losing vacation and sick pay plus health benefits. The option, extending to new hires now and to existing staff each January, targets market demands in nurses and radiology health workers.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University Hospitals
Diana Leventry
Service Employees International Union Local 199
Leventry
Windy City trip stirs kolache pronunciation debate and city sights
A Cedar Rapids reader recalls a Chicago weekend visiting Oak Park Berwyn and DeKalb for a college football game. He notes a $44.10 Czech meal, iconic landmarks, and a heated Soldier Field renovation sparking local debate. He asks how to pronounce kolache correctly and signs off with contact details.
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Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Oak Park
Berwyn
DeKalb
Iowa State
Shedd Aquarium
Frank Lloyd Wright
Soldier Field
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