HUD rescinds Muscatine section eight funds
HUD cancels 236,448 in Section Eight New Construction funds for Muscatine after Lynner Development withdraws, leaving 72 planned family units unbuilt. LRHC director Campagna and city officials say there were no ready backup proposals, urging the city to consider becoming its own developer for future family housing.
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City of
Muscatine
Low Rent Housing Commission
LRHC
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lynner Development Company
Des Moines
Lynner
City of Muscatine
HUD Federal Housing Administration
Nate Ruben
Bob Campagna
Campagna
Iowa
Arlen Wiggs
Federal Housing Administration
Wiggs
LREC
Davenport
Sioux City
Columbus Junction to hold water system hearing and bids
City council set a Thursday special meeting to fix dates for a public hearing and bid setting on Columbus Junction water improvements. Plans cover three sections with two specs done and a 150 000 gallon storage tank. total cost about 200 000. Annexation request for land south of Iowa 92 is referred to planning, and a letter of appreciation was approved for library board member Vivian Merritt.
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Columbus Jct
Columbus Junction
Steven Vanderah
Iowa City
Powers-Willis and Associates
Iowa City Consulting Engineers
Second Street Hill
Vanderah
Russell Newell
Iowa 92
Fairgrounds Road
Newell
John Mickey
Mickey
Planning and Zoning Commission
Vivian
Peg) Merritt
Library Board
Petersen
Mike Noggle
Muscatine County Humane Society
Fire Department
Wilton rezones land to mix of housing and buffer area
Wilton City Council approved rezoning a 150 foot West Water Street strip from light industrial to R-2 residential to create a buffer between U.S. 6 industry and West View Park. Leo Rasmussen outlined plans for a 16 unit townhouse project with private patios and two parking spaces per unit.
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IVA Linge Journal
Wilton
West Wate Street
Iowa
Maple Street
U.S. 6
West View Park
Leo Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Wate Street
Harland Grunder
Grander
Third Street
Liberty
Maple
Westmer approves tax warrants and hires for district
The Westmer school board voted 16 to approve 50,000 in tax anticipation warrants to cover July and August bills as tax receipts were delayed. New hires include John Smet to teach science and Neil Alexander to teach physical education and coach. A language teacher contract was offered to Gretchen Boyd at New Boston Junior High.
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Audrey Pople
Joy
Westmer
John Smet
Viola
Neil Alexander
Gretchen Boyd
New Boston
Wilton Chickery case: judgment set aside, trial Aug 17
Wilton man Warren B. McCray and associates face a trial after Judge Lowell D. Phelps set aside a June 2 default judgment. City of Wilton seeks to permanently prohibit Midwest Chicks Hickery at 311 Cedar St for nuisance and health hazard and to bar occupancy until zoning certification is obtained. Co defendants include Donna Herauf, Midwest Chicks Inc, The Science of Life Church, and Ivan L. Ashcraft, property owner.
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Lowell D. Phelps
Warren B. McCray
McCray
Wilton
Midwest Chicks Hickery
Cedar St
Mike Liebbe
Davenport
Donna Herauf
McCray’s
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Jim Jewell
Columbus
Nancy Brene
Assemblies of God Church
Pine Street
Wilbert Stoelk
Wilbert Peterson
Doug Crowell
James Jarrett
R&j Garbage Disposal
Keithsburg
Goodyear
Joy Petroleum
Dawn van Wychen
All Star Dairy
Taylor Ridge
Peter Pan
Chickery
Golden
Kerr Home Canning
KERR
Doz
MR Meat Smoker
Fleetway
Grandview Ave
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