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Your voice- I-80 Westbound Reduced to One Lane Near AvocaThe left lane of Interstate 80 is blocked Near Avoca, In Pottawattamie County, due to a semi crash. Use caution when traveling in this area. Source […]Iowa Department of Transportation
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Daily Archives: July 13, 2010
Cedar Rapids council votes 5-4 to take down the entire Sinclair smokestack; preservationists wanted to save the 41-foot-tall base of it
CEDAR RAPIDS – On a 5-4 vote last night, the City Council decided to demolish all of the Sinclair plant’s smokestack despite the wish by local historic preservationist to save the 41-foot base of the structure. The vote came despite a … Continue reading
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Tagged Cedar Rapids City Council, Sinclair meatpacking plant, smokestack
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Council enacts new housing code over chorus of landlord protests
CEDAR RAPIDS – The City Council last night enacted a new housing code, which landlords fought and which neighborhood leaders said was a necessary step to take on bad landlords and bad tenants and to clean up neighborhoods and make them more … Continue reading
C.R. Council enacts tougher landlord ordinance
By Rick Smith/SourceMedia Group CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids City Council voted 8-1 tonight (July 13) to adopt an ordinance that enacts stricter controls on landlords in the city. The council waived the third and final reading, on a … Continue reading
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VIDEO: Springville, Iowa, Flash Flooding on July 12
From Dan Gottschalk:
Heat advisory on Wednesday
Update with link at 9:12 p.m. — You can visit KCRG for local weather coverage. CEDAR RAPIDS — The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for almost half the state on Wednesday, which means that hot temperatures and … Continue reading
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State Patrol: Texting Lead to Mechanicsville Teen’s Fatal Crash
Updated at 7:06 p.m. with complete story STOCKTON – Peggy Flockhart wants her daughter Jennifer’s life and death to end up doing more than just being a statistic. The 17-year-old junior at North Cedar High School died on July 5, 2010. … Continue reading
Council considers paying to put Seventh Street SE power lines underground; could be early expense of new Medical District
CEDAR RAPIDS – The city’s proposed Medical District appears ready to cost taxpayers money. The City Council is considering spending $124,336 as the additional cost required to put electrical lines underground along Seventh Street SE from A Avenue NE to … Continue reading
Construction Truck Causes Fire Ball in Lisbon
Some homes in Lisbon are currently without power. Witnesses say around 3:15 p.m. a construction truck hit a tree which struck a power line. Other witnesses tell us there was a fireball for a brief time. There were no injuries. The Lisbon Fire Department … Continue reading
City set to direct FEMA funds to fix electrical service in Ellis Boat Harbor
CEDAR RAPIDS – The City Council was set Tuesday to approve plans to spend up to $200,000 to repair the city’s portion of an electrical system bringing power to the houses and boats at the Ellis Boat Harbor. The money … Continue reading
Vandals Target Islamic Center in Cedar Rapids
CEDAR RAPIDS- Vandals struck the Islamic Center in Cedar Rapids doing about $3,000 in damages to windows and doors. But the question Cedar Rapids Police can’t answer yet is whether this was a random act of vandalism—or if someone was … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Law and Justice, religion and belief
Tagged Cedar Rapids, Islam, Muslims, vandalism
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