Daily Archives: July 29, 2010

Cedar Rapids Police: “Criminal Mischief” Calls Up This July

CEDAR RAPIDS – When school is out, Cedar Rapids police say they expect more calls to come in involving teenagers. “Kids who don’t have jobs have more free time on their hands,” said Captain Steve O’Konek of the Cedar Rapids … Continue reading

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Iowa Troop Pantry Reaches out to Soldiers

About three-thousand Iowa soldiers will be in Afghanistan by Thanksgiving. It’s the largest deployment from our state since World War II. Soldiers serving in Afghanistan won’t be able to simply stop at the grocery store while they’re overseas and pick … Continue reading

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Iowa City Denies Permit for Magic Bus

Updated at 7:25 p.m. with entire story IOWA CITY – The Magic Bus won’t be rocking out for tailgaters in Iowa City at the location they were hoping for, and might not be rocking out at all this football season. … Continue reading

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Second Sinclair date block will be saved

CEDAR RAPIDS – D.W. Zinser, the Sinclair demolition contractor, will be donating time to save a date block from one of the former meatpacking plant’s buildings. Company owner Dave Zinser said he had never planned to take the 1919 date … Continue reading

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UI wants to move businesses to school district land

IOWA CITY – The University of Iowa hopes to move businesses currently on the site where it wants to build its School of Music to land it has agreed to buy from the Iowa City school district, according to documents released Thursday. … Continue reading

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Trial for former Regina High teacher rescheduled for following day

On July 22, the third-degree sexual abuse trial for Robert Lee Dolan, 50, of Olin, was rescheduled to Oct. 19 at 9 a.m. Previously, his trial had been reset to Oct. 18. Dolan is a former Regina High School teacher.

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Monticello Campground Owner Blames Dam Association for Flooding

Monticello- Some people living down river from the Delhi Dam blame dam operators for the flood damage they’re dealing with. In Monticello the Maquoketa River swallowed up several summer hot spots. That includes Walnut Acres Campground and McDunnough Canoe Rentals. … Continue reading

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Lake Delhi Investigation Won’t Focus Solely on Faulty Floodgate

LAKE DELHI- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will investigate exactly how an 88-year-old dam at Lake Delhi failed last weekend.  But that investigation will not focus solely on one of three floodgates that failed to fully open. Photos after … Continue reading

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Regency seeks to evict 18 from mobile home park

IOWA CITY – The operators of Regency Mobile Home Park have issued eviction notices to the residents of 18 mobile homes. The notices, all filed Thursday morning in Johnson County District Court, give the residents until 1 p.m. Aug. 12 … Continue reading

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