Date: 1/27/2012 Contact: Megan Murphy 319-286-5162 Body: Cedar Rapids Water employees will perform an emergency water shut off for approximately 300 customers on the...
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DES MOINES – An already weird story took another bizarre twist Thursday when representatives for a trust based in Belize that turned in the winning ticket told Iowa Lottery officials the claim for the jackpot prize was being withdrawn and the unknown winner was walking away from a potential $7.5 million cash payout after...
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Chances are good the state will help pay for Cedar River flood-protection efforts if Linn County voters approve a local-option sales tax extension March 6, two legislators said today. “I think there’s a real willingness to consider that,” Senate Majority Leader Mike Gronstal told...
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A roundup of legislative and Capitol news items of interest for Thursday, Jan. 26: MOTOR VEHICLE ENFORCEMENT: Branstad administration officials said Thursday they are making initial moves in a process that ultimately could merge the state Department of Transportation’s motor-vehicle enforcement duties within the...
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IOWA CITY – The city will host two workshops in February as part of its effort to update its comprehensive plan. The meetings are 7-9 p.m. Feb. 1 at West High School and the same time Feb. 9 at South East Junior High School....
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For local government officials and other stakeholders, today was the first step toward the future of Indian Creek. It’s also developing a model for tackling larger Iowa waterways. “It’s to listen to them, about what they want for their watershed and what they’re thinking...
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CEDAR RAPIDS — The library board may have more options for a west-side branch library than the two it thought it had. Bob Pasicznyuk, Cedar Rapids’ library director, said Thursday that two public forums this month about the library board’s plans for a west-side...
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The House approved SF 2007, a $1.3 million supplemental appropriation for the National Guard Education Assistance program, 96-0 and sent it to the governor who has indicated he will sign it. The appropriation, which was approved earlier 49-0 by the Senate, will allow the...
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