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  1. sound checkRead the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | Cityview Online

    True, they might live thousands of miles from an ocean, so you might ask yourself what a group of rockers from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, knows about surf music.

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    Related Topix: Des Moines, IA, Music, Entertainment

  2. Record number served at Salvation Army Thanksgiving mealRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | The Gazette

    Posted on Nov 25, 2009 by admin . The Salvation Army set a new record with its annual Thanksgiving meal in Cedar Rapids today, serving 378 people, about 50 more than last year, Salvation Army officials announced.

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    Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays

  3. Families in FEMA trailers must begin paying rent Jan. 1Read the original story w/Photo

    2 hrs ago | The Gazette

    ... rates set by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, with reductions based on family size and income. Cedar Rapids' local market rate is $920 monthly for a three-bedroom unit, $649 for two bedrooms, and $492 for a single bedroom. Monthly ...

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    Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Marion, IA

  4. Grassley: Neary $7 Million for CRANDIC Bridge RepairRead the original story w/Photo

    3 hrs ago | KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

    Senator Chuck Grassley announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Transportationa s Federal Railroad Administration has awarded a $6,965,163 grant to Cedar Rapids through the 2008 Railroad Rehabilitation and Repair program.

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  5. Census Needs Thousands of People to Fill JobsRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | KCRG

    ... Positions are available in every community. Those hired will work out of Census Offices located in: Ames, IA Cedar Rapids, IA Des Moines, IA Sioux City, IA Waterloo, IA The U. S. Census Bureau encourages interested persons to apply for these jobs by ...

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  6. printer friendlyRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | Lyman County Herald

    News Item: : Obituary Posted by Marissa Wednesday November 25, 2009 Sylvia Wolcott, 100 Funeral services for Sylvia Mae Wolcott, 100, of Cedar Rapids, IA will be Thursday, December 3 at 10:00 AM, at the Hickey-Wevik Funeral Chapel in Chamberlain with burial at the Reliance Cemetery at Reliance, SD.A Visitation will be Wednesday, Dec.

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  7. Iowa Telecom sale makes jobs uncertainRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | TMCnet

    ... or to subscribe to the newspaper, go to http://www.gazetteonline.com . Copyright (c) 2009, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. For reprints, email tmsreprints@permissionsgroup.com, call 800-374-7985 ...

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    Related Topix: Telecom, Little Rock, AR

  8. VIDEO: Ashton Kutcher, GQ teaming up for Cedar Rapids flood reliefRead the original story w/Photo

    9 hrs ago | The Gazette

    Posted on Nov 25, 2009 by admin . Actor and Cedar Rapids native Ashton Kutcher is helping flood recovery in this month's GQ Magazine.

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  9. Obituary: Denise EdmundsRead the original story

    9 hrs ago | Nevada Appeal

    ... Loving of Carson City; grandmothers Jan Bailey and Gladys Pederson both of Carson City; brothers Mike Bailey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Mark Bailey of Cloudcroft, N.M., sister Leeanne Vidovich of Carson City; and granddaughter Kylie Enbody. A ...

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  10. Democrat wins House special election in Cedar Rapids

    17 hrs ago | Des Moines Register

    Cedar Rapids, Ia. - Democrat Kirsten Running-Marquardt appeared Tuesday night to have scored a landslide win in the special election in Iowa State House District 33, according to unofficial results.

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  11. Montgomery, ElizabethRead the original story w/Photo

    17 hrs ago | Dayton Daily News

    ... Survivors include her son Stephen (Diane) Montgomery of Marion, IA, Grandsons Tom (Laurie) Montgomery of Cedar Rapids, IA and Todd (Renae) Montgomery of Van Meter, IA and five great-grandchildren Peyton, Gavin, Trae, Slade and Cierra. Betty worked ...

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  12. Patricia McNabb, 83Read the original story

    17 hrs ago | Iowa City Press-Citizen

    Patricia A. McNabb, 83, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, died Monday, November 23, 2009. Services: 1:00 p.m., Friday, November 27, 2009, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids.

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  13. Charles SpikeRead the original story

    16 hrs ago | The Messenger

    Charles "Charlie" Kent Spike, 82, of Cedar Rapids, died Monday, November 23, 2009 at Mercy Medical Center.

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  14. Trial set for Iowa man in beating deathRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | KIMT

    Jason Blackcloud is charged in the death of Jerry Hurt, also of Cedar Rapids, in August 2008.

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  15. Kirsten Running-Marquardt Wins House District 33Read the original story

    19 hrs ago | KCRG

    ... making an easy defeat of Republican Joshua Thurston. The House District 33 seat covers downtown and southwest Cedar Rapids. Running-Marquardt will replace Democrat Dick Taylor who retired from the legislature. Here's a breakdown of the vote: 1,935 ...

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  16. Mt. Mercy Students Deliver Meals on WheelsRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | KCRG

    ... some college students helped get meals out Tuesday. About two dozen students from Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids spent their morning and afternoon delivering food through the Meals for Wheels program. "I have some patients who are with Meals ...

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  17. Ashton Kutcher Teams with GQ for Flood ReleifRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | KCRG

    Actor and Cedar Rapids native Ashton Kutcher is helping flood recovery in this month's GQ Magazine.

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  18. Unpaid Parking Tickets? Prepare to be Towed in Downtown CRRead the original story

    19 hrs ago | KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids

    In order to improve management of the Citya s Downtown parking spaces and to provide the spaces needed for shoppers and visitors to Downtown, Cedar Rapids Parking, the parking management agency of the City of Cedar Rapids, on November 30, 2009 will begin to tow and impound vehicles belonging to individuals who do not pay their parking tickets.

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  19. Kirsten Running wins House 33 seatRead the original story w/Photo

    Tuesday | The Gazette

    Posted on Nov 24, 2009 by James Q. Lynch . Kirsten Running-Marquardt Kirsten Running-Marquardt handily won election to a seat in the Iowa House from a heavily Democratic south-side Cedar Rapids district in a special election Tuesday.

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    Related Topix: Linn County, IA

  20. Iowa showing reduced school enrollmentRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | KGAN

    ... also reports some districts are bucking that downward trend. Enrollment is increasing at suburban schools near Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Iowa City. While Cedar Rapids has seen a decrease of 207 students this year to 16,755, the Linn-Mar school ...

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