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Comprehensive News Feed for Rapids City, IL.

Results 1 - 20 of 59 in Rapids City, IL

  1. Traffic alert: Interstate 80/Illinois 84

    Friday Oct 3 | Quad-City Times

    Emergency crews are on the scene of a semitrailer rollover at the exit ramp from Illinois-bound Interstate 80 at Illinois 84 in Rapids City.

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  2. Day 1: Breathtaking beautyRead the original story

    Sunday Sep 28 | Quad-City Times

    ... was time to turn around. I didn't want to go too far on the first day - just a dozen-or-so miles to the edge of Rapids City, which is where I'll pick up today. I loitered some more at Fisherman's Corner and lingered some at Illiniwek Park, and, ...

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  3. Day 1: Breathtaking beautyRead the original story

    Saturday Sep 27 | Quad-City Times

    ... was time to turn around. I didn't want to go too far on the first day - just a dozen-or-so miles to the edge of Rapids City, which is where I'll pick up today. I loitered some more at Fisherman's Corner and lingered some at Illiniwek Park, and, ...

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    Related Topix: East Moline, IL, Davenport Metro, Opinion

  4. Parking Problems Hamper Returning Downtown BusinessesRead the original story

    Thursday Sep 25 | KCRG

    ... Rapids hasn't gone back to normal because the city is in the middle of debating about trying a new system. Cedar Rapids City Council Member Chuck Wieneke says the council is expected to talk about the parking system next week. Email Justin Foss at ...

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    Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro

  5. Day 2: A bit of a struggle

    Wednesday Sep 24 | Quad-City Times

    ... bike ride Monday. I pedaled under the Interstate 80 bridge, suddenly finding myself back along the river in Rapids City. I stopped at a little boat launch there and took out my camera. I've always wondered about the beautiful house that sits on a ...

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  6. Day 1: Breathtaking beautyRead the original story

    Monday Sep 22 | Quad-City Times

    ... was time to turn around. I didn't want to go too far on the first day - just a dozen-or-so miles to the edge of Rapids City, which is where I'll pick up today. I loitered some more at Fisherman's Corner and lingered some at Illiniwek Park, and, ...

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  7. Future of Taylor Elementary could come tonightRead the original story

    Sunday Sep 21 | The Gazette

    ... neighborhood if Taylor was renovated. The seven-member school board's decision also is linked to what the Cedar Rapids City Council decides to do for flood control, levee placement and the buyouts of flood-damaged homes. That city decision won't ...

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    Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Natural Disasters, Flood

  8. Flood recovery won't include manufactured home parkRead the original story

    Wednesday Sep 17 | Planning

    ... not change it to allow a manufactured home park on Robins' border, Cook told the planning commission. The Cedar Rapids City Council has put a priority on projects built near existing city services -- called "infill development" -- as opposed to ...

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  9. Illinois Style: Artist probes old privy sitesRead the original story

    Tuesday Sep 16 | Quad-City Times

    ... as a freshman in high school back in 1969 or 1970, he says. "Me and my friends were walking around some woods in Rapids City, and we found this old dump," he says. They began digging. "That's why I got started." Privy probing is not a skill you can ...

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  10. Construction to begin on I-80 near Rapids City

    Saturday Sep 13 | Quad-City Times

    Construction work is expected to begin Monday on Interstate 80 near Rapids City, Ill.

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  11. Cedar Rapids hires firm to lobby for flood aidRead the original story

    Aug 31, 2008 | WQAD-TV Moline

    ... of Cedar Rapids has hired a Washington law firm to lobby for disaster-recovery efforts in Congress. The Cedar Rapids City Council and Linn County Board of Supervisors voted this month to pay Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal LLP $10,000 per month to ...

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    Related Topix: Cedar Rapids, IA, Cedar Rapids Metro, Linn County, IA, Law

  12. Officials deny newspaper's flood damage request

    Aug 31, 2008 | WQAD-TV Moline

    Cedar Rapids city officials say address-by-address flood damage data is not public record, despite a U.S. Circuit Court ruling in Florida in 2007 that said the data is public.

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  13. Northern Notes: Senior gives back to schoolRead the original story

    Aug 21, 2008 | Traverse City Record-Eagle

    ... and know that without the help of every last person I would have lost my way numerous times." Maryann Kot of Rapids City was enjoying a bike ride along the TART Trail recently when she took a header. Maryann was bleeding quite badly from a gash by ...

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  14. Rapids City team reaches pinnacleRead the original story

    Aug 16, 2008 | Denver Post

    His shirt tinged with sweat, Rapid City manager Doug Simons trudged up a hill behind his giddy players sporting a big smile after morning practice.

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  15. More of this storyRead the original story

    Aug 6, 2008 | Roanoke Daily Herald

    Wednesday, August 06, 2008 Gatling has variety of interests, roots in Valley Lance Martin/Herald Senior Staff Writer ROANOKE RAPIDS - City leaders are going to Chicago to meet with Lafayette Gatling - the ...

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  16. Oh river, where art thou?Read the original story

    Aug 2, 2008 | Quad-City Times

    ... won't sell sign space to Iowa attractions. He can't even get a brochure in the Illinois Welcome Center at Rapids City. Our signs: The I-80 and I-280 interstate loop around the Quad-Cities features 276 directional and informational signs erected by ...

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  17. Colt 'with an attitude' recovers for winRead the original story

    Jul 28, 2008 | Journal-Gazette

    ... 2-YEAR-OLD FILLY PACE First division Time 2:00 1. Pargenta (owner-Ronald Phillips, Petersburg, and John Carver, Rapids City; trainer/driver-Freddie Patton Jr.); 2. Big Dollar (o/t-Johnny Rice, Starkville, Miss.; d-Terry Skinner); 3. Fox Valley ...

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  18. Cracks discovered in Mississippi River bridge near LeClaireRead the original story

    Jul 24, 2008 | Sioux City Journal

    Thousands of people will pour into the Quad-City area this weekend, but those using the Interstate 80 bridge that connects LeClaire, Iowa, to Rapids City, Ill., will find the going slower as the bridge is down ...

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  19. Cracks discovered on I-80 bridgeRead the original story

    Jul 24, 2008 | Quad-City Times

    ... into the Quad-City area this weekend, but those using the Interstate 80 bridge that connects LeClaire, Iowa, to Rapids City, Ill., will find the going slower as the bridge is down to one lane each way for an indefinite period. The westbound and ...

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  20. More of this storyRead the original story

    Jul 22, 2008 | Roanoke Daily Herald

    ... the Daily Herald he considered quitting but he wants his departure to come in a public vote before the Roanoke Rapids City Council. A center of controversy, Garrett was appointed to the original committee by Councilman Jon Baker. A few weeks ago ...

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