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KCRG : Former Marion Man Fatally Shot in North Carolina | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and W

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 15:44:33 +0000

murder!

KCRG : Branstad Considering ‘Pay for Performance’ for Teachers | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:40:38 +0000

bRANSTAD IS a lying doofus weasel. He raised sales tax 2x last time he was governor. His campaign was full of lies. distortions a la Faux news. Come to IC and speak Branstad, or are you afraid of the truth?

KCRG : Plows Work on Call-by-call Basis after Clearing Cedar Rapids Main Streets | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids,

Sat, 25 Dec 2010 02:57:31 +0000

hope they mix in some beet juice. Mother Nature will thank you

KCRG : WEBCAST: Can the Hawkeyes Gobble-Up the Gophers After Thanksgiving? | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 20:32:56 +0000

who cares?

KCRG : Cedar Rapids Police Checkpoint on 1st Ave | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:50:08 +0000

God I hate Cedar Rapids. I am ashamed of being born there. It's all your fault, Mom!

KCRG : Denied Tailgate Operator Charged with Bootlegging | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and

Sun, 21 Nov 2010 13:48:16 +0000

What an idiot. He broke the law. I'll bet people who complain about IC and enforcement of the law don't live here (I do). Many people who come to Hawkeye games come to party, get drunk, trash IC, then drive back to their suburban homes in CR, Waterloo and Des Moines an probably beat their wife and kick their dog. How 'bout if I rent a house next to yours and have a house party every weekend from dawn to dusk and then some complete with live blaring music, all you can drink beer and stupid, fat, loud football fans who pee on your bushes and smash your mailbox.

KCRG : More Environmental Problems Surfacing At Lake Delhi | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, an

Wed, 1 Sep 2010 19:15:29 +0000

Restoring the river manually would be a waste of time and money. Let it recover naturally. And do not rebuild the dam. What a gigantic waste of $$$$ and ruins the environment. BTW I am an avid paddler. http://outside-blog.away.com/blog/2010/07/iowa-da... Kayakers have come up with another idea: convert old dams into whitewater parks, concrete structures built into a river to create rapids. And it’s gaining traction. Eighty-five new parks popped up in the past ten years and about 25 more are in various stages of construction. Most dams costs between $50,000 and $2.5 million to convert into a park, or roughly half the cost of refurbishing or removing dams. That price point spurred cities well off kayakers' radars, like Flint, Michigan, and Springfield, Iowa, to commit to installing parks.

KCRG : Delhi Task Force Plans Four Public Forums | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:14:47 +0000

Has anyone (elected official or citizen) talked about the benefits of NOT rebuilding the dam? Besides not costing anything, and a new canoe route, dam removal restores the natural flowing character of a stream and restores essential ecological processes in the river. Large segments of previously inaccessible water may be open to use by a variety of fish species. In addition, dam removal and sediment management can restore buried fish spawning habitat and other critical stream habitat. Overall, dam removal benefits riverine fish by: (1) removing obstructions to upstream and downstream migration; (2) restoring natural riverine habitat; (3) restoring natural seasonal flow variations; (4) eliminating siltation of spawning and feeding habitat above the dam; (5) allowing debris, small rocks and nutrients to pass below the dam, creating healthy habitat; (6) eliminating unnatural temperature variations below the dam (American Rivers 2003). from http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-30301_31... C'mon Iowa people, get with environmental restoration. This will save taxpayer money down the road, guaranteed. LET THE RIVERS RUN FREEEEEEE!!!!!!!

KCRG : Second Set of Cameras on Northbound I-380 Going Up This Week | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, S

Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:40:49 +0000

As soon as i hit Cedar Copids I lock in on double nickel. This gives me move time to enjoy absolutely astounding roadside scenery, check my email, light a smoke, take a drink and adjust the volume on my radio. CR, ain' t it a beautiful, peaceful, progressive place to call home? Why there's so much to do for the eager: beer drinking bars, smulekoffs, westdale, roller dam fishin, check village, and of course the wonderfully vibrant downtown. I could write about all the stupendous places to go and things to do but that would take up too much space. I am so glad I live her and not some boring, drab, regressive thinking place like Boulder, Seattle, MInneapolis, Iowa City, Portland or dare I say Des Moines?

KCRG : Bicyclist Hit, Killed By Pickup in Winneshiek County | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, a

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:36:49 +0000

All you people who make disparaging comments about bikes and bike riders (look that word up in the dictionary) are complete morons. You're the kind of people who should not be on the road. I'll bet you tailgate, zip off the line, flash your brights and veer for deer too. I'll say it again, bikes have just as much right on the road as cars. Give me verifiable proof is you think you know otherwise. If not, shut up and go back to watching NASCAR. You're real tough hiding behind that computer and behind that gas-guzzling., war-producing vehicle. Why don't you get out and challenge a biker the next time you see one. I'll bet you won't because you're chicken, fat and scared. Besides this biker was on a bike trail. If your'e gonna comment, read the article!

KCRG : Protester Arrested at Harkin\'s Iowa Office | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weathe

Fri, 9 Apr 2010 18:55:32 +0000

You're all idiots. Glad I moved out of CR area.

KCRG : New Pet Masks Will Help C.R. Pets Survive Fires | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, an

Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:11:01 +0000

omfg - another totally stupid idea that CR government likes. incwedible

KCRG : City Workers Use Minor Flooding as Prep for \'The Big One\' | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sp

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:41:58 +0000

What is their "plan" this time? Tiger dams don't work. If they do, prove it. Otherwise these are just words and a waste of taxpayer money. Focus on preventing floods. I mean don't build in flood plains. I guarantee, GUARANTEE, that Indian Creek will flood again, causing damage soon, because of environmental mismanagement and the ineptitude of government officials.

KCRG : Should County Rebuild Sutliff Bridge? | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather

Thu, 4 Mar 2010 01:57:54 +0000

Leave it as is. Use the money to repair potholes, build bike trails and tear down dams not used. Why spend money fixing a bridge to nowhere?

GazetteOnline.com : City stop signs get a shiny update

Wed, 3 Mar 2010 05:19:30 +0000

omfg I am so glad I left the CR area. Blatantly stupid and Orwellian decisions by the city make me want to scream! What a waste of taxpayer $$. Potholes less of a concern? Oh and by the way, is the city looking into extending yellow light time for safety now that red light cameras are in place? Smarter cities have.

KCRG : What Kind of City Should Cedar Rapids Be? | KCRG-TV9 | Cedar Rapids, Iowa News, Sports, and Weather

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:51:37 +0000

Are city leaders on dope? Many stupid, ignorant decisions: half a million dollars for a device that a local invented and no one bought and would not work and is not needed. See Yardy Cart. Installing speed cams, decide to re-build downtown when another flood is coming. List goes on and on. OK here's the deal: Make the flood zone an active sporting destination complete for kayaking, canoeing, biking and hiking. A green space ( NO CARS) surrounded by streetcar depots, restaurants, cafes. Build this city for healthy people. Cows belong in the country.

GazetteOnline.com : UNI basketball fans prove the newspaper biz is alive and well

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:03:42 +0000

that's annoying

GazetteOnline.com : PHOTOS, VIDEO:Iowa City apartment fire leaves ten homeless

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 03:02:47 +0000

Let me be the first to say that it was probably the vinyl flex vent on the dryer that started the fire. RE-inspection was to take place next week. Since no-one heard a smoke alarm, they didn't install that. There's a word for the owner of this home: slumlord. Wonder what would have happened if someone died. Would J&J be charged with murder? My bet is that this probably won't lead to any charges, although it should. It's too easy to rent to ni'eve college students in Iowa City. Charge the max and no need to show that the home is safe and habitable.

GazetteOnline.com : Cedar Rapids dropping plans to charge accident fee

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:19:05 +0000

thx fascist

GazetteOnline.com : Iowa City woman faces charges for leaving 2-year-old home alone

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 03:19:37 +0000

yer story don't fly. so she left the child alone thinking her boyfriend would come over?