Gazette Daily News Podcast, March 28

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This is John McGlothlen with The Gazette digital news desk and I'm here with your update for Monday, March 28th.

Today in the Cedar Rapids area we can expect partly sunny skies, with a high near 43, according to the National Weather Service. Light winds from the northeast later coming the southeast. Then tonight, it should be mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has identified the woman who died Thursday morning while being held overnight in the Linn County Correctional Center. 31-year-old Malorie Hults was found unconscious on the floor by a corrections officer at 2:12 a.m. Thursday. Officials said Hults wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a detectable pulse. Corrections staff administered CPR, and Hults was taken to Mercy Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. The cause of death still is unknown. Hults’ body has been transported to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Ankeny for an autopsy.

Iowa agriculture officials have confirmed another case of bird flu in a flock of commercial pullet chickens. The outbreak in Franklin County is the seventh such outbreak found in Iowa this month, according to a news release Saturday from the Iowa Department of Agriculture & Land Stewardship. The department said the latest case affects about 250,000 birds.

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🎹 Podcast music: “Momentum” by Emily McGlothlen