Lon Brown, father of Brent Brown, one of the four people bludgeoned with a metal pipe last year, testified that when Luke Truesdell entered his house after having been in the outbuilding on Brown’s property, where the bodies were found, he was “dazed and mumbling.”
Two speed enforcement cameras in Cedar Rapids that were nixed last year — along with most traffic enforcement cameras around the state — by the Iowa Department of Transportation will soon start issuing citations again after an appeal to the DOT by the Cedar Rapids Police Department was approved more than a year after it was submitted.
Also in this week’s Government Notes, Cedar Rapids Council finalizes rezoning of former Garfield Elementary site
Fifteen households either have or will relocate to the area as part of the pilot program to increase the local population and tax base.
The brother of one of the four people who were bludgeoned with a metal pipe in June 2024 testified Thursday in the trial for a Marion man, charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Matt Brown said he found a horrific scene as he walked into an outbuilding, finding his brother, barely alive, and three others dead.
A new station coming in 2026 will give EMTs at Center Point Regional Ambulance Service some needed breathing room.
The Iowa Utilities Commission will hold a public information meeting about the proposed restart of the Duane Arnold nuclear plant at 6 p.m. Nov. 13 at the Hawkeye Downs Expo Center in Cedar Rapids.
A prosecutor, during his opening statement, said a Marion man ambushed and bludgeoned four people with a 3-foot metal pipe on June 5, 2024. He said surveillance video and evidence found at the scene will point to one attacker: Luke Truesdell. The defense said there’s no evidence of an ambush or that Truesdell did it.
Matthew 25 co-founder Courtney Ball has been tapped to take the nonprofit “into the future.”
The funds will come from the Witwer Trust Grant Program, a private trust that provides funding annually for nonprofits serving Linn County residents.
Two newcomers will join the Fairfax City Council, joined by two incumbents who retained their seats.
All five incumbents secured additional four-year terms, although only two faced challengers.
Incumbents Grant Harper and Sara Mentzer, both unchallenged, also retained their seats following Tuesday’s election.
A collaborative of area health care providers and Linn County social service agencies is exploring the feasibility of creating a street medicine team to help deliver health care to the unhoused.
Cedar Rapids City Council members later this month will vote on whether to direct $25,000 to an area food bank.
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