Police said Beard used a can of white spray paint to cover decals on the truck and had attempted to alter the license plate.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Police said Beard used a can of white spray paint to cover decals on the truck and had attempted to alter the license plate.
The tree is scheduled to arrive at about 8 a.m., with setup and decoration taking place until about 10:30 a.m. The tree lighting ceremony is Saturday.
Racial Equity Connect — or R.E. Connect — was co-founded by Tracy Jon Sargeant and V Fixmer-Oraiz about six months ago. Since then, they have recruited organizations, spoken with elected officials and began creating a network for people of color.
Mayor Nick AbouAssaly says Youth Advisory Council gives him another opportunity to hear residents’ voices
Bundled-up tree-hunters with mittened kids in tow lined the road along the Ely evergreen market before it opened at 9 a.m. Friday. And at Solon’s Handley’s Holiday Hillside Inc., about 30 minutes south, dozens of parked vehicles squeezed the gravel road from both sides for as far as the eye could see.
A section of Marion Boulevard is closed as construction crews install girders for the new pedestrian bridge that will span the main Marion road.
The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world Friday as the U.S. and other nations raced to halt air travel, markets fell sharply and scientists held emergency meetings to weigh the exact risks, which were largely unknown.
Scientists are worried about this new variant of COVID-19. The World Health Organization on Nov. 26 designated it as a “variant of concern,” naming it “omicron.”
As of this month, Sue Mincks has officially flown 1,000 times as a flight paramedic at the LifeGuard Air Ambulance at UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital. She joined the crew in 2005.
The Tanager Place LGBTQ Youth Center is auctioning off holiday wreaths created by students and business owners in the community to benefit the center.
But at least for a quite a while, you’ll still need to keep the hard copy just like now.
Navigator, a Texas-based company, is proposing a 1,300-mile pipeline that would pass through 36 Iowa counties, including Linn, Benton, Cedar, Delaware and Iowa, capturing carbon dioxide at ethanol and fertilizer plants and transporting the liquid form of the gas to a sequestration site in western Illinois.
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