At a time when Blacks were not welcome in Midwest hotels, James Weldon Johnson was welcomed into the Van Vechten Shaffer home in Cedar Rapids.
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At a time when Blacks were not welcome in Midwest hotels, James Weldon Johnson was welcomed into the Van Vechten Shaffer home in Cedar Rapids.
Although the retreat from daylight saving time might have worn off by Nov. 19, anyone still riding that extra hour into predawn wakefulness might get to see this month’s beaver moon turn “blood” red when North American gets a front-row seat for the century’s longest lunar eclipse.
The brothers said they organized the event to facilitate unity between locals.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated couples kissed, and grandparents embraced grandchildren who had doubled in age.
Mohamed Traore, 26, was arrested following a meeting of the city’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which he is chair of. The police department released a statement saying it could have addressed the matter more privately.
Marion man accused of dragging a neighbor by her hair into her bedroom and sexually assaulting her. He also hit, kicked and strangled her to the point of unconsciousness when she told him to stop.
A 12-year-old girl driving a Polaris Ranger UTV with a passenger lost control of the vehicle, which rolled over into a ditch, ejecting the driver and pinning her underneath, the Sheriff’s Office reported. The juvenile passenger was not injured in Sunday’s crash.
A 37-year-old Marion man has been charged with sexual abuse after a woman told investigators the man engaged in a sex act by force or against her will at his home in Marion.
One of the teens charged with fatally shooting Malik Sheets last summer has a tentative plea deal in the works. Marshawn Jeffries, charged with first-degree murder and obstruction of prosecution, will likely plead to lesser charges.
Eric Bradley, an environmental health manager at Scott County Public Health, will take on a new role at Linn County Public Health as the deputy director later this month.
The money comes from the Iowa Arts & Culture Marketing Grant program, created with federal CARES Act funds that Gov. Kim Reynolds allocated to the Cultural Affairs department to provide economic relief to Iowa organizations challenged by the pandemic.
After more than a quarter of a century representing Iowa City, Rep. Mary Mascher has announced she will not seek re-election in 2022.
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