Bill would affect Johnson, Story and Black Hawk counties
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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Bill would affect Johnson, Story and Black Hawk counties
Cedar Rapids schools officials will spend the next several weeks speaking with staff, parents and community members to consider ways the district can reduce the cost of a proposed $211 million bond measure that seeks to support future operations, including building a new middle school.
The Linn County Attorney’s Office ruled Monday that the use of deadly force by two Cedar Rapids police officers in February — during an exchange of gunfire during an 11-hour standoff — was justified. No one was injured in the shooting.
A Cedar Rapids man was convicted last week on federal charges stemming from a drug deal gone bad near Kirkwood Community College last August. State charges were dismissed after he was indicted in federal court. He faces up to 40 years.
The administration has conceded that Abrego Garcia should not have been sent to El Salvador because an immigration judge found he likely would face persecution by local gangs.
A Linn County man was transported by Lifeguard Air Ambulance to the University of Iowa Health Care with life-threatening injuries Saturday after a single-vehicle crash on Springville Road, according to a press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Hundreds of people protested the Trump administration and its policies during the nationwide, coordinated protest
Available at the Cedar Valley Humane Society
While legislation allowing all Iowa nursing home residents to have cameras in their rooms has failed to advance this session, the technology is being successfully used in one Iowa care facility.
Also, Linn County Conservation campgrounds open this week
Leah Fuller stumbled into mountain biking mostly by accident, happening upon a trail in George Wyth State Park when she was growing up in Waterloo. Now, more than 30 years later, she runs a Linn County area Facebook group with more than 300 members for women mountain bikers.
The move will allow the Cedar Rapids nonprofit to increase the quality and quantity of low-cost arts programming for area youth and adults.
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