“I take full responsibility for the security lapse,” she said in the email to staff Tuesday. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.”
The shooting prompted shoppers and workers to seek shelter inside store dressing rooms and elsewhere while others ran out of the mall.
The district hopes to raise $4,000 for costs as it prepares to get dog in August
Challenges persist for the agencies that answer the phone calls and text messages that come in through the 988 number, including high turnover among crisis counselors.
1902 report tells of fights, ‘dope fiends,’ birds and beasts on the Levee
... the ‘town’ of Cedar Rapids was founded
Iowa's delegation to the Democratic National Convention is unanimously supporting Vice President Kamala Harris for the party's presidential nomination, adding to the list of state delegates and high-profile endorsers backing Harris.
Local union members and labor leaders gathered in Cedar Rapids Monday to call on Iowa lawmakers to restore collective bargaining rights for public workers.
The DNR’s Manchester field office was notified Friday about dead fish in Crane Creek about two miles southwest of Readlyn, according to a news release Monday. Officials don’t yet know what caused the fish kill, but think it originated around 250th Street and Piedmont Avenue.
Luke Truesdell, accused of bludgeoning 4 people with a mental pipe, may have a mental disorder and lawyers are asking the court for mental evaluation. If granted, proceedings in the case would be temporarily delayed until the evaluation is completed and any restoration is needed.
The University of Iowa has agreed to “settle fully and finally all differences” with its former College of Liberal Arts and Sciences senior human resources director by reassigning her and continuing to pay her until the end of the year or until she finds another job -- whichever comes first.
The ban on abortions once cardiac activity can be detected — typically around 6 weeks of pregnancy — likely will go into effect later this week
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