The city won’t issue new permits for tobacco and vape sales from June 4 to Jan. 1, 2025, giving officials time to study how it can mitigate the impact of tobacco and nicotine products on public health.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
The city won’t issue new permits for tobacco and vape sales from June 4 to Jan. 1, 2025, giving officials time to study how it can mitigate the impact of tobacco and nicotine products on public health.
After police conducted a search and found no threat, an all-clear was given at 1:36 p.m. Wednesday, according to the police department.
A report in December 2020 found that the state-run facility likely violated the constitutional rights of its residents by subjecting them to human experiments.
Iowa City Mayor Bruce Teague votes against, saying he was uncomfortable with the proposal.
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Struggling early readers will receive detailed assistance plans and have the option to be held back, and elementary teachers in training will be required to take an aptitude test on early reading instruction.
“When we came together, it was really a conversation to say – are there ways, given our size, that we could be more agile, more responsive to the needs of our community partners, and build out a series of opportunities that we think improve access and affordability for students going forward?”
An Iowa City man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for shooting and paralyzing a victim last year in downtown Iowa City. He must serve five years before being eligible for parole.
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Iowa DOT maintenance will close some Interstate 380 on-ramps and off-ramps overnight in Cedar Rapids this week.
More than 60% of Iowans’ donations to the sheriffs in 2022 were consumed by the expenses of a for-profit marketing company.
A judge takes Iowa City teen, who is accused in drag racing fatality, off house arrest but continues GPS monitoring and adds a curfew and $30,000 bail. Off house arrest, the teen also won’t receive jail credit towards a possible prison sentence if convicted.
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