Eastern Iowa officials question whether the Department of Corrections should take over community-based corrections after missteps on parole decisions.
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Eastern Iowa officials question whether the Department of Corrections should take over community-based corrections after missteps on parole decisions.
Security systems using doorbell and home surveillance cameras have become more common and are frequently used in police investigations. In Cedar Rapids, community members can register their doorbell cameras to let police know where they might find video of a crime scene.
Federal funds will help with tree replanting, generators
“As a part of her top-down, bottom-up audit of victim assistance, Attorney General Bird is carefully evaluating whether this is an appropriate use of public funds,” Bird Press Secretary Alyssa Brouillet said in a statement. “Until that review is complete, payment of these pending claims will be delayed.”
According to police, the woman working at the Casey's was approached by two customers, who assaulted her, and all three exited the store.
Iowa is in a shrinking minority of states that do not offer coverage under Medicaid to new mothers for 12 months after they give birth, and lawmakers are not likely to extend the coverage this year.
A look back at the top news stories from the week of April 3
After pandemic pauses, local pilots Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels are ready to fly around the world on a mission to end polio. The two men will spend more than 165 hours together in the cockpit of their single-engine Cessna airplane. They’ll cover more than 25,000 miles, with stops planned in more than 25 countries in three months.
Emergency responders were called to N. Dubuque Street at 1:35 a.m. for the single-vehicle crash.
Nearly two months after Iowa Wesleyan University President Christine Plunkett in February asked Gov. Kim Reynolds for $12 million in federal COVID-relief funds to help her campus stay open, Plunkett in March sent another email telling the governor – who had yet to decide – that time was up.
As student enrollment declines and school officials say Iowa’s per-pupil state aid has failed to keep up with rising costs, the Cedar Rapids Community School District is looking to trim $2 million in planned spending from its general fund -- more than 80 percent of which pays staff salaries and benefits.
Also, new website aims to connect veterans with jobs in Iowa
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