Wednesday Morning Read: Blum faces hostile crowd, UI seeks Griesbaum trial delay, Cedar Rapids appealing camera ruling

BLUM FACES HOSTILE CROWD - A day after walking out on a local TV interview and becoming mocked by critics across the nation, U.S. Rep. Rod Blum strode into a Cedar Rapids basketball arena Tuesday night to face about 1,300 loud, unruly voters, most who disagreed with him on issues ranging from health care to President Donald Trump's tax returns. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/government-politics/blum-faces-hostile-crowd-in-cedar-rapids/

UI SEEKS GRIESBAUM TRIAL DELAY - The University of Iowa wants to postpone the trial of a former field hockey coach who's suing the UI for employment discrimination. Tracey Griesbaum, who was fired by the UI in 2014 after several student-athletes complained of verbal abuse, is suing her former employer for gender and sexual orientation discrimination. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/ui-seeks-delay-in-griesbaum-trial/

CEDAR RAPIDS APPEALING CAMERA RULING - The Cedar Rapids City Council on Tuesday voted to appeal a judge's ruling for the right to continue using traffic cameras on Interstate 380. After emerging from a 45-minute closed session with legal staff and police on Tuesday, the council voted 7-1 to appeal Polk County District Court Judge Scott E. Rosenberg's April 25 ruling against the city. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/cedar-rapids-city-council-votes-to-appeal-traffic-camera-ruling/

COE'S HEITLAND GETS NFL SHOT - He has no idea what will become of it, if anything. But Trevor Heitland has a memory for a lifetime, even if that answer eventually turns out to be nothing. The NCAA Division III all-American from Coe College and Cedar Rapids Kennedy was one of 88 participants last weekend in a rookie minicamp conducted by the NFL's San Francisco 49ers. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/football/coes-trevor-heitland-gets-a-shot-at-nfl-attends-49ers-rookie-minicamp/

QUOTABLE - 'We don't intend to change our fireworks ordinance we have right now, period. And that is it's illegal to shoot off fireworks in unincorporated Johnson County without a permit.” Johnson County supervisor Janelle Rettig, reacting to a new state law allowing the sale and discharge of consumer-grade fireworks in Iowa