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Sarah Flanders, 7, of Cedar Rapids, waits in the shade with her one- year- old pet goat Mike for the Hooverfest parade to begin Saturday Aug. 2. 2003. (The Gazette)

Fred Easker, 70, of Cedar Rapids, works on an oil painting in his basement studio in Northeast Cedar Rapids on June 15, 2016. Easker, locally famous for his oil paintings of Iowa's landscape, has been painting for the last 20 years. His paintings can be found throughout the country and even internationally. They sell for $8 per square inch. (Liz Zabel/The Gazette)

Fred Easker, 70, of Cedar Rapids, works on an oil painting in his basement studio in Cedar Rapids on June 15, 2016. Easker, locally famous for his oil paintings of Iowa's landscape, has been painting for the last 20 years. His paintings can be found throughout the country and even internationally. They sell for $8 per square inch. (Liz Zabel/The Gazette)

Fred Easker, 70, of Cedar Rapids, in his basement studio in Cedar Rapids on June 15, 2016. Easker, locally famous for his oil paintings of Iowa's landscape, has been painting for the last 20 years. His paintings can be found throughout the country and even internationally. They sell for $8 per square inch. (Liz Zabel/The Gazette)

Fred Easker, 70, of Cedar Rapids, with his 7-year-old dog, Jack, in his basement studio in Cedar Rapids on June 15, 2016. Easker, locally famous for his oil paintings of Iowa's landscape, has been painting for the last 20 years. His paintings can be found throughout the country and even internationally. They sell for $8 per square inch. (Liz Zabel/The Gazette)

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Craig Johnson stands with Henry Johnson, 8; Jack Johnson, 6; Sophie Johnson, 8; Emi Johnson, 6; Miles Johnson, 6; and Evan Johnson, 11, as they hold out their hands and fists for hive-fives and fist bumps for runners passing by during the Fifth Season Road Races 8k and 5k run at the Greene Square Park in southeast Cedar Rapids on Friday, July 4, 2025. Craig said they were there to cheer on family members who were participating in the races. They had seven family members compete in the 5K and one in the 8K. He added that the race is an annual tradition for the family, and some had flown in from Idaho to participate. (Elizabeth Wood/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Claire Franzwa hits toward the ninth hole during the CRANDIC girls golf meet at Twin Pines Golf Course in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Claire Franzwa putts on the ninth green during the CRANDIC girls golf meet at Twin Pines Golf Course in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Claire Franzwa hits an approach shot during a Mississippi Valley conference girls’ golf quadrangular meet at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Claire Franzwa watches her tee shot during a Mississippi Valley conference girls’ golf quadrangular meet at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Claire Franzwa puts during a Mississippi Valley conference girls’ golf quadrangular meet at Pleasant Valley Golf Course in Iowa City, Iowa on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Liberty’s Claire Franzwa tees off during the MVC Mississippi golf meet at Twin Pines Golf Course in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, May 15, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Clare Franzwa follows her tee shot on the fourth hole during the 2025 Mississippi Valley Conference Girls Golf Super Meet at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Liberty’s Claire Franzwa puts during the 2025 Clash for the Club girls’ golf meet between Iowa City City High, Iowa City West, and Iowa City Liberty at Brown Deer Golf Course in Coralville, Iowa on Monday, April 28, 2025. West took the victory with a team score of 347. Liberty finished second with 369 followed by City with 437. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa City Liberty’s Clare Franzwa putts on the third green during the 2025 Mississippi Valley Conference Girls Golf Super Meet at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Monday, May 5, 2025. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Liberty’s Claire Franzwa putts the ball during the MVC Mississippi golf meet at Twin Pines Golf Course in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, May 15, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Attorneys reaffirm their Attorney’s Oath during a National Law Day of Action event at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa Supreme Court Justice Dana Oxley administers the Attorney’s Oath to members of the bar during a National Law Day of Action event at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Attorney’s stand for a group portrait during a National Law Day of Action event at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa Bar Association President Melvin Shaw looks on during a National Law Day of Action event at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Iowa Supreme Court Justice Dana Oxley looks on during a National Law Day of Action event at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Blake Jones passes the baton to Jesse Price (left) during the 800 meter sprint medley relay at the Ask Relays at Kingston Stadium in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, March 28, 2017. Kennedy won the race in 1:35. (The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Kennedy's Marco Shanklin (right) passes the baton to anchor Blake Jones in the varsity 800-meter sprint medley relay at the Mississippi Valley Conference finals at Iowa City High's Raffensperger Track in Iowa City on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Kennedy won the event in 1:34.90. (The Gazette)

Iowa State Cyclones offensive lineman Tyler Maro (50) talks with Iowa State fans after the Cyclones defeated UCF 38-35 at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Iowa State fans celebrate after the Cyclones bring the score to 38-35 in the fourth quarter at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

USAF Academy Cadet 3rd Class Sawyer Slezak stands for a portrait at his home near Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Jeff Marlin stands for a portrait last Monday, March 25, 2024, at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids. He owns Marlin’s Special Investigations, a business marking its 30th anniversary and started in 1994 by Marlin’s father, Mike, who retired as an agent for the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Rapper Snoop Dogg performs at the U.S. Cellular Center on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2002 in Cedar Rapids. (The Gazette)

ConnectCR governing board member Felicia Wyrick (left) flexes as she is introduced alongside ITC Midwest marketing and communications manager Rod Pritchard before them and other dignitaries figuratively blew up the CRANDIC/Rock Island Railroad Bridge by inflating a bicycle tire until it exploded during a "recycling" celebration of the planned demolition of the bridge and the construction of the Alliant Energy LightLine bridge over the Cedar River during the ceremony atop Mount Trashmore in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, home Thursday, August 31, 2023. Bridge materials will be recycled and used in the new bridge and as part of informational kiosks along the Cedar Valley Nature Trail. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

The Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats plant in 1958 sprawled over 15 acres of land at the same location where its immediate predecessor burned down in 1905. It was and is the world’s largest cereal mill. Gazette photo

A Gazette clipping from Aug. 2, 1961, shows Duane Arnold (right) had been named president of Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. Sutherland Dows (left), Arnold's father-in-law, had been named chairman of the utility's board.

William J. Grede (right), a YMCA leader from Milwaukee, spoke March 16, 1959, at the 90th annual meeting of the Cedar Rapids YMCA. He is shown here visiting with William Whipple (left), outgoing president of the Cedar Rapids organization, and Duane Arnold, who succeeded Whipple as president. (Gazette archives)

Dr. P.A. Morris (right), director of reactor licensing of the Atomic Energy Commission, accepts the initial copy of Iowa Electric Light and Power Co.'s application for a license to build and operate a nuclear reactor. Duane Arnold (left), president of Iowa Electric, presented the application Nov. 7, 1968, in Morris' Washington, D.C., office. (Gazette archives)

A 1946 wedding announcement photo for Duane and Henrietta Arnold shows the couple in the terraced garden of Sutherland Dows' home in Cedar Rapids. Dows was Henrietta's father. (Gazette archives)

(from left) Wes Buresh, manager of the Fairfax Elevator Corp., talks with Chad Keating of rural Swisher as he unloads two wagons of soybeans at the elevator in Fairfax, Iowa. (The Gazette)

A large crowd cheers as they welcome home Veteran William MacNider after getting off the Honor Flight at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

North Cedar's Kassidie Galloway (13) and Cascade's Alyssa Lux (8) react as Galloway is called out at home in the 9th inning of their Class 2A prep softball regional game Cascade High School in Cascade on Monday, July 13, 2020. Cascade won 5-4 in the 11th inning. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

North Cedar's Kassidie Galloway (13) tries to beat the ball but is tagged out at home by Cascade's Alyssa Lux (8) in the 9th inning of their Class 2A prep softball regional game Cascade High School in Cascade on Monday, July 13, 2020. Cascade won 5-4 in the 11th inning. (Liz Martin/The Gazette)

Cole Cooper of Cedar Rapids hoses down the grass while getting the field ready for Kernels opening day at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Monday, April 10, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A young fan reacts as Iowa Hawkeyes guard Caitlin Clark (22) signs her shoe after Iowa defeated South Carolina during the Final Four game at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on Friday, March 31, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Soul Pozeck, 13, flies off a jump at the temporary skate park set up on the basketball courts in Time Check Park, 1131 Fifth St. NW, in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The Parks and Recreation Department installed the temporary ramps and rails while the city's only permanent skate park at Riverside Park was closed for construction of a detention basin. The skate park at Riverside Park will be reconfigured and relocated, along with the park's playground, closer to C St. SE when the flood control project is finished. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Assistant Linn County Attorney Jordan Schier (left) talks with First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter (right) during the trial of Alexander Jackson (not pictured) at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Thursday, January 19, 2023. Jackson, 22, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He is accused of killing his father, Jan Jackson, 61; mother, Melissa Jackson, 68; and sister, Sabrina Jackson, 19. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Assistant Linn County Attorney Jordan Schier makes an opening statement during the trial of Alexander Jackson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Friday, January 13, 2023. Alexander Jackson, 22, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He is accused of killing his father, Jan Jackson, 61; mother, Melissa Jackson, 68; and sister, Sabrina Jackson, 19. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Assistant District Attorney Jordan Schier and First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter answer questions following the trial of Alexander Jackson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Jackson was convicted on three counts of murder in the first degree. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter during the Trial of Alexander Jackson at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, January 24, 2023.

Mayoral candidate Tiffany O’Donnell smiles as her father Joe DiBernardo gives her flowers after winning the election while at Lucky’s in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Snow falls in Iowa City on Monday, March 7, 2022. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

A man runs across the Bertram Road Bridge over Indian Creek in southeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thursday, November 10, 2022. The bridge will be replaced with an Iowa Department of Transportation standard concrete beam bridge. The historic structure, built by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio, will be relocated on Indian Creek Nature Center property where it will be used on its trail system. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Ulysses Marin jumps over the steps at the old Czech and Slovak Museum and Library on Saturday, May 15, 2010, in Cedar Rapids. (The Gazette)

Cedar Rapids Washington’s Nile Petersen smiles after placing a caterpillar on his shirt while waiting for a group to clear the fairway before teeing off on 14 during the boys district golf tournament at Hunters Ridge in Marion on Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. (Andy Abeyta/The Gazette)

City High’s Ava Bell (6) duels with Linn-Mar’s Emma Friedman (1) during the Little Hawks home girls soccer game against the Linn-Mar Lions on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Iowa City High in Iowa City, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Linn-Mar’s Emma Friedman (1) duels with City High’s Claire Brown (7) during the Little Hawks home girls soccer game against the Linn-Mar Lions on Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at Iowa City High in Iowa City, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

Justin Harris of Cedar Rapids celebrates with his girlfriend’s children 10-year-old Richie Moran, left, and six-year-old Ari Moran after Ari hit a hole-in-one shot on the mini golf course at Twin Pines Golf Course in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Saturday, March 19, 2022. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

GUN.071597.LLP-Bullet casings fly as Cedar Rapids Police Lt. Mike Emerson demonstrates how fast 14 rounds can be shot from a gun. The demonstration was held at the police pistol range on Old River Rd. SW Tuesday. WASHBURN SHOOTING

GUN02.071597.LLP-Cedar Rapids Police Chief Bud Byrne (left) and Lt. Mike Emerson talk about what it is like to fire a weapon when a police officer is threatened by a person with a gun. "In the heat of battle nobody counts their rounds," said Byrne. The demonstration was held Monday at the Police Pistol Range on Old River Rd. SW. WASHBURN SHOOTING

POLICE CITIZENS 2.042599.MDM -- (PUBLISHED: Lt. Mike Emerson (wearing cap) shows Doug Neumann of Cedar Rapids the proper way to hold a shotgun. Neumann is executive assistant to the mayor and City Council. ) Lieutenant Mike Emerson shows Doug Neuman, of Cedar Rapids, how to hold properly hold a shot gun.

POLICE CITIZENS 4.042599.MDM -- (PUBLISHED: Lt. Mike Emerson (right) recruits class member John Allen of Cedar Rapids to demonstrate how to control a subject by bending the wrist. Sgt. Joe Cerruto trains Robert Woods of Cedar Rapids on the police firing range in Cedar Rapids. Woods is learning how to shoot a handgun. ) Lt. Mike Emerson demonstrates on John Allen, of Cedar Rapids, how to control a subject by bending their wrist during a police citizens class held at the Cedar Rapids Police Dept.

Cedar Rapids, city of. Police Department (Police Dept.). With firearms instructor Mike Emerson (right) observing, Dan Moore of the Iowa City Police Department (Iowa City Police Dept.) fires his revolver from behind a stack of tires at the police pistol range in Cedar Rapids. Sergeant (Sgt.) Emerson is with the Cedar Rapids police. October 19, 1981.

Cedar Rapids, city of. Police Department (Police Dept.). Iowa City policeman Craig Lihs hustles from one firing position to the next in an exertion course, with instructor Mike Emerson, Cedar Rapids Police, in close pursuit. The officers have to run and reload while firing again in an exercise to review basic skills. October 19, 1981.

Cedar Rapids, city of. Police Department (Police Dept.). Bob Havlik (left), a Cedar Rapids police officer, listens to the suggestions of firearms instructor Mike Emerson while reloading his revolver at the pistol range. Emerson is a sergeant with the Cedar Rapids police. October 19, 1981.

Court Security Officer Mike Emerson of Cedar Rapids keeps an eye on the security monitors during Congressman Dave Loebsack's (IA-02) visit to the United States District Court Northern District of Iowa Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, on Friday, March 7, 2008. Loebsack was touring the courthouse to discuss his efforts to get a new facility built.

(PUBLISHED: Mike Emerson (left), head firearms instructor for the Cedar Rapids Police Department, gives some shooting pointers to Dan Herman, a senior at Kennedy High School, as he practices with a specially modified Glock semiautomatic handgun on the department's firearms training simulator Friday in Cedar Rapids.) Head firearms instructor for the Cedar Rapids Police Department Mike Emerson, left, gives some shooting pointers to Dan Herman, a senior at Kennedy High School, as Herman practices with a specially modified Glock semiautomatic handgun on the department's Firearms Training Simulator Friday, June 29, 2001, at the department in SW Cedar Rapids. Students from the Cedar Rapids Police Youth Academy took part in the realistic "shoot-don't shoot"computerized training simulator on the last day of the week-long academy. The simulator projects video footage of situations officers may encounter like a traffic stop and searching a building. The computer records hits from a laser installed in the gun. The training tests officers' reactions to threats, ability to verbalize commands, and using judgement whether or not to shoot in a situation.

A group of Armstrong's employees leaving for a California buying trip in 1947. From left are Bud Maher, Alice McKenna, Warren McAllister, Robert Armstrong, Mrs. Armstrong and two unidentified passengers. Mrs. Margaret Burns of the store's alteration is at the top of the stairs with the crew. (Gazette file photo)

Jefferson’s Ronald Choute (right) eyes a header as Kennedy’s Ombeni Mubake (9) also goes for it during the first half of their Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer match at Mount Mercy. University's Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Jefferson’s Jadon Lingren (15) battles Kennedy’s Raymond Freund (5) for the ball during the first half of their Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer match at Mount Mercy. University's Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Ombeni Mubake (right) passes the ball in midair away from Jefferson’s Robert Martinez (2) during the first half of their Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer match at Mount Mercy. University's Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Kennedy’s Ben Joens (3) moves the ball in front of Jefferson’s Joshua Morris (21) during the first half of their Mississippi Valley Conference boys soccer match at Mount Mercy. University's Robert W. Plaster Athletic Complex in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, April 8, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Iowa's quarterback Ryan Driscoll runs in the first touchdown giving Iowa the lead at 7-3 in the second quarter in a game in 1994. (The Gazette)

Xavier’s Christian Stanek tries to trip Lisbon’s Lincoln Holub at the Mount Vernon invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, Iowa. (Geoff Stellfox/The Gazette)

The mat is setup for the Grapple on the Gridiron match between Iowa and Oklahoma State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Flags for the Grapple on the Gridiron match between Iowa and Oklahoma State are setup on the field at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

Fans await the Grapple on the Gridiron match between Iowa and Oklahoma State at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. (Adam Wesley/The Gazette)

The new Quaker Oats sign is seen in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The sign was damaged in the August 10, 2020 derecho, and Nesper Sign of Cedar Rapids replaced it last week with one that uses more energy-efficient LEDs. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Prairie's Caden Striegel (21) celebrates his interception of a Cedar Falls quarterback Hunter Jacobson (5) during the first half of their high school football game at John Wall Memorial Field at Prairie High School in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, September 10, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Prairie's Caden Striegel (21) runs after intercepting a pass from Cedar Falls quarterback Hunter Jacobson (5) during the first half of their high school football game at John Wall Memorial Field at Prairie High School in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, September 10, 2021. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Jefferson's Logan Miller tees off on the eleventh hole at the Mississippi Valley conference golf meet at St. Andrews Golf Course in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The meet featured eight teams from local metro areas. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

Jefferson's Logan Miller watches his ball drop after teeing off on the eleventh hole at the Mississippi Valley conference golf meet at St. Andrews Golf Course in Cedar Rapids on Monday, Sept. 13, 2021. The meet featured eight teams from local metro areas. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)

A young Iowa fan cheers on the sideline as the Iowa Hawkeyes marching band takes the field before the game at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

U.S. Air Force ROTC Detachment 255 cadet Thomas Coon poses for a photo in front of a F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft during a tour at Signature Flight Support at The Eastern Iowa Airport in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, November 12, 2021. Pilots from the 388th Fighter Wing will perform a flyover above Kinnick Stadium with a formation of the fighter aircraft prior to the kickoff of the Big Ten football game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the Minnesota Golden Gophers on Saturday. The game is the Hawkeyes' annual military appreciation game. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Connect CR board member Felicia Wyrick raises her fist in celebration as she speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for construction of improvements to Cedar Lake at Cedar Lake Park in northeast Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday, October 7, 2021. The improvements include both enhancements for the $20 million ConnectCR project and a flood control levee. MidAmerican Energy pledged another $1 million to the revitalization project. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Prarie junior, Jacey Miller, warms up before her match against Linn-Mar Tuesday, September 14, 2021. (Amir Prellberg/Freelance)

Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf throws the discus during the 3A discus competition at the 2024 Iowa High School State Track & Field Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on Thursday, May 16, 2024. Weisskopf finished second. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf competes in the discus during the 2024 Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa on Thursday, April 25, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Mike Isensee (right), of Minneapolis, watches the solar eclipse with his son Zae (right) at Sugar Bottom Recreation Area in North Liberty, Iowa on Monday, April 8, 2024. The Isensee’s had planned on traveling farther south to view the eclipse when the forecast called for clouds instead decided to find somewhere to view the astronomical event where they could avoid the crowds on the path of totality and enjoy their first mountain bike ride of the year. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Adam Jones pulls a grain cart alongside the combine as Jason Kwapil harvests soybeans on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Jason Kwapil operates a combine during soybean harvesting on the Voss farm near Palo, Iowa on Wednesday, October 2, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Cam Bimson, 18, of Cedar Rapids works on a bike as volunteers work to restore children’s bikes during the second annual kids’ bike drive at Chain Reaction Bike Hub in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Sunday, December 15, 2024. Volunteers restored roughly ninety kifds bikes which will be donated to community organizations including the Boys and Girls Club of the Corridor and United We March Forward. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Dave Moore throws pizza dough at Aroma Pizza’s new Kingston Yard location in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Carol, Chris, and Craig Elliott stand for a portrait at Aroma Pizza’s new Kingston Yard location in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, December 11, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter talks to Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks during the McKinley Louisma trial at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, November 8, 2024. Louisma, 23, of Hiawatha, is charged with first-degree murder in the kidnapping and fatal strangulation of Melody Hoffman on Feb. 17, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter speaks during the sentence hearing of Kameron Beets at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Beets, 32, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded to third-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and sexual exploitation by a school employee, an aggravated misdemeanor, in a case involving a 17-year-old student. Beets also pleaded guilty in a separate case, involving a 15-year-old student, to assault with intent to commit a sexual abuse without injury, an aggravated misdemeanor. Beets was sentenced to 14 years in prison. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter listens as the defense addresses inaccuracies in the resentence investigation report during the sentence hearing of Kameron Beets at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Beets, 32, of Cedar Rapids, pleaded to third-degree sexual abuse, a felony, and sexual exploitation by a school employee, an aggravated misdemeanor, in a case involving a 17-year-old student. Beets also pleaded guilty in a separate case, involving a 15-year-old student, to assault with intent to commit a sexual abuse without injury, an aggravated misdemeanor. Beets was sentenced to 14 years in prison. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter speaks during a plea hearing of Anthony Depolis (cq) at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, August 16, 2024. Depolis (cq) plead guilty to attempted murder in the stabbing of his ex-wife, Diana L. Depolis on July 6, 2020. The charge carries a sentence of 25 years with a requirement that a minimum of 70% must be served before being eligible for parole. The plea deal included that two other charges, willful injury and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon (domestic abuse), will be dropped. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Attorney Monica Slaughter (left) talks to defense attorney Richard Pazdernik before the plea and sentence hearing for Kyle Kubite before Sixth Judicial District Judge David Cox in the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Monday, March 18, 2024. Kubite was sentenced to no more than 25 years in prison but must serve a minimum of 70%, or 17.5 years before being eligible for parole. Kubite, driving an SUV, hit Bonnie and Shawn Stover, who were standing outside their home in the 1400 block of Memorial Drive SE on Nov. 12, 2023. Bonnie Stover died after being struck by Kubite and Shawn had an ankle injury. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter displays a length of cord taken into evidence in the strangulation of Melody Hoffman as associate state medical examiner Dr. Kelly Kruse testifies during the trial of McKinley Louisma at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Louisma, 23, of Hiawatha, is charged with first-degree murder in the kidnapping and fatal strangulation of Melody Hoffman on Feb. 17, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter displays a folding knife taken into evidence during testimony by associate state medical examiner Dr. Kelly Kruse during the trial of McKinley Louisma at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Louisma, 23, of Hiawatha, is charged with first-degree murder in the kidnapping and fatal strangulation of Melody Hoffman on Feb. 17, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter (left) talks to Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks during the testimony of associate state medical examiner Dr. Kelly Kruse during the trial of McKinley Louisma at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, November 13, 2024. Louisma, 23, of Hiawatha, is charged with first-degree murder in the kidnapping and fatal strangulation of Melody Hoffman on Feb. 17, 2024. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

First Assistant Linn County Attorney Monica Slaughter talks to Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks during a pretrial hearing for McKinley Louisma at the Linn County Courthouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Friday, October 11, 2024. Louisma, 23, is accused in the kidnapping and killing of Melody Hoffman on Feb. 18, 2024. He is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit a forcible felony. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette)

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