Mural City weighs options after mural damage shrouded by politics
City leaders and artists debate how to handle a damaged mural once painted over in the 1950s and 1960s. Options include restoring removed imagery, leaving the gap, or recreating parts to acknowledge the damage. funding comes from United Fire Group and McIntyre Foundation grants plus NEA and state program funds.
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Seth Gunnerson
Bob Kocher
Marvin D. Cone
Coe College
Coe
Kocher
Andringa
Haskins
United Fire Group
Dee Ann McIntyre
The
McIntyre Foundation
National Endowment For the Arts
State Historic Resource Development Program
Mercy health telehealth clinic to serve Rockwell Collins staff
Mercy's Business Health Solutions opens an on site telehealth clinic for about 6 000 of Rockwell Collins 8 000 Cedar Rapids employees. Two Mercy nurses and nine physicians staff the system using high definition stethoscope and telemedicine carts costing about 50 000 each earlier. The setup aims to cut wait times and reduce costs while increasing access and productivity, with estimated employee savings of 30 to 80 dollars per visit and similar reimbursement to traditional clinics.
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Tim Sayers
Mercy
Business Health Solutions
Rockwell Collins
Cedar Rapids
Sayers
MercyCare
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Kara Goslin
Courtnne Voss
Rockwell
Evansdale police chief terminated after internal review
Smock, 56, who led Evansdale police for about three years, was fired after a closed council vote 4-1. The dismissal follows an eight week extended vacation and comes as investigators continue efforts into the Lyric Cook-Morrissey and Elizabeth Collins case. Sgt Jeff Jensen acts as chief and an interim successor will be named Tuesday.
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Smock
Faas
Ron Nichols
Kent
Nichols
Gene Walker
Walker
Lyric Cook-Morrissey
Elizabeth
Collins
Evansdale
Seven Bridges Wildlife Area
Bremer County
Division of Criminal Investigation
Police Department
Waterloo
Sali
Jeff Jensen
Ernst's Senate Tenure Expands Reach Across Iowa
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst reflects on her first 100 days in office, touring 51 of Iowa's 99 counties, opening staff offices in Davenport Cedar Rapids Sioux City Des Moines and planning Council Bluffs. She supports VA reform and backs a pro Israel stance while defending a letter to Iran.
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Iowa
U.S. Senate
Tom Harkin
Ernst
Gazette- Lee Des Moines
Barack Obama
Washington
D.C
Chuck Grassley
Senate
Grassley
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department
Benjamin Netanyahu
Congress
Obama
Iran
Netanyahu
Israel
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Sen
Harkin
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Mural City
Rick Smith
Thegazette.com
Adam Wesley
the Gazette
Luisa Pari
City Council
Fine Arts Conservation Laboratories
Santa Barbara
Calif
Megan Schmitt
Chelsea
Keenan
Thegazette
Lee Hermiston
Hermiston
Ernst/Lees
Erin.murphy
Lee.net
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