Conviction of LA officers ends King beating probe
A federal jury convicted Sgt Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Powell of violating Rodney King rights in the videotaped beating. Officers Theodore Briseno and Timothy Wind were acquitted. Sentencing set for Aug. 4 with Koon and Powell free on bail. City calm after weeks of tension as protests eased.
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Eastern Iowans debate police brutality impact on locals
Cedar Rapids NAACP leader Linda Topinka says excessive force reports surface locally, while police detectives argue brutality cases are rare. Residents cite Los Angeles verdicts as a national training touchpoint and urge more victims to come forward and officers to show greater sensitivity.
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Iowa contractor registration law catches many in Linn Johnson counties
About one fifth of Linn County contractors and a third in Johnson County fail to register with the Iowa Division of Labor under a four year old law. First offense fines can reach 500 dollars, up to 5,000 for repeats. Only one state investigator means most go uncited, though Cedar Rapids issued 13 citations recently. Registration costs 25 dollars for two years and requires unemployment insurance and workers compensation evidence for businesses with employees. The law aims at consumer protection by ensuring compliance.
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Linn County
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Iowa Division of Labor
Cedar Rapids
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20 year old mom of two seeks better life in 1992
Editor's note recalls Stephanie Hoffman then a pregnant Linn-Mar High School student whose life as a teenage mother drew Gazette attention in February 1992 and again a year later. She is a single mother on welfare with two small children, jobless, lacking education, living with her mother in a Marion mobile home as Shay and Tyler grow.
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Why farming Why would teens pick farming as a career
Iowa Today in Mongay's Gazette reports that farming is demanding work and many farmers juggle second jobs to survive. Read about Iowa teenagers who offer reasons for pursuing farming as a career.
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Mongay’s Gazette
Intuition The inner voice guiding belief against truth
A fragment suggests the idea of intuition as a small voice asserting personal correctness despite conflicting evidence. The text hints at internal doubt and the tension between belief and objective truth.
Mother of murder suspect hopes for charge reduction
Helen Miller of University Park says she hopes Otis Penelton’s first degree murder charge will be reduced. Penelton, 21, faces murder in the March 19 killing of Ryan Wagehoft in Iowa City, where he stood at the car during a confrontation. Co-defendants Coleman, McCune, and Williams also plead innocent and a joint trial is set for June 7.
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