Eldora Boys State Training School criticized for restraints
Disability Rights Iowa released a report charging the Eldora boys facility with pervasive mistreatment including seclusion and restraints such as a wrap device. The group notes two thirds of residents use psychiatric meds and calls for major reforms while the superintendent defends safety measures and resource limits.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Eldora
Disability Rights Iowa
Toledo
Jane Hudson
Hudson
Disability Rights Iown
Mark Day
Day
Linn County K-9 to receive protective vest for Bingo
Linn County K-9 officer Bingo will get a bullet and stab protective vest donated by Vested Interest in K9s Inc. The vest, sponsored via an Alaska K-9 Center fundraiser, honors K-9 Helo, an Alaska State Trooper killed in 2016. Bingo’s vest should arrive in eight to ten weeks.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Linn County Sheriff's Office
Bingo
K9s Inc
Alaska
K-9 Center
Helo
United States
Derek Steines
K-9
Virginia Man Charged After Alleged Sexual Abuse in Iowa City
A Virginia man, Mason E. Fillmore, 28, of Arlington, is accused in an Iowa City criminal complaint of having sex with a woman against her will. A morning witness saw the act as the woman slept and was unaware, leading to Fillmore’s arrest on one count of third degree sexual abuse, a felony carrying up to 10 years’ imprisonment.
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Iowa City
Virginia
Mason E. Fillmore
Arlington
Fillmore
Three-Vehicle Crash Near Mount Vernon Injures Two
Linn County deputies responded to a three-vehicle crash on Highway 1 near Mount Vernon at 10 37 a m. A southbound truck driven by Eric Larsen 66 of Lisbon rear-ended a car driven by Philip Morrow 59 of Cedar Rapids pushing it into oncoming traffic where it struck another car driven by Chloe Whitmore 16 of Solon. Morrow and Whitmore were transported to a hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. The crash remains under investigation.
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Mount Vernon
Linn County
Whitmore
Suspect sought in IOWA CITY robbery
Police seek a male suspect described as 18 to 22 years old, about 5 foot 8, wearing a dark shirt, who robbed a 70-year-old man at Mormon Trek Boulevard at 10 33 a m. The crime offers a reward up to 1000 dollars for information leading to an arrest. Call 358 TIPS.
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Iowa City
Iowa ranks well in health care and cultural notices
Gov. Reynolds highlights WalletHub ranking placing Iowa second in health care among states and DNR reports a fish kill near Maynard traced to an empty hog confinement. Cultural Affairs director Mary Downie to resign August 17. new online resources from state archives and Library of Congress.
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Kim Reynolds
WalletHub. Com
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WalletHub
Department of Natural Resources
Maynard
Fayette County
Raymond Forsyth Farms Corp
DNR
Mary Downie
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Mary
Iowaculture.gov
Nikita Khrushchev
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Library of Congress
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