Food drive exceeds goal for HACAP in Iowa counties
From late June to mid August volunteers donated over 60000 pounds of food for HACAP Food Reservoir. Barb Elsasser says the exact total will be announced at a September 6 recognition event. Food moved through HACAP’s Hiawatha warehouse to shelves in Linn Johnson Benton Jones Cedar Iowa and Washington counties.
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Barb Elsasser
Hawkeye Area
HACAP
Hiawatha
Linn
Johnson
Benton
Jones
Cedar
Iowa
Washington
Cedar Rapids nominees named for associate district judge post
The Sixth Judicial District Nominating Commission interviewed nine Cedar Rapids area candidates at the Linn County Courthouse. Three nominees will be chosen and sent to Chief Judge David Remley who has 15 days to pick one. Nominees include Kaufman Finley Liesveld Pazdernik Moriarty Ramsey Kacena Willems Bernau Binder and note Baumgartner was appointed district judge Aug. 11 by Gov. Vilsack.
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Sixth Judicial District Nominating Commission
Linn County
David Remley
Kelly J. Kaufman
Cynthia Smith Finley
Barbara H. Liesveld
Richard L. Pazdernik
James P. Moriarty
Ellen Ramsey-Kacena
Daniel D. Willems
Cedar Rapids
John W. Bernau
Manchester
Janice B. Binder
Mount Vernon
Nancy Baumgartner
Tom Vilsack
Unauthorized rogue wireless access points found at Iowa campus
University of Iowa officials say dozens of rogue access points have created security holes in the campus wireless network. An audit of nine academic buildings found staff and faculty may have installed about 80 unauthorized points, with roughly 40 unencrypted, exposing the system to potential hackers. The audit notes the service covers only 15 percent of the campus amid unapproved deployments.
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University of Iowa
Two Truck Drivers Injured in Head-On Crash on Highway 1
Iowa State Patrol reports 19 year old Alberto Hartinez from Cedar Rapids lost control on Highway 1 and crossed the center line colliding with 40 year old Ivan Miller of Kalona. Miller was airlifted while Hartinez was taken by ground. Conditions unavailable last night.
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Alberto Hartinez
Cedar Rapids
Ivan Miller
Kalona
Iowa State Patrol
Black Diamond Road
Johnson County
Miller
Hartinez
C R council urged to vote on aging police helicopter fleet
Cedar Rapids council member Pat Shey urged a debate and vote on the city’s 30 plus year old police helicopter fleet. He noted past commissions avoided cost-benefit discussions, deferring to former Public Safety Commissioner David Zahn, as questions about the chopper program linger.
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the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Pat Shey
Iowa
Shey
Public Safety
David Zahn
Zahn
UI opens $6 million Nursing Clinical Education Center
The University of Iowa College of Nursing and University Hospitals form a joint center on the hospital's fourth floor. The state-of-the-art facility trains students and staff, aims to attract more nurses, and keeps pace with tech advances to reduce errors.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa College of Nursing
University Hospitals
Iowa
Lou Ann Montgomery
Teri Boese
College of Nursing
Boese
Ui’s. Montgomery
Brian Ray
the Gazette
University of Iowa Nursing Clinical Education Center
Iowa offers e mail alerts on sex offenders in neighborhoods
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation unveiled an e mail notification option for the Iowa Sex Offender Registry Web site to alert residents when offenders move into their area. The system expands public safety tools alongside a prior three mile offender mapping feature.
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Des Moines
DCI
Iowa
Iowa Sex Offender Registry
Johnson County
Iowa Medical and Classification Center
Oakdale
Linn County
Iowa Department of Public Safety
Diesel car breaks speed barrier at Bonneville Salt Flats
Roy Lewis of West Branch became the first to drive a diesel car past 300 mph during Speed Week at Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. His 306.816 mph average topped a record later raised by JCB. the 29.5 foot streamliner was built with a Dave Rasdal designed body and contributions from Dick Crees and others.
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Roy Lewis
West Branch
Roy
Utah
Bonneville Salt Flats
JCE Diesel
England
JCB
Dick Crees
Atalissa
Chassis Engineering Inc
Jeanne
Jim Donovan
Lorna
Steve Mallicoat
Dave Ray
Cummins Diesel
Cedar Rapids
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
Richard Crees
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