Cedar Rapids Police Officer Under State Investigation
The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is called to probe criminal allegations against a Cedar Rapids officer. Assistant DCI Director Steve Bogle said Cedar Rapids Police Chief Mike Klappholz asked state agents to handle interviews. The exact crimes and whether the officer was on or off duty were not disclosed. The incident occurred Tuesday or Wednesday and the officer was placed on leave. Klappholz declined to comment.
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Iowa
Bogle
Klappholz
Missing guide dog returns to Cedar Rapids man
J D Nichols, 26, of Cedar Rapids, reunites with Malcolm the black Labrador retriever at Marion Police Department. The guide dog escaped Wednesday night near Armor Drive and First Avenue SE after his harness came off. Jesse Hacker and Virginia Birdnow found Malcolm by Collins Road near Blockbuster Video. A family friend offered a $1,000 reward. Nichols has not discussed it with the finders.
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J.D. Nichols
Nichols
Cedar Rapids
Malcolm
Marion
Armor Drive
First Avenue SE
Jesse Hacker
Virginia Birdnow
Blockbuster Video
Collins Road
Cedar Rapids man sentenced for possession of child images
Anthony von Alexander, 33, of Cedar Rapids, received a two year, three month federal prison term after pleading guilty to possessing computer images of minors in September 2002. He will serve three years of supervised release after prison. FBI investigation led to the case.
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Anthony von Alexander
Cedar Rapids
U.S
von Alexander
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Enrollment rises at Kirkwood Iowa City campus
Spring enrollment at Kirkwood Community College in Iowa City grew 12 percent to 3,289 students, 343 more than last year, while Cedar Rapids campus rose 1 percent. Since 2001 Iowa City enrollment has increased 35 percent, said Mary Lou Lauer, Kirkwood vice president of instruction.
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Kirkwood
Community College
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Mary Lou Lauer
Regent Board Hasty Action Cited in Wellmark Row
Sue Nieland a Iowa Board of Regents member praised John Forsyth but accused regents of hasty late decisions allowing University of Iowa to cancel Wellmark contract. She urged lawmakers not to use resignations as a pretext to cut higher education funding amid ongoing Wellmark dispute. Nieland warned of the broader funding impact.
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the Gazette
Sue Nieland
Iowa Board of Regents
John Forsyth
Univer
Sity
Iowa
Nieland
Sioux City
Forsyth
David Neil
Vilsack
Wellmark Inc
Tom Miller
Wellmark
Board of Regents
Miller
Sharing spaces fosters varied Sabbaths in Cedar Rapids churches
In Cedar Rapids, Covenant Seventh-day Adventist Church on Old Marion Road and New Life Community Church in Kennedy High School gym began sharing space in March 2004. The arrangement serves a Sabbath-keeping congregation and a growing church seeking a venue, with careful attention to leadership trust, rent, and scheduling. Both pastors call the partnership win-win and stress clear agreements and theological compatibility for success.
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David Wallace
the Gazette
Jack Hesse
Zahra Hesse
Lisbon
New Life Community Church
Cedar Rapids
Covenant Seventh-day Adventist Church
Edar Rapids
Roosevelt Williams
Old
Marion Rd
Kurt Jurgensmeier
New Life
Covenant
Williams
Covenant Seventhday Adventist Church
Whiteside avoids prison in alcohol linked death case
Albert Whiteside 32 of Marion avoids prison after pleading guilty to providing alcohol to a minor in an accident that killed Caleb Michalec 17 of Cedar Rapids. He receives five years suspended jail, five years probation, $750 fine, and $10,450 restitution, plus up to one year at a Cedar Rapids corrections facility.
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Dick Hogan
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Albert Whiteside
Robert Sosalla
Whiteside
Marion
Gary Hinzman
Caleb Michalec
Ashton Place
Apt
Bernard Michalec
Roxanne Michalec
Hinzman Center
Sisters’ $750000 gift supports UI Ophthalmology department
Beulah Usher and Florence Usher, Cedar Rapids sisters, left $750000 to the University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. The estate also includes 120 acres to be sold, funding a professorship. interest funds research and education.
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Beulah Usher
Florence Usher
University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology
Visual Sciences
Beulah
Florence
Gazette
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
University Hospitals
Thomas Weingeist
Henry P. Usher
Linn County
Seminole Valley Park
Usher
Weingeist
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