Courts reveal decade long Cedar Rapids drug conspiracy
Court documents show a Cedar Rapids operation moving large marijuana hauls from Arizona to Iowa since 2001. Nine men connected to the scheme have seven convictions with joint federal and local agency involvement. cases include Michael Cutter perjury sentence and Nels Nelson conspiracy verdict.
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Cedar Rapids
Arizona
U.S
Pete Deegan
Scott Smith
Drug Enforcement Administration
Michael Cutter
Nels Nolan Nelson
DEA
Cutter
Nelson
Sound Shop
11Th St
Prairie View Drive
Fairfax
Bryan Furman
Southview
Fairfax Residence
Fairfax House
Michael Knight
Knight
Ramon Casillas
Casillas
Nelson’s
Iowa
Travis Dutton
Dutton
Flagstaff
Ariz
Travis
Iowa AP pass rate lags despite improving access
An education report shows only 11.1 percent of Iowa 2013 seniors earned a 3 or higher on AP exams, well below the national 20.1 percent. State data indicate roughly 44 percent of districts with high schools did not offer AP courses in 2012-13, shifting students toward dual enrollment with community colleges.
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Iowa
Maryland
Jim Flansburg
Iowa Department of Education
Flansburg
DHS wins judgment in foster case amid ongoing appeal
A Johnson County jury ruled for the Iowa Department of Human Services in a suit brought by Jessica Coronado over the 2009 removal of her daughter Izabella Nino without imminent danger. Coronado’s attorney Martin Diaz says the case raises constitutional issues and will seek further briefs. Judge Ian Thornhill will rule in a few months.
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Iowa City
Johnson County
Iowa Department of Human Services
Jessica Coronado
Guernsey
DHS
Paul LaFauce
Izabella Nino
Martin Diaz
Coronado
6Th Judicial District
Ian Thornhill
Diaz
Izabella
Amy McCoy
Thornhill
Mount Vernon stage probes 1959 Lisbon teen death
Mount Vernon writer Amy White presents Someone Who Knew Her at the Uptown Theatre. The memory play centers on Marlene Padfield 17, who disappeared Feb 19, 1959, and was found dead months later. investigators ruled homicide but the case remains unsolved. The production features about a dozen local actors and uses the case to spark discussion of lingering community silence.
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Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Marlene
Micky
Padfield
Amy White
Uptown
First Street
White
Mount Vernon High School
Cedar Rapids
Beryl O'Connor
Bob Hill
Hill
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