Public safety push calls health response to opioids
Cedar Rapids officer Al Fear and lawmakers press for a public health approach to opioid and heroin abuse at a Des Moines Capitol news conference. Fear cites rising deaths and hospitalizations in Linn County and promotes harm reduction bills and funding for recovery programs.
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al Fear
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Linn
Fear
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Disease found in hunter harvested deer near Harpers Ferry
Nine samples from deer harvested around Harpers Ferry during the 2016 season tested positive for chronic wasting disease raising to 15 the total positives in the area. The Iowa DNR collected 421 samples in the focus zone and 150 outside it, with results pending in some cases.
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Iowa Department of Natural Resources
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Teen burglar on probation may face prison again in Cedar Rapids
An 18 year old, Frank Wells, who avoided a 10 year prison term by probation three weeks ago, faces possible revocation. Cedar Rapids police issued three arrest warrants for Wells for first and third degree burglary and interference with official acts. He walked away Friday from the Lary A. Nelson Center where he was serving probation. Authorities seek information on his whereabouts. Judge Bruns previously gave Wells three years probation and placed him at a residential center, acknowledging youth rehabilitation concerns.
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Sixth Judicial District
Christopher Bruns
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Linn County
Rena Schulte
U.S. Supreme Court
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