Corridor shooting in Cedar Rapids under investigation
Police investigated a gunshot near Bever Avenue and 16th Street SE where a disturbance among four men escalated into neighborhood action at about 7 30 p m. No injuries were reported and a suspect remained at large after police pursuit began shortly before 9 p m. Dawn Keanes witnessed a shotgun fired from an alley south of Bever. Residents reported heavy police activity through the week.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Avenue
16Th Street
Daniel Jabens
Redmond Park
Jabens
Dawn Keanes
Bever
Steve Ruten
Ruten
Cedar Rapids man to claim insanity in kidnapping case
Keith Elson, 54, of Cedar Rapids, accused of kidnapping and abusing a 19 year old clerk at a Kwik Shop on May 17, plans to enter an insanity or diminished responsibility defense. He faces life without parole if convicted, with trial set for August 23.
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Cedar Rapids
Keith Elson
Elson
Linn County
Amanda Daniel
First Ave
Rally for immigrant rights in Iowa City
A 5:30 p.m. rally at the Pedestrian Mall protests Arizona’s new immigration law as a federal judge delays its paper-carry and public employment ban provisions. Sponsored by the Iowa International Socialist Organization, the event notes other states may follow with similar measures.
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Iowa City
Arizona
Iowa International Socialist Organization
Cedar Rapids to require 1 percent for public art citywide
City Council adopted a plan to divert 1 percent of building project costs into public art and visual enhancements. The policy, in place since 1994, could be raised to 2 percent and may pool funds across projects to fund art on high profile buildings.
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Cedar Rapids
City Hall
Monica Vernon
May’s Island
Vernon
Don Karr
Dan Thies
OPN Architects Inc
Kris Gulick
Tom Podzimek
Podzimek
Jim Kern
Brucemore
Visual Arts Commission
Brad Larson
Larson
Linn County
Counting Iowa’s homeless beyond shelter counts
Community surveys across Iowa will tally all sleeping outdoors to obtain precise homeless numbers for federal funding. In Cedar Rapids Linn County workers checked about 20 sites Tuesday night, finding few on the streets but noting hidden camps and the need to build trust with those affected.
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Justin Foss
Gazette
Edar Rapids
Iowa
Joe Zito
Abbe Center For Mental Health
Zito
Linn County
Cedar Rapids
Fourth Avenue
Jim Slosiarek
The
Linn
Cedar Rapids to study Indian Creek flood flow near Sun Valley
The Cedar Rapids City Council approves 120000 to study Indian Creek water flow around the Sun Valley neighborhood off Cottage Grove Avenue SE. Anderson-Bogert Engineers will conduct the study, guiding a 2011 flood protection plan with berms walls and storm sewer work funded partly by I JOBS or local funds.
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Rick Smith
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Indian Creek
Sun Valley
Cottage Grove Avenue SE
Dave Scanlan
Anderson-Bogert Engineers & Surveyors Inc
Scanlan
Army Corps of Engineers
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