Cedar Rapids teen shot and killed in southeast residence
Cedar Rapids police investigate the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Senquez Jackson at 1424 Bever Ave SE. Police say it appears not to be an intentional attack and that the shooter has been interviewed. Authorities are completing interviews to determine exact facts and confirm residence.
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Wayne Jerman
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Bever Ave. SE
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Dark-sky advocates clash with LED streetlight shift
Iowa City photographer Terrence Cook joins dark sky supporters in warning that replacing high pressure sodium lamps with brighter LEDs could erode night sky beauty and harm plants and animals in urban areas while utility spokespeople from Alliant Energy and MidAmerican Energy defend the transition as beneficial for efficiency and visibility.
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Alliant Energy
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Iowa City
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Linn County tests home for lead with X ray tool
Linn County Healthy Homes specialist Ryan Pavlick uses an X ray fluorescence analyzer to test Karen Christensen's Cedar Rapids home for lead exposure.
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Healthy Homes
Ryan Pavlick
Karen Christensen
Cedar Rapids
Preventing Poisoning in Iowa Homes From Lead Paint
Iowa shows higher lead exposure risk among children than national averages, with Linn County at about 2 percent of kids screened. Cedar Rapids runs a Lead Hazard Control Grant program using 2.5 million dollars from HUD to assist high risk families in mitigating lead paint hazards in pre 1960 homes.
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Ann Olson
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Flint
Mich
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Olson
Cedar Rapids
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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