Mobile workforce bus heads to Perry before Tyson plant closure
The Iowa Workforce Development announces a 32 foot Mobile Workforce Center will deploy to Perry on Monday and Tuesday to assist workers at Tyson Foods pork plant facing closure, offering rapid response services and job navigation help. The event follows Tyson's plan to shut the Perry plant affecting 1,200 employees.
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Ex‑USDA Chief Praises Iowan At Celebration of Agriculture
Former U.S. agriculture secretary Sonny Perdue lauded Bill Northey at Cedar Rapids event attended by 650 people. Perdue recalled recruiting Northey as USDA undersecretary and noted Northey died Feb. 5 at 64. Iowa officials Mike Naig and others praised Northey and highlighted agriculture's economic impact in Iowa. Local fans gathered for a fund drive to support the Hawkeye Community Action Program food reservoir.
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Cedar Rapids man guilty of stabbing ex girlfriend and hammer attack
A Linn County jury found 41 year old Jimmy Prophete guilty of attempted murder willful injury and domestic abuse assault for stabbing his ex girlfriend Jasmine Charles multiple times and striking her with a claw hammer outside her Cedar Rapids apartment on April 12 2023. He faces up to 25 years with a 17 year minimum before parole.
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Deadly Cedar Rapids fire ruled accidental
A 78 year old man died after a first floor fire in the 1200 block of N Street SW Cedar Rapids Tuesday at 10 07 AM. One other man was removed by police with non life threatening injuries before firefighters arrived. Frederick Slagenweit was later pronounced dead at the hospital.
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