Airport tests its readiness in mass casualty drill
Saturday's drill at Eastern Iowa Airport tested responder coordination with 300 participants including Cedar Rapids police and fire and Area Ambulance Service. Ninety percent of passengers simulated as injured tested triage and hospital routing at Mercy Medical Center and St Luke's. A radio interference issue was fixed quickly, and Wright noted the surprises measured responders' ability to improvise under pressure.
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Iowa
St. Luke’s Hospital and
Mercy Medical Center
Airport
Cedar Rapids
Wright
10 year old boy charged after knife threats at Rogers Elementary
A Marshalltown 10 year old faces juvenile court charges of aggravated assault and disorderly conduct after allegedly threatening schoolmates with a knife on the Rogers Elementary School playground and another student walking home. Principal Mike Jurgensen said after school supervisors moved the children inside. The boy’s name was not released. next steps include a meeting with a Juvenile Court officer to review background and history.
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Marshalltown
Rogers
Mike Jurgensen
Jurgensen
Ately
Tom Horvath
Marshalltown County
Gazette News Tip Line Contact Numbers
The notice provides telephone lines for readers to call The Gazette with tips. Cedar Rapids number 398-8254 Iowa City 339-3155 and a toll free line 1-800-397-8212 are listed for tips and information.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
AEA 7 to vote on 26 million bond for Hawkeye College
Area Education Agency 7 voters will decide on a 26 million bond to fund Hawkeye Community College facilities over 10 years. The plan would double the tax rate to 40 cents per thousand, with a 1.50 dollar monthly tax on a typical 87 thousand home, to cover a new 30,000 square foot student activities center and campus infrastructure across Waterloo and ten counties.
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Area Education Agency 7
Hawkeye
Black Hawk
Fred DeHaan
Hawkeye Foundation
Waterloo
Area 7
Benton
Bremer
Buchanan
Butler
Chickasaw
Fayette
Floyd
Grundy
Tama
Voters to Cast Ballots Across Area 7 on Tuesday
Polls will open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. in multiple sites within AEA 7 including Independence Waverly Grundy Center and other towns. Bond funds would support a Black Hawk Hall expansion and satellite locations with no state aid for campus infrastructure. Voting sites listed in Buchanan Fayette Benton Tama counties.
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DeHaan
Black Hawk Hall
Area 7
Independence, Waverly
Grundy Center
Buchanan County
Jesup
Independence
Rowley Community Center
Brandon
Aurora Legion Hall
Winthrop
Quasqueton
Fayette County
AEA
Wapsie Valley
Sumner
Sumner City Hall
Benton County Aea
Union
Dysart
la Porte City
Tama County
Reinbeck Memorial
Clutter
Traer Memorial
Iowa tries unofficial cap to cut prison population
W L Kip Kautzky, director of state corrections, urges parole officials to release hundreds of low risk inmates to hold state prisons at 7,800 due to staff shortages and overcrowding. He cites budget cuts and unrevised sentencing laws as limiting options.
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W.L. “Kip” Kautzky
Iowa Board of Corrections
Newto
Iowa
Kautzky
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