Shelter report clears county audit with brief April tally
Linn County Auditor Joel Miller secured a written April activity report from the Cedar Valley Humane Society shelter to satisfy contract requirements. The Board of Health accepted a one page report and asked for two additions, noting the shelter is in a transitional period after a March city raid on its billing records.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Joel Miller
Cedar Valley Humane Society Animal Shelter
Board of Health
Miller
Marion Police Department
Humane Society
Tom Hart
Public Health
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Pat Hubbard
Marion
Grassley pushes aid expansion for foster adoption
Senator Grassley proposes changes to a decade old Social Security program to give states more funds to place foster children with disabilities into permanent homes. The plan would include guardians subsidies and extra money for states with high adoption rates, backed by Iowa advocates and national groups.
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E. Michael Myers
Washington
Iowa
Chuck Grassley
Grassley
Erica Zito
Cedar Rapids
Zito
Iowa Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
Joe
Adopt America Network
Max Baucus
D-Mont
Pools and splash pads open for Memorial Day weekend in Corridor
Recreation staff announce Bever Pool opens for preseason swimming with 10 am to 8 pm hours this weekend. Splash pads activate Saturday in Cedar Rapids at multiple parks, with spray pools starting June 6. North Liberty and Coralville venues reopen soon. Cedar Rapids pool season starts June 7. Temperature, crowding, or weather can curtail hours.
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Cedar Valley
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Coralville Community
Washington High Leads Iowa on Newsweek Best High Schools
Cedar Rapids Washington High School tops Iowa on Newsweek 2008 list as the only Iowa school on every edition. The ranking uses AP and IB tests per graduating senior, with Washington at 2.035 and 481st nationally, followed by Kennedy West and Ames High.
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Washington High School
Iowa
Newsweek Magazine
Newsweek
Washington
America
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School
Iowa City West
Ames High School
Kennedy’s
West
Ames
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