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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 2012
Page
1
The article highlights ongoing coverage and notable features in Iowa Today, focusing on local personalities, events, and community updates shaping public life this week. It underscores the newspaper’s role in spotlighting regional culture and developments.
Iowa State linebacker Jake Knott confirms last Saturday’s game may be his final appearance for the Cyclones. The report notes a long journey and a potential end to his college football career.
The Gazette explains straight party voting lets Iowans cast one ballot for all Democrats or Republicans but requires separate marks for nonpartisan races. A voter may override a straight ticket by selecting another party in other races, as illustrated by comments from Jon Ozeroff at a Mitt Romney rally in Cedar Rapids.
In Cedar Rapids and across Iowa the absentee ballot return rate weighs on the presidential contest. Linn County reports 79 percent of 47,538 mailed ballots returned, while Johnson, Benton, Jones, and Dubuque counties show 76 to 84 percent returned of thousands requested. The margin concern centers on thousands of ballots not returned.
The Iowa Court of Appeals dismissed the Sierra Club Iowa Chapter request for judicial review of the $200 million Highway 100 extension from Edgewood Road NE to Highway 30. The club will pursue further state and federal actions, with an appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court and a federal environmental lawsuit pending.
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