Cedar Rapids anchors new center for inmate mental health
The ANCHOR Center, Iowa's first residential mental health facility for offenders under corrections supervision, opens in Cedar Rapids this spring. It will provide structured therapy, anger management, social skills work, and medication care for up to 26 residents, with programs for 150 others outside the facility.
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Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Sixth Judicial District Department of Correctional Services
Department of Corrections
Malinda Lamb
Sixth Judicial District
Lamb
Iowa Prison Industries
Incumbent Staed narrows gap to 14 votes in Iowa House race
In Cedar Rapids, Democratic incumbent Staed closes to within 14 votes of Republican Renee Schulte after 107 new absentee and provisional ballots. Schulte leads by a slim margin. totals show Schulte 8624 to Staed 8610 with more ballots possible today and Monday.
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Renee Schulte
Westdale Mall
Cedar Rapids
Board of Supervisors
Ine Gazette
Schulte
Staed
Linn County Auditor’s Office
Gap
Linn County
GOP activists offer differing views on Iowa setbacks
Des Moines lawyer Doug Gross blames conservative litmus tests on abortion and gay rights for GOP losses while Steve Scheffler of the Iowa Christian Alliance argues the party fails to present a clear contrast on a broad policy range. Both spoke after Democrats widened margins in the Legislature and Obama carried Iowa.
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Gross
Steve Scheffler
Iowa Christian Alliance
GOP
Democrats
Scheffler
Iowa Public Television
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Hartman fined after harassing Tribune reporter case
Ames resident Daniel Hartman was fined 115 dollars and given one year of probation after pleading guilty in Story County District Court to third degree harassment. He admitted sending emails posing as Tribune reporter Luke Jennett and to Jennett's supervisor using a fictitious account amid anger over a four year old Iowa State Daily story. Prairie City volunteers resign in mass
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AMES
Daniel Hartman
The
Tribune
Hartman
Story County
Luke Jennett
Jennett
Dave Kraemer
Mes
Sages
Iowa State Daily
Man hired to kill girl gets life in prison
Bruce Burt pleaded guilty in a Galena Illinois court to first degree murder and conspiracy to murder in the death of 13 year old Domnisha Hill. He received life without parole and a concurrent 15 year term.
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Dubuque
Waterloo
Bruce Burt
Galena
Ill
Daviess County
Illinois
William Kelly
Burt
Domnisha Hill
Hanover
David Damm
Woman killed after backed over by garbage truck
Des Moines police report a 45 year old woman Kristen Ruba died when a Waste Connections Inc. garbage truck backed over her in a downtown alley around 7 am. The driver David Vanarkel from Bondurant said he looked but saw no one in the way. No charges filed as of Friday afternoon.
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Des Moines
Waste Connections Inc
Kristen Ruba
David Vanarkel
Bondurant
Ruba
Election makeup of Iowa Legislature unclear after votes
After the election Iowa's Senate was seen as a 31 to 19 Democratic edge and the House at 56 to 44, but several races could change the totals. Waterloo Democrat Jeff Danielson held a 13 vote lead over Republican Walt Rogers after challenged ballots were counted, while Sioux City Democrat Wes Whitead led Republican Jeremy Taylor by a single digit as absentee counts continued. Republican Kraig Paulson signaled a challenge to House Minority Leader Chris Rants.
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Republican Party
Jeff Elgin
Cedar Rapids
Democrats
Bob Rush
Adam.belz
Gazcomm.com
DES Moines
Iowa
Senate
House
Waterloo
Jeff Danielson
Walt Rogers
Rogers
Sioux City
Wes Whitead
Jeremy Taylor
Kraig Paulson
Hiawatha
Chris Rants
Rules could change for underground storage tanks
URBANDALE The Environmental Protection Commission will discuss changing rules for evaluating the safety of underground storage tanks. At Monday's meeting the Iowa DNR plans to propose a revised risk assessment for public drinking water wells outside the tanks predicted contamination area. The agency will seek approval of a funding agreement with the Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board to study petroleum releases and impact on public wells.
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Urbandale
Environmental Protection Commission
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
DNR
Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Board
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