Veterans wait for VA benefits long after backlog actions
Afghanistan veteran Edwin Del Rio waited two years for a PTSD knee and foot claim and received a $31,000 retroactive payment in May. He used $11,000 to pay debts and buy a guitar, with rest saved for school or a future home. The VA missed targets to erase year-old claims by October and fell short on annual production.
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Edwin del Rio
San Francisco
del Rio
Monroe Villas plan collapse stalls Cedar Rapids project
Neighbors oppose the Monroe Villas plan and the Cedar Rapids school board sold the land for 250000 to Affordable Housing Network to develop 19 apartments and 24 houses. The project depends on financing and rezoning approval, with neighbors citing traffic and property value concerns while planners tout infill and housing options for working families.
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Aiff Jette
Monroe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Finance Authority
Kum & Go
Vernon Inn
Mount Vernon Rd
City Planning Commission
Commission
Joe Locke
The
Affordable Housing Network Inc
Locke
Red Cross mobilizes help after Midwest tornadoes strike
Tornadoes devastated eight people five in Illinois and two in Michigan while Red Cross volunteers like Opatz and her husband prepared to serve a 10 to 14 day mission delivering food and clean water. Regional directors urged donations and blood drives as Iowa teams deploy emergency vehicles to assist Illinois relief efforts.
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Midwest
Illinois
Michigan
Opatz
Cornell College
Red Cross
Nick Jost
American Red Cross
Iowa
Des Moines
Waterloo
Peter Teahen
Cedar Rapids
Peoria
Teahen
Cedar Rapids area arrests list details multiple suspects
Public safety and county attorney records from Eastern Iowa list numerous arrests across Cedar Rapids Iowa City Hiawatha Marion and surrounding areas. The charges include possession of marijuana driving while barred drug paraphernalia and domestic abuse offenses with suspects named and addresses provided.
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Iowa
Glen A. Brown
28Th St. Ct
Cedar Rapids
Memorial and
Meadowbrook
Juan C. Ibarra-Castaneda
Sioux Dr
First Ave
Taylor K. Julich
Independence St
Hiawa
Washington Ave. SE
Washington Avenue
Christopher C. Postel
24Th St
Marion
Seventh Avenue
Zachary T. Donahue
Ninth St
B Avenue
Sixth Street NW
Anthony J. Stamondo Jr
Mayflower Hall
Iowa City
Dubuque Street
Terrill Mill Park
Spencer J. Bowers
Iowa Ave
College and
Johnson Streets
John C. Comstock
Highway 6
Keokuk Street
Cross Park Avenue
Sarah J. Hecht
S. Dodge St
Bowery
Gilbert Streets
Blake A. Moyer
Amhurst St
Harvest Road
Rochester Avenue
Casey A. Carpenter
12Th St
Andrew M. Pillard
Fifth Ave
Adam E. Clark
Mount Vernon
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Daily Show
Jon Stewart
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Eric Shinseki
Allison Hickey
Hickey
Ron Robinson
South Carolina
Valerie Reilly
American Federation of Government Employees Union
St. Petersburg, Fla
New York
Yonkers
Heriberto Baez
Afghanistan
Baez
Aglantz
Cironline.org
Independent
Center For Investigative Reporting
Monroe Villas
Rick.smith
Sourcemedia.net
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Smgs. Us
Reuters
Hayley
Bruce
Sourcemedia
Erican Cross
Hayley Bruce
the Gazette
Ken
Ann Opatz
Lisbon
Linn
Johnson
David A. Maxey
Avalon Pl
Coralville
Taft Speedway
Nanette A. Perugini
Waterway Dr
Eric J. Ethier
Knoll St
Charles S. Ruth
Broadway St
Apt. F
Brian L. Moore
Huntington Dr
Harrison Streets
Stephen A. Sanchez
Muscatine
Boyrum Street