Saudi Arabia rejects UN Security Council seat
Saudi Arabia refused a seat on the United Nations Security Council citing concerns over the Syrian civil war and other issues. In sports, Cedar Rapids Washington beat Cedar Rapids Prairie 21 14 on a late 24 yard touchdown by Jacob Bjornsen with 9.7 seconds remaining.
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Cedar Rapids Washington
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Voters grade city council candidates on turnout
An analysis of 40 Cedar Rapids Iowa City Coralville and Marion city council hopefuls from 2007 to now shows 20 candidates voted in 60 percent or fewer elections. The study, from auditor offices in Linn and Johnson counties, notes weak participation in elections for the offices they seek.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Coralville
Marion
Linn
Johnson
Barbara Beaumont
Johnson County League of Women Voters
Iowa native Brad Buck named education director
Brad Buck, from Cedar Rapids, is the new director of the Iowa Department of Education. Government officials and area educators welcome a longtime Iowa educator who has taught in Ankeny Hudson and North, saying his local roots should foster practical solutions and positive department-district collaboration.
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Brad Buck
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Terry Branstad
Buck
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
Grimes State Office
Deadly krokodil drug spreads from abroad to Midwest
Law enforcement warns of krokodil also known as desomorphine a potent flesh eating drug three times stronger than morphine seen in Joliet Illinois with hints it may surface in Iowa. DEA notes desomorphine once existed in the US and Russia produced illicit versions while home brew uses codeine gasoline and solvents. local officer Jerry Blomgren describes its high risk and rapid tissue damage.
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Joliet, J
Abhin Singla
Iowa
Jerry Blomgren
Iowa City
Johnson County
Drug Enforcement Administration
United States
DEA
Switzerland
Russia
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