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Your voice- Katie Beckett, CR woman who changed Medicaid, diesKatie Beckett, 34, whose battle with a childhood disease and federal bureaucracy made her a national symbol in the 1980s, died today. Beckett’s death was confirmed by Teahen Funeral Home of Cedar Rapids. Her parents Julie Beckett and Mark Beckett … Continue reading → […]Steve Gravelle/SourceMedia Group News
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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Free TV/Computer Monitor Recycling Program Launches
LINN COUNTY – Just about everyone has an old TV or computer monitor stashed away in a closet or basement. Up until now, you had to pay to recycle those kinds of electronics. Recycling an old TV or computer monitor … Continue reading
Posted in environmental issue
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Former Edgewood water treatment plant operator sentenced
By Justine Scattarelli and Christopher Pratt CEDAR RAPIDS — A former operator of the City of Edgewood Water Treatment Plant who submitted false drinking water testing reports received a sentence of probation on August 26, 2010, in federal court. Scott … Continue reading
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Jury will continue deliberations Wednesday in the former Four Oaks counselor’s sexual exploitation trial
Final summary CEDAR RAPIDS – Supervisors and other staff members of Four Oaks testified Tuesday youth counselors don’t have to be licensed or certified to provide counseling to clients on certain life or behavior issues. The main question in the … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Law and Justice
Tagged Amanda Jones, Four Oaks, sexual exploitation by counselor
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Fraud charges dropped on a CR attorney, businessman in California federal court
CEDAR RAPIDS – Charges involving a fraudulent investment scheme against a 66-year-old Cedar Rapids attorney and businessman were dismissed without prejudice last week in a federal California court. Richard Pundt, also the president and CEO of Enlighten Technologies Inc., a … Continue reading
FDA Egg Plant Violations No Surprise to Former Workers
BENTON COUNTY- Since August 13th, more than a half billion eggs from Iowa plants returned from stores to farms because of possible salmonella contamination. Monday, the federal Food and Drug Administration released an initial inspection report on both Wright County … Continue reading
New details emerge in incident at Cedar Rapids nightclub
CEDAR RAPIDS – Safety concerns and conflicting information guided a decision to keep police officers away from a Cedar Rapids nightclub where gunshots were reported early Saturday morning, police said. Police surrounded Kumbala, 1323 First Ave. SE, around 4 a.m. … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Law and Justice
Tagged 1323 First Ave. SE, Back on First, cocaine, disturbance, drugs, Edgar Haynes Jr., fight, guns, gunshots, Kumbala, Marijuana, nightclub, shots fired
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Judge orders accused kidnapper to undergo psych evaluation
CEDAR RAPIDS – A 6th Judicial District Judge ordered Monday a psychiatric evaluation for the man accused of kidnapping and raping a Kwik Shop clerk in May. Keith Van Elson Jr., 54, of Cedar Rapids, charged with first-degree kidnapping, is … Continue reading
UPDATE: Bank robbed in southwest Cedar Rapids, no one hurt
Updated at 2:25 p.m. with surveillance picture A police officer controls access to the back side of Bank of the West, 3730 Williams Blvd. SW, after a robbery there this afternoon, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. (Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia Group News) CEDAR … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank of the West, bank robbery, Baseball, Cedar Rapids, Cristy Hamblin, hamblin, Jeff Raasch/SourceMedia, security, Security camera, Sgt. Cristy Hamblin, sourcemedia, SourceMedia Group, surveillance, traffic, traffic camera, traffic cameras, Trailblazer, Williams
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Armed man threatened to kill woman if she didn’t give up the dog
CEDAR RAPIDS – A man with a knife told a Cedar Rapids woman he would kill her if she didn’t give him the dog she was walking, according to a police report. Clarissa Kleppe, 23, told police she was walking a … Continue reading
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Tagged 300 block of Fourth Avenue SE, armed robbery, Clarissa Kleppe, dog, robbery
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