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New Park With Outdoor Stage Opens in Cedar Rapids
It's finally open! According to an article from CBS 2, another element of the 1st and 1st Development in Cedar Rapids held its grand opening last week. Welcome to 'The Yard!'. On July 3rd, the Yard and ImOn Stage at Kingston Yard officially opened to the public. The park is located right behind Big Grove Brewery and Pickle Palace and offers "extensive landscaping, a natural grass lawn, kids’ play area, state-of-the-art sound system, free Wi-Fi provided by ImOn, string lighting, paver walkways, and the main attraction; ImOn Stage." The event listing for the grand opening event says that the stage will not only be used for live music, but that it also has a 15’ wide and 8.5’ tall TV for showing movies and sporting events. Another cool thing about the stage is that it is made up of "reclaimed steel trusses" that were salvaged from a Cedar Rapids bridge that was built all the way back in 1910!
Cedar Rapids Police Denounce Online Shooting Rumor
(Cedar Rapids, IA) -- Cedar Rapids Police are taking to Facebook to denounce a rumor making the rounds... on Facebook. CRPD say there was a fight in on 1st Street SW around the time the fireworks ended. A 13-year-old girl suffered a cut to her head, not a gunshot wound....
Iowa Woman Accused Of Murder Of Body Found In Backseat Misses Plea Hearing
(Minneapolis, MN) -- The woman from North Liberty, Iowa accused of murder after a body was found in the backseat of her car at an accident scene in Minnesota, failed to show for a court hearing Friday. Margot Lewis was supposed to appear on a Zoom call for a plea...
DNR Looking for Help with Annual Turkey Survey
(Lewis) The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help with its wild turkey production survey for July and August. John Lorenzen, with the DNR Office in Lewis, says participants are to note the date and the county where the turkey was seen, mark down if it is an adult female or male, and indicate the number of poults present. Lorenzen says the DNR uses the information to gauge next year’s population in part by nest success.
Iowa DNR issues water advisory for Lake Manawa, Prairie Rose Lake
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is advising against swimming in Lake Manawa, along with 14 other beaches across the state. The DNR says swimming is not recommended in Lake Manawa because of E. coli concerns. Swimming is not advised in Prairie Rose Lake near Harlan in Shelby County; the same is true for Blue Lake in Lewis and Clark State Park across the Missouri River from Decatur, Neb.
Forecast: Evening Storms Again, Then Mostly Dry
Again, we’ll see a round of storms move across central Iowa this evening ahead of and along a cold front crossing the state. A few may be strong. Wind and hail will be the main things to watch out for, and we’ll also see heavy rain at times. These look to wrap up by early […]
KXEL Morning News for Mon. Jul. 08, 2024
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – The Cedar Rapids Fire Department said five people were displaced after a house fire on Saturday afternoon. Officials responded to a home in the 2200 block of O Ave. NW just before 2 p.m. Firefighters extinguished the fire, performed a search, and ventilated the home. CRFD said all occupants were accounted for and made it out of the home safely. There is major fire damage to the exterior of the home, and smoke, water and fire damage inside. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids
A new, permanent summer grocery program will help nearly 21 million kids across 37 states get enough to eat this year while school’s out. But Iowa and 12 other states with Republican governors have opted out of the federal program, citing their opposition to what they deride as “welfare” and their unwillingness to cover administrative […] The post 13 states with Republican governors opt out of summer food program for kids appeared first on Iowa Capital Dispatch.
Iowa Project AWARE Begins Cleanup Of Skunk River This Week
Over the next week, hundreds of volunteers are canoeing across the Skunk River in the KCII listening area as part of the Iowa Project AWARE annual river cleanup. An acronym for A Watershed Awareness River Expedition, Iowa Project AWARE began with the DNR in 2003 before moving to the non-profit N-Compass Incorporated. Event Director, Nina Marquardt shared the mission of their efforts with KCII. “Iowa Project AWARE is a volunteer river cleanup organization that goes to a different river in Iowa every year by canoe and clean up all of the visible trash and recycle as much as possible. We tent camp together at night and then in the evenings we hold educational programs in camps.”
Louisiana, keep your hands off my Commandments
Neal Schuster is the rabbi of Temple B’nai Jeshurun in Des Moines. This essay is the prepared version of remarks he delivered at a Shabbat service on June 28. Well, let’s see – what’s in the news? What’s in the news?. Hmm, let’s see. Oh,...
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