A West High School counselor, Kelly Bergmann, said the program creates more flexibility for some students who struggle with mental health and being in crowded environments.
A spokesperson for Hinson’s office said Hart’s complaint to a House committee is official business and noted other Democrats and Republicans often urge supporters to contact Congress in the same way.
The city of Waterloo will pay tribute to the lives lost to the novel coronavirus, joining in a memorial being held in other cities and the nation’s capital.
Following a year where the city of Cedar Rapids saw the most homicides on record, more community organizations are stepping in to help tackle the issue.
The FBI has arrested Leo Christopher Kelly, from Cedar Rapids, on a federal warrant for his alleged involvement in the riots in the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
A new trial likely won’t be held until late this year for a man whose murder conviction in the gruesome 2017 stabbing of his ex-girlfriend was overturned.