A member said the group coordinated with Amara Andrews’ campaign to mail flyers connecting Tiffany O’Donnell to donations made to Republicans while making errors in filings.
Kimberly Dickey, who is the project director for NextEra Energy’s proposed 3,500 acre solar farm, was a former chair for the same Linn County commission set to vote on her new development.
Kooiker wrote middle school principals were supportive of changes to the program, but high school principals were “not in the same mental space around restorative practices at their point in their journey,”
Our KCRG-TV9 i9 investigative team found changes to the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s school resource officer program were kept quiet for nearly two weeks before being presented to the public and the school board.
The Iowa Department of Human Services said Iowa had the capacity to resettle 350 refugees from Afghanistan. But, the federal government allocated nearly double, 695 refugees, to Iowa on Wednesday.
Iowa’s Congressional delegation will not mandate their staff be vaccinated for COVID-19, exempting them from the federal mandate President Biden announced this month.
The records show employees at the Iowa Department of Human Services identifying inconsistencies in federal policy. They blamed the errors on the speed and waited on clarifications.
The report is similar to the report published by Linn County Emergency Management Agency published this week. But, it also puts a focus on some positives from the city’s response
A police search warrant from September 23rd, 2020 confirms photo evidence was found on a seized phone from the alleged sexual assault of a University of Iowa student on September 5th, 2020.
More than a year after the Derecho hit eastern Iowa, the Linn County Emergency Management Agency is identifying around 23 different shortcomings in its response.
Experts say the Delta Variant is increasing COVID-19 cases across the county, which means the demand for testing is also increasing. However, multiple drugstores are running out or low on rapid COVID-19 tests.
Nearly 4,800 inmates in Iowa’s prisons have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic started. Cases have slowed significantly as vaccines rolled out with just 116 cases since March 1.
Nonprofits were unprepared to distribute relief in the immediate aftermath of the August 10th Derecho. As a consequence, local governments are planning their own humanitarian relief
Our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Unit learned in May a resignation from the State Health Facilities Council would put the project on hold until Gov. Reynolds nominated a new appointee.
Waterloo, which is smaller than Cedar Rapids, is making money off electric scooter companies. Its licensing program requires companies to pay $500 annually
Three electric scooter companies paid the city of Columbia, Missouri, a $10,000 regulatory fee along with a $1 ridership fee for each vehicle every day.
Our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Team reported on Tuesday many buildings, regardless of their age, in eastern Iowa are not required to have inspections for structural issues.
KCRG-TV9′s i9 Investigative Team reached out to the city to talk about the lack of activity from the Cedar Rapids Employee Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Team. However, the city said it would only answer additional questions in writing.
The State Health Facilities Council, which approves or denies those applications, voted down the hospital proposal in a close 2-3 vote back in February. However, a resignation has the potential to reverse the previous decision.
In some cases, the health insurer will also issue new health plan ID cards. Those will come in the mail separately and should arrive late this week or early next, according to a spokesperson.
Multiple experts told our i9 team that overcapacity prisons are more likely to create dangerous situations for staff members because the chance of violence increases. Two state prisons, Anamosa and Fort Dodge, are now under capacity since our story aired in March.
After being warned about potential dangers in its’ facilities, Iowa’s Department of Corrections tried to push legislation that would stop inspections from happening inside its prisons.
The citation from Iowa OSHA, which our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Team received through a public records request, said these were serious violations. And the agency gave the department of corrections a $9,472 fine for the citation.
Union leaders are calling for every position in the Department of Corrections to be filled. It comes two weeks after the deaths of two employees at the Anamosa State Prison.
On Thursday, KCRG-TV9's i9 Investigative unit detailed complaints from local public health officials urging the state to give those doses to vulnerable populations.
"The Governor’s Office does not have the depth of knowledge or expertise to control all aspects of a local public health response," said a Linn County Health Official
The KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Team found state funding at the Anamosa State Penitentiary has grown by around 2.7%, even though the estimated total funds available for the state has grown by around 22.7%.
