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Man rams car into 2 Capitol police; 1 officer, driver killed

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and then emerged wielding a knife, marking the second line-of-duty death this year for a department still recovering from the Jan. 6 insurrection.

 

Iowa governor signs ‘constitutional carry’ into law

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed legislation to eliminate a requirement that Iowans obtain a permit to acquire or carry handguns and loosen other state restrictions.

 

In letter to state, Linn Public Health criticizes allocation of 1-dose COVID vaccines

The state’s decision to allocate one-shot COVID-19 vaccines to colleges and other groups is “heartbreaking” to local public health officials who have been “requesting, even begging, for several weeks” to receive doses to administer to vulnerable populations, Linn County Public Health stated this week.

 

Historic Norway church’s bells restored just in time for Easter after derecho damage

NORWAY — The congregation at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Norway is celebrating Easter Sunday as a community — a year after the coronavirus pandemic sidelined most Easter celebrations — under their reinstalled bells damaged in the derecho.

 

Iowa reports 612 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths

Iowa on Friday reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and three new, confirmed deaths.The new numbers bring state totals to 352,262 cases and 5,754 deaths since last March, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.The new cases were identified in 2,813 coronavirus tests, for a one-day positivity rate of 21.8 percent.

 

RV sales soar ahead of pandemic’s second summer

On an unseasonably warm Saturday morning for mid-March, Emily Michener sat down at a table inside a 21.5-foot Springdale comfort travel trailer that sleeps five.Outside, her husband, Nick, received a walk-through tutorial from delivery coordinator Rich Matzen inside the showroom at US Adventure RV in Davenport.

 

$21 million taxiway renovation underway at Eastern Iowa Airport

CEDAR RAPIDS — Construction is underway at Eastern Iowa Airport on its $21 million renovation to relocate two taxiways and expand the space between the taxiways and the terminal.

 

After 25 years of problem-solving, city of Iowa City’s attorney to retire

IOWA CITY — The role of the city attorney is vast, particularly in communities as large as Iowa City.Broadly, city attorneys represent city departments and staff, the city council and boards in legal matters. Those can range from employment and property law to economic development to planning and zoning.

 

Cedar Rapids NAACP hosting COVID vaccine clinics next week

CEDAR RAPIDS — Appointment slots are still open on a mass COVID-19 vaccine clinic that will take place next week in Cedar Rapids, which aims to reach vulnerable populations in the area.

 

CAMBUS driver becomes uneasy hero after stopping a suicide

IOWA CITY — If Ben Koch hadn’t seen “bright pink” out of the corner of his eye. he might not have saved a life.Koch, 22, a University of Iowa student, was driving his UI CAMBUS route along Grand Avenue on Aug. 28, 2020, when he’d stopped at Riverside Drive to turn left.

 

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