MARION, Iowa (KCRG) – Just after 4:30 p.m. on Saturday afternoon the Marion Police responded to a shooting at Hannah Park and found a victim with non-life threatening injuries. Police say that there is no threat to the public and that the investigation is ongoing.
BENTON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) -Emergency crews responded to a fire outside a Benton County farm Saturday afternoon. Smoke was seen billowing from the field at the intersection of 26th Avenue and 72nd Street, just southwest of Newhall. A Benton County Sheriff who was directing traffic in the area tells TV-9 he doesn’t believe anyone was hurt.
IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) – Mercy Iowa City has filed a motion asking a judge to dismiss Preston Holl Community Capital’s push to place the hospital under a court-appointed receivership. In the motion, Mercy claims a health information management professional, who is not an officer of Mercy Hospital, was approached and given court documents by an individual who did not identify themselves. The health information management professional took the documents assuming they were medical records. Attorneys state that the individual “did not represent that she had the authority to accept service, nor did she understand that she was accepting service of process on behalf of Mercy Hospital.” They state that the action by Preston Hollow is “meritless” and that the records were improperly served using deceptive tactics. The hospital also claims that the push by Preston Hollow for a court-appointed receivership comes after the hospital did not add an individual they wanted to the Board of Directors last spring.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – On August 7th, the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s (CRCSD) Board of Education will review and decide on the district’s proposed $220 million bond referendum. The district would use the money to renovate, replace, and redesign the district’s middle and high schools. At a meeting with the Cedar Rapids’ City Council July 26, the School Board presented a plan in which they would ask voters to approve two separate bond referendums. The first would be for $220 million and would go on the ballot this November. The second would be for $225 million and could go to voters in 2029. Under the district’s bond plan, Wilson and Harding middle schools would close. Taft would possibly become just a 7th and 8th Grade school, and Roosevelt would be just 6th grade.
