From the KCRG-TV9 Newsroom:
Cedar Rapids immigration enforcement has detained three people during annual ICE check-ins. More than 300 people filled the lawn in front of the Cedar Rapids ICE offices Tuesday morning to support and protect families heading in for their regular immigration check ins. Two of the three people detained were Hugo Zamora of Postville and Moctar Sanogo of Muscatine. The protesters stayed on site as law enforcement transported the three people to jail. We do not know the name of the third person who was detained nor what may have prompted the detentions.
This morning, the Linn County Board of Supervisors is set to sign a wrongful death settlement after an inmate died at the Linn County Jail three years ago. 31-year-old Malorie Hults was booked in March of 2022. About eight hours later jail staff found her unresponsive on the floor of her cell. She was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead. It was later discovered Hults died of complications from substance abuse. Her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Sheriff Brian Gardner, two correctional officers and a nurse at the jail. The Linn County Board of Supervisors is set to sign an $850,000 settlement in relation to her death later this morning.
A company hired to help build a new data center in Southwest Cedar Rapids has to pay a $20,000 fine. Linn County levied that fine after finding the company, Northern Dewatering, didn’t get the proper permit to dig more than 40 wells. Public Health officials say they’re working with the company to get permits in place and do inspections.
Eastern Iowa Airport leaders continue to voice their concerns about a proposed Alliant Utility Plant that could be built less than five miles from the airport’s main runway. The airport commission met with a team from Alliant to ask questions about the plant and the process of choosing this specific site. Airport officials say their main concerns are how close the plant would be to runways and plumes of smoke from the plant that could potentially impact airport operations. The airport is spending nearly $70,000 on a study exploring the potential impacts the utility plant could have on airport operations.
