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‘a loaded gun in every aisle’: Hy-Vee is introducing a new retail security team
By adria Carpenter, Jan. 4, 2022 The shoulder patches say, “A Helpful Smile in Every Aisle,” but the police-style uniforms, complete with belts with holstered taser and possibly handguns, may send a very different message as Hy-Vee deploys a new retail security team in its stores. The program will roll out throughout 2022, but security teams are already present in some stores.
Iowa City pools: City Park is seeping, rec center swimmers fight likely closure and Mercer may be heating up
By adria Carpenter, June 29, 2022 The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department has recommended closing the 58-year-old pool at Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center, and instead adding a warm water pool at Mercer Park Aquatic Center and Scanlon Gym, as part of its Gather Here Recreation Master Plan. The plan also includes a redesign of City Park pool, introducing new features to the seven decade-old facility.
How a Cedar rapids strip mall brought town and country together — and stood the test of time
By Malcolm MacDougall, april 11, 2022 Anyone living in Cedar Rapids or Marion has at one point or another found themselves driving on First Avenue. On their way, they’ve probably seen an unassuming strip mall just a couple minutes into Cedar Rapids past the Marion border: an L-shaped series of shops with a squat silhouette that creeps up the slight rise of the parking lot. The Town & Country Shopping Center is, in fact, the oldest shopping mall in Iowa.
Former rep. Jim Leach breaks with the republican Party, endorses Bohannan for House and Franken for Senate
By Paul Brennan, July 28, 2022 Jim Leach, who represented Johnson County and much of southeastern Iowa in Congress for 30 years as a Republican, changed his party registration to Democrat ahead of the June 7 primary, the Quad City Times reported on Wednesday. “The Republican Party has just torn itself apart, and it’s got to pull itself together. I’ll lean toward the Democratic Party as long as excellent people are running.”
