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Government

Linn County Auditor Joel Miller watches as results are displayed on a wall at the Linn County Auditor's Office at Linn County West in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday, June 5, 2012. Linn County Auditor Joel Miller is being challenged in a Democratic primary by former county supervisor Jim Houser and Linn County Deputy Treasurer Brian Gardoville. (Cliff Jette/The Gazette-KCRG)
Rick Smith

 CEDAR RAPIDS — One giant, ongoing dispute between the Linn County Board of Supervisors and Linn County Auditor Joel Miller has centered on ...

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Public Safety

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Lee Hermiston/Iowa SourceMedia Group

Police said a Cedar Rapids man pulled a gun on another man during an argument at a night club.Cedar Rapids police were called ...

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Education

An aerial view, looking south, of the Kirkwood Community College campus. In the foreground is Linn Hall. Behind Linn Hall is, from left: Benton Hall, Cedar Hall, Mansfield Center, Ballantyne Auditorium, Iowa Hall and Kirkwood Hall. (Gazette file photo)
Diane Heldt

A 10-year extension of Kirkwood Community College's instructional equipment levy will go to voters during the regular school election in September.The Kirkwood board ...

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Flood Recovery

Cedar Rapids Fire Department Captain Ron Van Hoeck rings a bell five times to commemorate the moment the Cedar River crested in Cedar Rapids at 31.12 feet, nearly 20 feet above flood stage, five years ago during a flood remembrance event Thursday, June 13, 2013 on Mays Island in Cedar Rapids.  (Brian Ray/The Gazette)
Rick Smith

A few hundred people on Thursday morning gathered on May’s Island in the middle of the Cedar River here to commemorate the city’s ...

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Video

Open-air reading of 'War and Peace'
Karuna Ang

At 9 a.m. sharp, Dr. Sean O'Harrow, director of the University of Iowa Museum of Art, started the open-air reading of Tolstoy's 'War ...

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