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Fiscal cliff compromise almost a done deal. All night we watched house leaders parade in and out of hushhush meetings up and down the halways in the capitol. Some told me they even took some time tonight to actually read this 150pageplus bill. A bill that would avert a massive tax increase on nearly every american who earns less than 4 hun thousand. After all the long fierce debate, the u. S. House scheduled a vote for tonight. I think weve made gigantic progress. I hope that we can have a by partisan agreement as we go forward. In the words of one u. S. House leader it was important to vote o...

A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Monday to 50 years in prison on a charge of second-degree murder after he fatally assaulted his 71-year-old mother in 2020.

MAQUOKETA, Iowa — Jurors in a Jackson County murder trial will be tasked not with determining whether an area man shot and killed another person, but whether he was justified

Campbell Elementary is looking for a new leader. At a school board meeting Monday, RE-1 Valley Superintendent Dr. Martin Foster announced that Principal Cathy Pacheco-Ogle has resigned. The board accepted her resignation effective June 30, 2024, with a transfer to administrative leave effective Jan. 30, 2024. Pacheco-Ogle took over the principal position at the beginning […]

The RE-1 Valley School Board gave taxpayers some good news at a regular business meeting on Wednesday when they voted to approve the district’s mill levy certification. RE-1’s mill levy for property tax year 2023 will be 31.327 mills, which is a decrease from 37.448 mills the previous year. Interim Chief Financial Officer Deb County […]