For a cure. Cure. This is fox 28 news at nine. A former jail administrator is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling. Money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail in december 2015 after is being investigated by the state accused of mishandling money. Daron wilkinson left his position at the Cedar County Jail on december 2015 after two years adds administrator. Dora miller has been looking all day and joins us now with what she has found. Reporter the state auditor and the dci said they want to know where 35,000 went and it was not going where it should of. Daron wilkinson was responsible for daily operations. According to a report done by the state auditor Danson Wilkinson was supposed to collect fees from inmates sang at the jail. A concerned raised by the missing. Along with the room and board fees, auditors found discrepancies in multiple different areas. Mary 11 14 05 our report identified a dollars of undeposited collections as well as 7,380 do
Cedar rapids is on the decline. There is one trend that has Cedar Rapids Police shaking their heads. Connecting with the crime dora miller with the message people are trying to send, dora. Reporter you think your car is safe and free from harm, parked in your street and the drive way, the fastest way to become the victim is to give easy access to a criminal, awe though thefts happen because car keys were left in the car, not stolen something were dangerous was taken from it. We found out this year there had been 18 firearms stolen frocarses, 2 were ak47s. Between 2014 and 2015, there were more than 20 guns stolen, just this year were quickly approaching that figure, the police chief says it came down iowa nights too far. Again, a firearm is a lethal weapon, its by no means similar to a laptop computer or cell phone or other items that are frequently stolen from vehicles, its a deadly we weapon. Moral of the story police ask the public to lock their doors and dont leave valuables in the
Right now, lowpaid workers in linn county are one significant step closer to a ra. Raise. On a four to one vote closer to a raise. On a 41 vote linn county supervisors passed the first wading are reading a minimum wage increasing if passed it would increase 7. 25 rate to 10in to 25 an hour by 2019. Fox 28 News Reporter joe huis favor of the raise. Reporter they want to raise it to give workers a liveable pay. We are in the position because state has to the done anything in almost 10 years. Reporter the supervisors generally agree on the 3 dollar increase over 3 years but today they removed an automatic raise based on the Consumer Price index every year after 2019. I just dont believe in tying the hands of future policy makers to a formula. That are at that particular minimum wagewhile the county is sold on a wage increase some members of the public are not. Richard bice is a retired Business Owner who continues richard bice is a retired business own here mentors young companies. The on
The nick system that we are watching which is just getting going over the rockies and into the Northern Plains later this morning. It will bring rain chances by the end of the week. It will be mostly cloudy and calm and temperatures will be in the middle to upper 50s area wide. I will break down those rain chances for you so you can know what to expect for the rest of the week in your full forecast in a few minutes. Signs of recovery are blossoming across the city of we have an update on flood 2016. Reporter the cedar record cedar river marked its highest crest ever since the flood of 2008 which ravaged the city of cedar rapids. While there are still damage reports coming in from last week, the city celebrated that they kept most of the water at bay. The linn county courthouse in cleared by the city. Crews will begin picking up bags from neighborhood curbs in the floodzone, free of charge. The pickup will last for two weeks. The Greater Cedar Rapids Community foundation has now activat
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