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Wise lawsuit against supervisors refiled, reassigned to federal court

CEDAR RAPIDS — A lawsuit filed by former Tama County Human Resources Manager and Insurance Administrator Tammy Wise against the current Board of Supervisors alleging libel and violation of due process has been refiled and sent to federal court, according to publicly available documents. After her original lawsuit in Tama County District Court was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice on Aug. 5, a revised complaint was filed two weeks later by Wise’s attorney Michael Carroll, and on Sept. 21, the matter was reassigned to the Northern District of Iowa Federal Court based in Cedar ...

The parade must go on: Scenes from a rainy Oktemberfest weekend

T-R PHOTOS BY ROBERT MAHARRY The 40th annual Oktemberfest got off to a beautiful start on Saturday morning with ideal fall conditions for the 5K run, but unfortunately, the rain that has been so persistent in recent weeks reappeared as the parade began at 10 a.m. Nonetheless, the event went ...