WWW.KCRG.COM writes: "CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Firefighters have responded to a substation on 40th Street SE just off First Avenue for a electrical substation that is smoking. Stoplights on First Avenue East between 35th Street and 40th Street are out."

Jason Blackcloud pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in the 2008 beating death of a Wellington Heights man Thursday in Linn County District Court.

GAZETTEONLINE.COM writes: "The former executive vice president of operations at Cunat Inc., owner of two Cedar Rapids apartment complexes, is suing his former employer and business partner, claiming he is owned millions. Christopher Zock, 32, claims in a lawsuit filed Aug. 18 in Cook County (Ill.) Circuit Court that Brian Cunat, 53, and his development company owes Zock [...]"