Fri Mar 15, 2019
Iowa medical students placed all over country in 2019 Match Day
IOWA CITY - The Ides of March has nothing on Match Day. ...
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Fri Mar 15, 2019
School resource officers try to educate and prevent social media fallout before it results in arrests
CEDAR RAPIDS - Two Cedar Rapids school resource officers said about 85 percent of the problems they deal with revolve around social media, and a 'good...
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Sat Mar 9, 2019
Housing program keeps Cedar Rapids strong
Neighborhood Finance Corporation is a public-private partnership between the city of Cedar Rapids, local lenders, neighborhood residents and the busin...
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Sat Mar 9, 2019
Cedar Rapids forgivable home improvement loan program issues first loans
CEDAR RAPIDS - The fledgling Neighborhood Finance Corporation of Cedar Rapids has closed on eight loans in the two months since the organization began...
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Sat Mar 9, 2019
$50K college scholarships fuels a wave of residential development La Crosse WI, Cedar Rapids has similar goals
LA CROSSE, WIS. - When the Lyons family was looking to move off French Island, a neighborhood on the outskirts of La Crosse that was closer to work an...
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Sat Mar 2, 2019
As state student aid falters, universities step in
Student financial aid from Iowa's public universities continues to grow - as does aid from the federal government, mostly in the form of loans - while...
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Mon Feb 25, 2019
Opportunities for rural Iowa: Time to decentralize
Agriculture still is the backbone of rural Iowa. With more than $30 billion in agricultural sales, agriculture provides the foundation for economic ac...
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Mon Feb 25, 2019
Forum focuses on solutions for achievement gap
CEDAR RAPIDS - Transportation, time and communication are three major obstacles to parent and community involvement in Cedar Rapids schools, participa...
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Mon Feb 25, 2019
Broadband everywhere is the opportunity rural Iowans need
Smart cities, smart farms, artificial intelligence, internet of things - what do they all need to work properly? Broadband. ...
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Mon Feb 25, 2019
Opportunities for rural Iowa - Our child care crisis will not fix itself
As with most other places in the United States, Iowa's data about the well-being of women and girls presents two contradictory stories:...
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Sun Feb 24, 2019
Opportunities for rural Iowa an uphill battle for mid-sized cities
Iowa is a rural state by most considerations, but it also is a state that is becoming persistently more urban. ...
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Sun Feb 24, 2019
Iowans’ Ideas: A guest column featuring the views of different Iowans each edition
The condition of rural health in Iowa is nearing a point of crisis. Changes in payment systems and quality measures, pressure from our state and feder...
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Sat Feb 23, 2019
100 miles from the nearest shelter. The story of domestic violence in rural Iowa
For Jones County Sheriff's Deputy Jason Feldmann, responding to a domestic disturbance often brings back memories of chaos and violence....
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Sat Feb 23, 2019
Iowa By the Numbers: A deeper look into vaccinations for children in Iowa
The MMR vaccine protects against measles, mumps and rubella. Some variations of the vaccine also protect against varicella, or chickenpox....
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