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Mount Vernon City Manager Chris Nosbisch is looking toward the future of the growing community. Between plans to revitalize the downtown, possibly building a new pool, renovating a former church into a new police station and purchasing new land for a public works site, Nosbisch said his goal is to “leave the community in a better position than when I got there.”

A former employee of University of Iowa Community HomeCare has paired up with a former patient to sue the entity on behalf of themselves and 67,000-plus others over a data breach in March they argue could have been prevented, was reported too late, and unjustly enriched the university while causing years of stress, risk, and potential further victimization in the form of fraud and identity theft.

City of Cedar Rapids, public library, Young Parents Network and Reading into Success earned Pacesetter Honor for ‘moving the needle’

Pear Deck helps teachers see immediately if students understand the lesson

Although the common and highly-contagious RSV – short for “respiratory syncytial virus” – runs a mild, cold-like course for most people, it can hit infants and patients over 60 hard, even requiring hospitalization. For the first time, a vaccine is how available for those high-risk groups – thanks, in part, to University of Iowa Health Care trial work.

Clark Weaver and Sondra Nelson had decades-long teacher careers in the district before serving two terms each on the Linn-Mar school board.

Bidding will culminate in the annual LGBTQ+ Luncheon Dec. 9, with proceeds going to support Center programs

Lifelong Cedar Rapids resident Rae Jeanne Kilberger has donated and helped fund a new nature preserve named “Bird Preserve” in honor of her grandfather. According to a plaque at the new preserve, Clayton “Jack” Bird valued "the land, its beauty, the wetlands, the wildlife & birds, beauty and giving and sharing with others.“