Five years after lawmakers denied Iowa State University the full $100 million it sought for a new and updated Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory – which underpins Iowa’s $32.5 billion dollar animal agriculture industry and aids in animal health emergencies, like the bird flu – Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday committed another $40 million to the new lab.
African American Awareness Program stepping stone in Cedar Rapids to The Academy for Personal and Scholastic Success
Although just 39 percent of Americans 65 and older have had both the initial COVID vaccine series plus an updated bivalent booster against the omicron strain, new University of Iowa-involved research shows “significant protection” from that bivalent shot among those older adults.
At United Action for Youth open mic night, students share fears about “harmful” bills proposed in the Iowa Legislature related to gay and transgender youth.
Pastors Keeyon and Stephanie Carter and Kennedy High senior Gentine Nzoyikorera recipients of the 2023 ‘Who is My Neighbor?’ award
Iowa State University, which begins developing the $200 million CyTown entertinament district this spring, is looking for vendors, retailers and restaurants to eventually fill out the regional destination.
For the first time in more than a decade, Iowa’s 15 community colleges in the last full academic year saw a collective bump in credit-seeking students — although the total number of hours they took continued to fall, sustaining a trend of students taking lighter course loads.
The Cedar-Rapids based community college confirmed Thursday it’s moving most of its operations from that facility to its regional center in Coralville.
The first legislative hearing on Gov. Kim Reynolds’ proposal drew dozens upon dozens of Iowans.
Danielle Trimble named the next superintendent of the Ballard Community School District in Huxley last month
2023 legislative priorities include fully funding 4-year-old preschool, mental health
The proposal, which is estimated to cost Iowa taxpayers more than $100 million in its first year, could be in subcommittee hearings in the next week.
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