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By George C, Ford, correspondent
Business News Aug. 27, 2020 4:56 pm1920d ago
A monthly survey of bank CEOs in rural areas of a 10-state region that includes Iowa found modest improvement in …
Government & Politics Aug. 28, 2020 12:47 pm1919d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Siding with President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, a judge ruled Thursday that about 50,000 absentee ballot request …
Government & Politics Aug. 27, 2020 8:29 pm1919d ago
VINTON – A day after praising President Donald Trump’s quick response to the derecho that ripped through Iowa earlier this …
Education Aug. 27, 2020 7:03 pm1919d ago
IOWA CITY – The Iowa City Community School District will start the school year 100 percent online, after gaining permission …
Business News Aug. 27, 2020 2:13 pm1920d ago
New unemployment claims in Linn County have quadrupled since the Aug. 10 derecho storm struck. The week before the derecho, …
News Aug. 26, 2020 10:15 pm1920d ago
Calling the 2020 election ‘a choice between two very different paths,” Sen. Joni Ernst praised President Donald Trump’s support for …
By Pat Kinney, IowaWatch
News Aug. 29, 2020 9:11 pm1917d ago
PARKERSBURG – For 25 years, disasters have beckoned Chris Luhring to help. On Aug. 10, he was called again – …
Government & Politics Aug. 25, 2020 8:52 pm1921d ago
Gov. Kim Reynolds has denied the commutation request of Judy White, a 74-year-old grandmother convicted in a 1979 murder-for-hire plot …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 25, 2020 5:00 pm1922d ago
Hy-Vee announced Tuesday it was offering free COVID-19 testing at certain pharmacies, including a location in Iowa City. Starting Tuesday, …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 25, 2020 2:23 pm1922d ago
Iowa’s seven-day average for COVID-19 cases continues to rise at 605, a new record topping Monday’s 567. The state saw …
Education Aug. 25, 2020 7:50 am1922d ago
On the first day of school, Daniel Kenyon will get out of bed, walk over to the desk in his …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 24, 2020 6:48 pm1922d ago
Though the death from COVID-19 of the first child in Iowa is tragic, data shows this case is a very …
Health Care and Medicine Aug. 24, 2020 4:05 pm1923d ago
Iowa’s COVID-19 positivity rate continues to increase. In the 24-hour period ending at 11 a.m. Monday, 18.82 percent of 2,274 …
Government & Politics Aug. 24, 2020 3:29 pm1923d ago
The U.S. Postal Service needs additional funding, but Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, doesn’t expect the Senate to take up the …

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