Even while undergoing the rigors of chemotherapy for his stage 4 colon cancer, Phil Decker was among the select few who qualified for and completed this year’s Boston Marathon.
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Even while undergoing the rigors of chemotherapy for his stage 4 colon cancer, Phil Decker was among the select few who qualified for and completed this year’s Boston Marathon.
Electropop opera “Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812” takes whirlwind rise through slice of “War and Peace” at Iowa City’s Riverside Theatre.
Messages on electronic signs are designed to make motorists correct bad behavior and drive more safely, but they can draw a driver’s mind from the road, said Joshua Madsen, an assistant accounting professor and behavioral scientist at the University of Minnesota who co-authored the study published last week
A new breast health center has opened within the University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center in Iowa City as a dedicated space to provide a range of breast care services.
The debates are scheduled for May 7 and May 19, and will be televised by Hearst TV stations and Iowa PBS
Seth Zimmermann of Solon, a Democrat, said he is seeking election as a county supervisor because he wants to involve all the county’s residents in COVID-19 recovery, support local businesses and protect the environment.
Frew Development is seeking workforce housing tax credits to support a $34 million housing project to add 200 units as part of the Westdale Mall redevelopment. City Council also OK’d projects in NewBo, the northwest quadrant and former TaxAct site.
A Marion man was arrested early Wednesday after shots were fired during a domestic distrubance on 16th Avenue police responded to a domestic violence report and shots fired call at an apartment complex on 16th Ave, Cedar Rapids.
UI police arrested an 18-year-old Tuesday, charging he strangled a woman on the UI campus until she lost consciousness and then stole her earrings, valued at $20,000.
The program, a partnership between The Downtown Self-Supported Municipal Improvement District (SSMID) and Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance, will give the winning business $20,000 toward “rent and build-out” at a selected property in downtown Cedar Rapids.
The county reported 305 new cases this week — the highest seven-day total since the 449 cases reported Feb. 16.
The family of a 2-year-old who died last year after a routine procedure to place tubes in his ears and remove his adenoids is suing an Iowa City physician for negligence by – among other things – allowing a University of Iowa medical resident to perform the surgery without the patient’s consent.
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