The Mount Vernon Community School District is one of 38 school districts to receive up to $40,000 in a state grant from the science, technology, engineering and math Business Engaging Students and Teachers program.
Edith Dawson advanced by winning the regional spelling bee after correctly spelling “prehensile.” She’ll compete in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in June, representing Iowa.
The filing asks the district court to reverse a state panel’s decision, or require the panel to reconsider the objections to the signatures on Finkenauer’s nominating petitions for his U.S. Senate bid.
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Veterans For Peace Chapter #161 is sponsoring a community serial reading of Martin Luther King’s speech delivered on April 4, 1967: “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence.” The reading will be held in front of the Congregational Church of Christ, 30 N. Clinton St., starting at 1 p.m. on Monday.
Fields of Fun child care center opening in southwest Cedar Rapids in former Kids Inc. location, has capacity for 275 children, from infants to seventh-graders.
A new study from the University of Iowa’s Post-COVID Clinic has found damage to the small airways in the lungs of long-haul COVID patients experiencing persistent breathing problems. This damage, which cause air to be trapped in the small airways, could be a potentially long-lasting impact from COVID-19 infection, researchers say.
Previously, the House passed its own version, which differs in many key ways
Listen to a replay from the live, in-person event on April 21 at CSPS in Cedar Rapids.
Capitol Notebook: Rep. Cecil Dolecheck and Sen. Janet Petersen have received the 2022 Hoover Uncommon Public Service Award.
The state said it is shipping unused protective helmets and vests from state and local law enforcement agencies to Ukraine, where they will be donated with the hope of helping Ukrainian military forces and citizens.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a teenager who went missing Tuesday from Four Oaks.
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