A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
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A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
To Alex Glenn, the director of human resources for Generation Next child development centers and preschools in Ventral Iowa, the best way to address what stakeholders have called a child care “crisis” is both simple and expensive. “I know this answer’s not going to appease a lot of people, but it’s money,” Glenn said.
After butting heads with community health care providers opposed to its plans to build a new hospital in North Liberty, University of Iowa Health Care now is echoing its critics’ concerns as the state considers a proposal to build a new ambulatory surgery center down the road from UIHC’s project.
A federal judge gave a former registered nurse, who stole fentanyl from workplace to feed her own addiction, a lesser sentence of year years probation. Sabrina Thalblum faced more than two years in prison.
A Woodbury man, who was sentenced Friday to over 29 years for taking sexually explicit photos of a 13-year-old and sharing them online with an undercover police officer, told a judge he was “excited” to go to prison.
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast, Biden, one year in; Reynolds rolls in cash; a river runs through the Hinson-Mathis contest.
Autumn Pino will become shared superintendent for the Lisbon and Springville school districts on July 1.
Iowa governor says she’s “going to run like I'm 10 down” despite $4 million lead in fundraising.
Responding to increased consumer demand for custom meats, the Iowa Economic Development Authority awarded 15 grants Friday to small-scale meat processors.
Lance Cpl. Gabe Heefner has “progressed a lot” since arriving at a rehabilitation hospital in Chicago two months ago but has likely plateaued, his father told The Gazette. The family hopes a cranioplasty surgery will “jumpstart his recovery.”
The Linn County Attorney’s Office has decided criminal charges are not warranted against a Cedar Rapids Police reserve officer who fired three shots at a man in a vehicle as the man struck the officer with his car Dec. 17.
Iowa City property owners are reminded to clear the full width of the sidewalk of any snow and ice within 24 hours of a snowfall to avoid getting fined. Individuals who are out of town should make arrangements to have their snow cleared.
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