The medical sciences pathway at the southeast Cedar Rapids middle school is one option for students to explore future potential career interests.
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The medical sciences pathway at the southeast Cedar Rapids middle school is one option for students to explore future potential career interests.
“There's much more demand than five or six years ago for delivery, which is part of why looking for efficiency is really important. Because how many trucks do you want in your downtown, circling around, looking for parking?”
The comprehensive package supports several key farm and safety net programs, like crop insurance, as well as agriculture research, rural development, conservation projects and food assistance for low-income families. But gridlock over funding for SNAP benefits and incentives for capturing greenhouse gases, among other issues, stood in the way of crafting a new farm bill.
Facing a government shutdown deadline, the Senate rushed through final passage early Saturday of a bipartisan plan that would temporarily fund federal operations and disaster aid, dropping President-elect Donald Trump’s demands for a debt limit increase into the new year.
A judge on Friday sentenced McKinley Louisma to life in prison without parole for the kidnapping, torture and strangulation of Melody Hoffman, 20, of Marion, on Feb. 17. Melody’s mother said her daughter would want her to forgive Louisma but she couldn’t.
The bill would fund government at current levels through March, provide $100 billion in disaster aid and $10 billion in assistance to farmers.
Providers in Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines, Dubuque, Mason City, Oskaloosa and Sioux City will receive a total of over $10 million to expand or improve facilities and develop sober-living housing options.
A free Christmas meal will be served for families in need Monday, Dec. 23, from 3-7 p.m. at the Cedar Rapids Downtown Library, 450 Fifth Ave. SE.
After evaluating campus feedback to a trio of finalists under consideration to become the next University of Iowa College of Law dean, UI leadership has determined “none of the candidates was the right fit for the position.”
More than 4,100 students across Iowa’s three public universities are slated to graduate this weekend in fall ceremonies that, while smaller in size and hype than spring commencement, are no less momentous on a personal, professional, and workforce level.
One person died in a single-vehicle crash in Center Point Thursday afternoon.
Timothy Scott Towne, 58 of Cedar Rapids, was being held on several charges since Dec. 7 at the jail and faced a Feb. 24 trial, records show.
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