Students in a project-based learning program called Venture Academics researched, engaged community in naming Coopers Creek.
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Students in a project-based learning program called Venture Academics researched, engaged community in naming Coopers Creek.
And why do leaves from trees of the same species vary in color? Are wet or dry conditions better for fall colors?
The bridge will connect Czech Village and NewBo as part of the $20 million grassroots ConnectCR initiative. Once complete, the bridge will be part of Cedar Rapids’ segment of the American Discovery Trail for pedestrians and bicyclists. It also is part of the Great American Rail-Trail.
Also, Cedar Rapids is planning a $5.1 million reconstruction project for a portion of 42nd Street NE
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship announced the last seven agricultural drainage wells in the state have been closed, which represents the end of about 30 years of research and management around the wells that negatively impacted water quality in Iowa.
The Iowa Supreme Court on Friday affirmed a lower court’s decision that Summit Carbon Solutions is allowed temporary access to properties for surveying, because it is a pipeline company that would be transporting a hazardous liquid.
President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he will nominate former White House aide Brooke Rollins to be his agriculture secretary, the last of his picks to lead executive agencies and another choice from within his established circle of advisers and allies.
The species could become ‘federally threatened’ in the coming months.
Johnson County nonprofit targets hyper-local strategic investment districts.
Disability rights advocates hope Iowa will honor them by preventing the kind of neglect that has plagued similar cemeteries at other shuttered facilities around the country.
In Iowa, and across the country, ambulance services have been struggling to attract and retain staff. Data from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services shows that the number of certified EMTs in the state has decreased every year since 2018. But ambulance service professionals have been working to reverse that trend, and changes made to state law in 2021 may have been the first step in the right direction.
While conventional indemnity insurance requires insured owners to prove specific losses by amassing evidence and presenting pre-storm documentation, under this new pilot insurance model, called parametric insurance, payouts would happen after agreed-upon “triggers” — such as wind speeds or river heights — reach a certain level.
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