Heading to the polls today? Here’s what you’ll need to know to cast a ballot.
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Heading to the polls today? Here’s what you’ll need to know to cast a ballot.
The murder trial for McKinley Louisma, accused of kidnapping and killing Melody Hoffman, 20, of Marion, started Monday in Linn County. The prosecutor told the jury her slaying was “depraved and dehumanizing.”
Three years after $20 million in federal pandemic aid allowed the University of Iowa in 2021 to open a new “Center for School Mental Health” -- and two years after receiving a $15 million donation to keep it going -- the center is expanding to reach more school-aged kids and moving to a “fee-for-services model.”
Surgeons are utilizing cutting edge technology, pain management methods and postoperative recovery plans to get patients back on their feet quicker with outpatient surgery.
Volpara Risk Pathways is described as a state-of-the-art assessment tool that identifies women who may be at elevated risk for breast cancer, and Mercy Cedar Rapids is the first hospital in the area to offer it.
For people with diabetes, blindness can be a real threat. Because serious eye disease can be present with few symptoms or even none at all, people with diabetes should have a thorough eye exam at least once a year.
At University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, specialists have been performing cochlear implant surgeries for more than 40 years.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
Also, Clear Creek Amana is considering a new policy that would prohibit the use of personal electronic devices -- which includes cell phones, headphones and other Bluetooth devices -- by students during instructional time.
This election, early voters in the county have been using a simple but effective app developed locally that’s speeding up lines.
A federal judge on Sunday denied a request by civil rights groups to block a directive from Iowa’s top elections official to challenge the ballots of more than 2,000 Iowans whose U.S. citizenship is unclear just days ahead of Tuesday’s election.
New polling released Saturday of likely Iowa voters suggests Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris now leads Republican former president Donald Trump in a state both parties had all but written off.
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