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Prizes paid to players also reached a record level of almost $313M

Although Iowa — as America’s top hog producer — generated $10.9 billion in cash receipts in 2022, it could have made more if not for the persistence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, according to new Iowa State University research.

Catherine McAuley Center increasing focus on families

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and Attorney General Brenna Bird said the state will provide $5.5 million in one-time funding to keep services available for Iowa crime victims as federal cuts loom.

The acting director of the Secret Service said Tuesday he “cannot defend” why the roof used by the gunman was not secured, the Associated Press reported.

An Anamosa Middle School gym teacher resigned last week after being charged with sexual exploitation of a 15-year-old student in 2014. The district’s superintendent said his resignation was accepted by the board Monday.

An explosion in a commercial building in North Liberty Monday night resulted in multiple people injured, including a firefighter that responded to the scene, according to a news release from the City of North Liberty.

The family of a Cedar Rapids man who drowned last year while out on a rented boat in West Okoboji Lake filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week against Okoboji Boat Works, the boat rental company.