For about 50 years after the Stonewall Riots, most Pride events in Iowa were consigned to larger cities. Now, small towns are bringing a new definition to “hometown pride.”
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For about 50 years after the Stonewall Riots, most Pride events in Iowa were consigned to larger cities. Now, small towns are bringing a new definition to “hometown pride.”
A Cedar Rapids man who threw and slammed his 19-day-old son to the floor, causing fatal head injuries, was sentenced to up to 50 years in prison. He must serve a mandatory of 25 years before being eligible for parole.
David Schultz of Wall Lake had been working for nearly 30 straight hours, with little or no rest, the night he parked his semi-trailer truck along a rural road -- and went missing for five months until his body was found.
A federal bankruptcy judge on Friday swiftly shutdown a request to pause implementation of a Mercy Iowa City liquidation plan that exposes its former financial manager MercyOne to future lawsuits.
The city of Cedar Rapids is marking a record year of investment in flood control with approximately $90 million in local and federal spending combined for fiscal 2024. The first Northwest Neighborhood project and completion of a Cedar Lake levee are part of 2024 construction.
Responding to demands from a state lawmaker and Iowa’s Human Society director – made last week after “disturbing” Capitol Hill testimony about “painful” research involving dogs – the University of Iowa reiterated its “unwavering commitment to the health and well-being of research animals.”
Runoff from fertilized fields threatens marine wildlife, fisheries and water supplies. Government agencies set targets to fix the problem. But despite more than a quarter-century of federal effort and billions in investment, advocates, scientists, and regulators say the basin is “not even close” to those targets.
Just one year away from a 2025 deadline to reduce nitrate and phosphorus entering the Gulf by 20 percent, success seems unlikely.
This summer’s “dead zone,” a low-oxygen area where the river empties into the sea, could span 5,827 square miles across the Gulf of Mexico. Louisiana has the power to call for change.
Worsening local effects on health and recreation in states like Minnesota and Wisconsin are spurring action on problems that also cause the Gulf of Mexico’s chronic “dead zone.”
Sluggish progress on reducing nutrient runoff into the Chesapeake Bay marks an inconvenient truth, but offers lessons for others seeking to clean their watersheds.
Agricultural drainage tile, a system used by farmers to increase crop yields, is a main contributor to excess nutrients in waterways.
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