A chain of events triggered by a wheelbarrow in the roadway on the bridge spanning the Iowa/Wisconsin Border led to a fatal accident Saturday.
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A chain of events triggered by a wheelbarrow in the roadway on the bridge spanning the Iowa/Wisconsin Border led to a fatal accident Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids native bridges interests in history, entertainment
Willis Dady’s director of shelter services speaks on what’s new this year for winter shelter and how the community can help as the organization prepares for cold weather.
Continuing its local and regional explosion in growth – including a pending $28 million purchase of Mercy Iowa City – the University of Iowa next week will ask Board of Regents permission to move forward with another $36.5 million in health care-related construction, including a $17.5 million “new road” paving the way for a $1 billion inpatient tower.
Any Iowa hospital or clinic seeking Medicaid payment for providing an abortion would need approval from the state’s most prominent abortion opponent: Gov. Kim Reynolds. In more than six years as governor, she has never been asked to approve a Medicaid payment for an abortion.
While Iowa Republicans push back against drawing conclusions from Tuesday’s election results, Moms for Liberty and conservative-backed candidates were widely defeated by progressive, teachers union-backed candidates.
The Gazette digital news desk’s daily update for the weekend of November 11 and 12.
Low-income communities, people of color, children and older people are more likely to be exposed to elevated nitrate levels, unpublished Iowa State University research finds
3rd District Dem raises funds, gains endorsements
Pharmacies across Iowa have closed at an alarming rate over the past decade-plus, partly because insurance payouts don't cover drug costs. Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and colleagues this week introduced a proposal that would tackle practices used by pharmacy benefit managers that drive up costs for prescription medications.
Eastbound Interstate 80 in Coralville will be closed overnight starting Sunday and continuing through Thursday, according to a news release from the Iowa Department of Transportation.
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