Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center’s Dr. Brian Privett has a few tips to spot, treat and keep eye infections at bay.
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Infections — both viral and bacterial — are common, especially in your eyes. Iowa Eye Center’s Dr. Brian Privett has a few tips to spot, treat and keep eye infections at bay.
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University of Iowa Health Care’s SAINT® therapy only takes 10 minutes, and within a month, more than 80 percent had remission of symptoms.
RAGBRAI riders ended their trip across the state Saturday by dipping their front tires in the Mississippi River in Guttenberg.
Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann kicked off a party fundraiser Friday by stressing to the crowd that Rob Sand, the Iowa State Auditor and only statewide elected Democrat, is “running away from his left-wing views” as he runs for governor in the 2026 election, which is more than 15 months away.
The 99-year-old Cedar Rapids retiree has been donating blood for 25 years. According to ImpactLife, Nadene Roberts is the nonprofit community blood center’s oldest donor and volunteer blood drive coordinator.
In Iowa, where Trump’s executive order pushing for forcible hospitalization over supportive housing could have significant implications, one homeless services provider says “Nothing in the order does anything that is proven to end homelessness. And in fact, it does the opposite.”
A plea for help made last week by a nonprofit grocery store in Cedar Rapids has sparked a large response from community members to support the store’s goal of providing food for a neighborhood that would be a food desert if not for its presence.
Warnings about bacteria in the water are posted at 13 Iowa beaches this week. Water samples from Backbone State Park in Delaware County, in particular, show exceptionally high E. coli levels.
Iowa City’s designation as a UNESCO City of Literature will not be affected by the Trump administration’s announcement that the U.S. is leaving the U.N. cultural agency UNESCO, effective December 2026.
The splash pad was added as part of an $8.35 million renovation of Central Plaza in Uptown Marion.
A Nebraska man, who tried to open exit doors during a flight from Omaha last week and caused an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, will remain in jail pending trial. A detention hearing didn’t go forward because he didn’t have a place to stay if released.
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