Iowa Public Radio: A University of Iowa program is training paramedics along this year’s RAGBRAI route on how to prepare for bicycle-related injuries. The Simulation in Motion program launched its first training session for emergency service …
Des Moines Register: Des Moines gained another craft brewery last month with the opening of Twisted Vine Brewery in the East Village. Touting a massive beer garden, Twisted Vine moved from its original location in West …
Axios Des Moines: Des Moines is trying to buy five blocks of abandoned railroad tracks near downtown’s East Court Avenue. The project would help connect the Principal Riverwalk with the state Capitol grounds, the East Village …
Cedar Rapids Gazette: A Cedar Rapids man is suing the city and Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell because he asserts an ordinance that requires five of the nine-member Citizens Review Board to be people of color is racially …
Axios Des Moines: Des Moines City Councilperson Indira Sheumaker released a statement on Facebook Monday saying COVID-19 and depression have led to her recent absences from meetings. Until Monday, Sheumaker had not explained her absences from …
Des Moines Register: The latest lawsuit accusing Des Moines police of using unnecessary and unlawful force during protests in 2020 comes from another law enforcement official: an assistant Iowa attorney general. Paxton Williams, who represents the …
Des Moines Register: MidAmerican Energy provided 88.5% of customers’ annual power needs from renewable energy last year, the Iowa Utilities Board has verified. That’s five percentage points higher than 2020, according to a news release from …
Axios Des Moines: Des Moines will construct two solar fields on the city’s southeast side under plans approved by the Plan and Zoning Commission last week. They’re the city’s first municipal solar fields and are another …
Des Moines Register: A veteran Iowa employee recently sued Deere & Co., alleging that co-workers and supervisors subjected him to racist jokes and threats for years. Johnnie Ray Hogan III, who has worked at John Deere …
Des Moines Register: A southern Iowa beach is closed as a precaution after a swimmer was diagnosed with Naegleria fowleri, commonly called “brain-eating amoeba,” according to the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. The closure …
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