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Let's settle the debate, Iowans: At what temperature do you set your AC thermostat?
It's a simple question, but an age-old debate: At what temperature should the air conditioning be set? The hot Iowa summer has been upon us, and 97% of the state's households use air conditioning equipment to stay cool, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. With the heat index in Iowa and Des Moines...
Cedar Rapids non-profit working to build community to ‘Save Us From Us’
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - New data from Cedar Rapids police show a decrease in shots fired calls every month so far this year. Leaders with the Cedar Rapids based non-profit Save Us From Us say that’s a good sign that events like the one they held on Wednesday are working.
Coaching contracts. A casino conflict. A hungry horse. Newspapers nosedive.
The salaries of state employees are public information, and, to the surprise of some and the unsurprise of others, coaches from Iowa’s three state universities continue to be some of the highest-paid state employees. The UNI men’s basketball Head Coach Ben Jacobsen has won more than 300 games with...
Off Podium Empire, July 30: In Which Iowa and UCLA Join the Scoring Club
UCLA: 23 (1x gold) Minnesota: 21 (1x silver) Penn State: 23 (2x bronze) Wisconsin: 16 (1x bronze) Alev Kelter of Wisconsin, Kayla Canett of Penn State, Alena Olsen of Michigan, and the rest of the USA women’s rugby squad had a last second dramatic as hell win. This is exactly why risk-averse college coaches play Prevent defense in the final seconds. What a phenomenal bronze medal win, what a run.
HACAP working on details of a plan to buy Olivet Neighborhood Mission building
HACAP says its offer to buy the Olivet Neighborhood Mission building has been accepted. It's not a done deal yet, but it could be good news for the northwest side of Cedar Rapids. Olivet Church told the mission earlier this month it needed to be out of the building by...
New HBO Series Documents Eastern Iowa Abduction
(Waterloo, IA) -- An eastern Iowa abduction case is the subject of a new docuseries on HBO. The series 'Taken Together, Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth' covers the case of two cousins, ages 8 and 10, who vanished during a bike ride in the Waterloo, Iowa suburb of Evansdale in July 2012.
St. Luke's Foundation awarded $427k in grants for non-opioid pain treatment programs
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Foundation has been awarded $427,944 in grants from the Linn County Opioid Settlement Committee and the Linn County Board of Supervisors. St. Luke’s Hospital plans to use the grant money to create a two-year pilot program aimed at...
NHTSA reminds caregivers of hot car death prevention importance
(KOAM) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Region 7 is reminding people the importance child hot car prevention with a "Once You Park; Stop. Look. Lock." campaign.
Did a derecho happen in Iowa this week? See the National Weather Service explanation.
Storms across Iowa on Tuesday and Wednesday brought high winds, rain, hail and temporary power outages for thousands of MidAmerican Energy customers. The eerily dark skies and morning timing had someone Iowans having flashbacks to derechos. For a storm to be considered a derecho, it must meet certain criteria, otherwise, it's a thunderstorm. The storms had all of the characteristics of a derecho, but were they? ...
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