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Disability Rights Iowa looks to grow its advocacy as it celebrates 40 years
Growing up in Iowa City, Catherine Johnson distinctly remembers watching Geraldo Rivera’s 1972 investigative documentary that exposed inhumane living conditions at Willowbrook State School, a facility for youths with intellectual disabilities in Staten Island, N.Y. She shared with her mom how appalled she was that people could be treated so poorly, and her mom told her, “Maybe when you grow up, you can do something about it.”
Essential Dos and Don’ts for Iowa’s New THC Regulations
On Monday, July 1st at midnight, a new law went into effect, causing some restaurants, bars, and distributors to panic. It's a new state law focused on the use and sale of tetrahydrocannabinol, otherwise known as THC. The new law (HF 2605) does not outright ban THC in products like...
Iowa's regional airport project on hold as airport officials haven't purchased land needed
PELLA, Iowa — A massive project to build a new regional airport in Iowa is now on hold. The plan to build the airport between Pella and Oskaloosa has been in the works for more than a decade. Airport board officials voted to pause the project because they hadn't...
Cedar Rapids Animal Control waiving adoption fees on 45 cats and dogs
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - On Friday, Cedar Rapids Animal Control announced that all of the shelter’s dogs and 23 of its cats have no adoption fees. Staff members say that a generous donation to the shelter gave them the ability to waive the fees for all of the dogs and some of the cats that have been there for several months. The other cats only have $25 fees for the month of July.
Iowa firefighter hurt in vacant factory fire while trying to find people inside
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A firefighter was hurt fighting a fire at what was supposed to be an empty factory building Friday morning,"KCRG reports. The Cedar Rapids Fire Department says it responded to the former Diamond V plant in the 500 block of G Ave NW in Cedar Rapids before 7 a.m. Friday. The plant has been vacant for several years but the department says firefighters saw people evacuating as they arrived and were told people were inside. That prompted firefighters to enter the building to search for people who may have been trapped.
How Can Iowa’s Agriculture Adapt To Climate Threats?
Climate change is having a profound effect on agriculture. Farmers over the past decade have faced intensifying drought and heat stress on crops, leading many to wonder, what will agriculture look like 50 years from now?. In May, at SciFri Live at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, Ira Flatow...
Resident of Klemme places high in venture school competition
Caleb Renner of Klemme took home 3rd place at the 2024 University of Iowa’s Venture School Launch Day held last month. 10 teams from across the state of Iowa competed in the event which was held at EntreFEST, a two-day entrepreneurial conference in Cedar Rapids. A total of 37-thousand dollars in prize money was awarded.
Local small business hit hard by child labor law fines
NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa — Small businesses across Iowa have seen fines up to $180, 000 from the U.S. Dept. of Labor due to the enforcement of youth labor laws, according to Gov. Kim Reynolds. One small business owner believes his business has been targeted because of the dispute between...
Firefighters knock down bedroom blaze, no injuries reported
Cedar Rapids Fire responded to a house fire in the 400 block of 8th Avenue SW. When crews arrived around 5:30 a.m. Friday morning they found smoke coming from the front door. Firefighters quickly put out a fire in a bedroom. All who were inside made it out safely before...
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