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As a baby bust hits rural areas, hospital labor and delivery wards are closing down
In some rural areas, births have dropped by three-quarters since the late 1950s, and hospitals are shuttering labor and delivery units, leaving mothers little access to care when they need it.
Iowa State Researchers Receive Record-Breaking NSF CAREER Award Support
Caitlin Ware, Iowa State University Office of the Vice President for Research. Thirteen Iowa State University researchers have been selected to receive more than $5.5 million in Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) awards from the National Science Foundation (NSF), setting a new record for program support. The 13 recipients...
‘It’s just one step at a time’: Jaguars rout Marshalltown, will host Waukee next
(Story by Stephen McDaniel) The Ankeny Centennial softball team has taken the first step toward defending its Class 5A state championship. The sixth-ranked Jaguars were dominant in every aspect of the game as they romped to a 10-0 victory over visiting Marshalltown in five innings in a regional semifinal on Saturday.
Baseball Recap: Dallas Center-Grimes' loss ends ten-game winning streak at home
It was a good run, but Dallas Center-Grimes unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell 4-1 to the Lewis Central Titans. Dallas Center-Grimes' defeat ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 33-3. As for Lewis Central, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 20-13.
'We didn't want other families in our club of heartbreak': Advocates praise stillbirth bill
DES MOINES, Iowa — Every year about 21,000 babies are stillborn in the U.S., according to the C.D.C. That means every year about 42,000 parents are left grieving. Janet Petersen is one of them. She tells Local 5 that the Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act Biden recently...
Information Sought in Accident/Corn Damage
Authorities are seeking information on a vehicle accident near Maurice. The Sioux County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred on Harrison Avenue just north Maurice, when sometime on Sunday morning, a silver vehicle traveling southbound on Harrison Avenue went into the east ditch and into a cornfield. The vehicle backed out of the corn to the ditch, then re-entered the cornfield and drove through several hundred feet of standing corn before leaving the area.
Timeline set for new gambling license applications
Des Moines, IA- The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission set the timeline Friday for new license applications. Radio Iowa reports that the process includes a gambling market study and proposals to do that are due August 15th. Applications for those interested in getting a license are due one month later.
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