by admin | Sep 30, 2008 | Crime & Courts
One high-profile downtown Cedar Rapids building is finally back after the June flooding. The Linn County Courthouse opened Monday for public business for the first time since the Cedar River rose out of its banks. Judges, courthouse workers and others began the moving...
by admin | Sep 30, 2008 | Health & Medicine
Officials at the Iowa Chapter of the American Cancer Society say they’re concerned with a 4.2% decrease in the number of women 40 or older who’re getting breast cancer screenings. The Health Promotions Manager for the Iowa chapter, Theresa Allen, says...
by admin | Sep 30, 2008 | Health & Medicine, Politics & Government
The "Iowa Initiative to Reduce Unintended Pregnancies" brought a national expert to Iowa on Monday to talk about more than just teenagers. Sarah Brown, C.E.O. of a national campaign to reduce unplanned pregnancies, says while the rate of teenage pregancies...
by admin | Sep 30, 2008 | Business
An Iowa State University economist is skeptical of an analysis by BusinessWeek magazine which places two Iowa cities in a list of top 20 towns likely to be hit the hardest by the financial crisis. David Swenson says the report is based only on the percentage of...
by admin | Sep 30, 2008 | Business, Politics & Government
Republican presidential candidate John McCain is due to speak with an invited group of about 200 Iowa business people later this morning at a Des Moines business. McCain landed in Des Moines at about 3 p.m. yesterday afternoon, after the Wall Street...
