17-year-old LeClaire girl is new Kid Captain

The newest University of Iowa Hawkeyes Kid Captain is Madi Ramirez of LeClaire, for this Saturday’s home football game against Wisconsin. After she wasn’t walking by age 2, Madi was diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), a rare inherited disease that causes muscles to increasingly weaken. Her parents were told there was no cure but […]

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