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A special walk that saw the local community come together to celebrate the lives of loved ones has raised an incredible £32,000 for Sue Ryder Thorpe Hall Hospice.

In this fifth and final installment of our series, we asked editors to tell us about a book of theirs, published during the pandemic, that they wish had gotten more love.

Workflow Your Way To A Safer World (Podcast) Share to Linkedin This new podcast takes a look at the race to vaccinate a nation—and how digital workflows are getting shots in arms. I got my second Pfizer Covid vaccine shot yesterday. The side effects were a bit unpleasant—but I’ve never been more excited to feel trampled by elephants.  It’s been almost five months since the first Covid vaccine was administered in the United States.  According to the CDC about 150 million Americans (~45...

After bringing two lawsuits against his tenant, an Iowa City landlord is now looking to settle with the local business owner he was trying to evict. A small-claims court hearing scheduled for Thursday was postponed by a month to give the parties a chance to reach an agreement. Alan Marks of Midwest Development and Investment, a residential and commercial real estate company based in Fairfield, brought Naa Tackie of NaNa’s African Boutique and Gift Shop in Iowa City to court for allegedly n...

Iowa City landlord looks to settle eviction case against local business owner Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa City Press-Citizen After bringing two lawsuits against his tenant, an Iowa City landlord is now looking to settle with the local business owner he was trying to evict. A small-claims court hearing scheduled for Thursday was postponed by a month to give the parties a chance to reach an agreement. Alan Marks of Midwest Development and Investment, a residential and commercial re...

Its like youre getting bullied: Iowa City business owner, landlord at odds in bizarre rent dispute Zachary Oren Smith, Iowa City Press-Citizen At the busy intersection of South Riverside Drive and Highway 6 in Iowa City, NaNa’s African Boutique and Gift Shop occupies an inconspicuous strip of storefronts adjacent to the Village Inn. Inside, yellow and rose gold tea sets compete for attention with colorful displays of perfumes, air fresheners and necklaces. Deeper in the store...

At the busy intersection of South Riverside Drive and Highway 6 in Iowa City, NaNa’s African Boutique and Gift Shop occupies an inconspicuous strip of storefronts adjacent to the Village Inn. Inside, yellow and rose gold tea sets compete for attention with colorful displays of perfumes, air fresheners and necklaces. Deeper in the store, bolts of Kitenge fabric, insulated casseroles and high-heel shoes line the walls. “For people who want jeans or a shirt, they could just go to the mall and...

Family support. >> i still use my phone. i usually use a speaker phone. or i use a headset. >> marks and his wife are urging lawmakers around the country to require manufacturers to put warnings directly on the phones. they believe having the safety information in the manual simply isnt enough. today marks is able to provide for his family again and is back on top in the real estate business. >> roll over or do you fight? im a fighter. >> now we cant say for sure whether alan marks tumors were i...

what surprised me is voices urging caution are not only getting louder, but theyre getting more prominent. >> all right. im on my way. >> if youve ever put a cell phone to your ear, you should listen to what neurosurgeon dr. keith black has to say. >> theres no way to say that cell phone use is safe. i think the public has a right to know there could be a potential risk. the public generally assumes that if one is selling something on the market, that we have had assurances that that d...

Business. >> do you roll over or do you fight? im a fighter. >> now, we cant say for sure whether alan marks tumor, in fact, was caused by cell phones, but as we said, hes certainly a fighter. good luck to him and his family. also moving forward in the condition of gabrielle giffords. she underwent surgery to replace a piece of her skull that doctors removed months ago because of brain swelling. surgeons took a bone substitute and actually placed it in her own native bone which was saved but a...