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In the midst of National Nursing Week, an Owen Sound singer-songwriter has released a song as a tribute to the work nurses do everywhere, and to help empower…

I’ve been around Iowa City for a long time. I came here in 2017 through the University of Iowa’s REACH Program, which specializes in helping students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities. Through my first three years at the university, I worked in videography for local TV stations like City Channel 4 and PATV. After PATV...

The Iowa Senate recently passed budget spending bills that could eliminate funding for river and stream sensors that measure nitrate and phosphorus, which could create potential risks to conservation practices. The House Appropriations Committee passed four spending bills: Senate File 558, Senate File 557, House Study Bill 248, and Senate File 576. These bills determine...

As Senate File 496 makes its way to be signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, Aspiring Educators at Iowa stand in deep opposition to the bill. As pre-service teachers, we’re training at one of the best Colleges of Education in the country, ranked the best in the state of Iowa. While we are being taught to...

BaseballBelmont 11, Inter-Lakes 1, 5 inn.Key players: Belmont – Liam Waldron (5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 5 K; 2 RBI), Michael Collette (2-for-3, triple, double, RBI), Jaxson Embree (2-for-3, triple, 3 RBI), Owen Waldron (1-for-2, walk, HBP, RBI),...

A DUNFERMLINE supermarket has donated school shoes, socks and underwear to the Childrens Clothing Bank Dunfermline (CCBD).

BaseballConcord 2, Souhegan 1Key players: Concord –  Matt Drewes (win, 7 IP, 7 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K), Kalan Gaudreault (hit, run), Nater Wachter (hit, run; threw runner out at home from CF), Brooks Craigue (double), Alex Turant (double, first varsity...

A University of Iowa search committee selected two final candidates for the vice president for medical affairs and Carver College of Medicine dean.  The candidates will visit campus and take part in open forums, and meet with faculty, staff, and students during the first two weeks of May.  One of the candidates will visit campus...

Under a bill passed by the Iowa House on Wednesday, firearms would be permitted in public parking lots owned by the state, including school grounds.  In a 62-37 vote, House Republicans passed a “firearms omnibus” bill that would require schools to teach firearm safety courses and allow firearms to be stored in vehicles on public...

The fate of abortion rights in Iowa lies in the hands of the seven-member panel of Iowa’s most senior judges — the Iowa Supreme Court.  Attorneys representing Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and abortion rights activists argued in front of the state’s highest court on Tuesday morning over Reynolds’ request for the court to dissolve a...