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 A rider on Monday was fortunate that RAGBRAI draws all sorts of people from around the country. In this case, it just so happened that Dr. Christopher Arpey, a Mayo Clinic dermatologist from Iowa City, was on the ride a few miles outside Rinard when his daughter, Meredith, part of a group accompanying him, saw a rider fall. Arpey, 60, stopped to help while his daughter, 25, called 911. While Arpey isn't an emergency room physician, he said it appeared the man had overheated. “He had a thready pulse, but he had a pulse,” he said.  Within minutes an ambulance was on scene taking the man...

Cameraderie. The physical challenge. Tourism. The food — and beer. People give many reasons for signing up to pedal the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. But this year, there's a new one: the COVID-19 pandemic.  The participants include doctors and nurses who worked on the harrowing front lines at hospitals; people honoring cycling friends lost to the disease; and families looking for a way to reunite and enjoy one another's company after a long, forced separation. Here's what they told the Des Moines Register about their reasons for joining the more than 15,000 fellow ri...

Matthew Pearson, from Washington state, sent a letter to Iowa State Patrol offices which the organization posted on Facebook Monday. "I participate in the Special Olympics and I show support for law enforcement," Pearson wrote. "I would like to express my condolences to Sgt. James K. Smith's family." "We don’t do this often, but your kind words and drawing really touched our hearts," the State Patrol wrote in its Facebook post.  The letter included a picture of Smith, who was shot and killed in Grundy Center in April. Smith, a 27-year veteran of the Patrol, died from a gunshot wound after...

Former Congressman David Young: Clean energy powers our economy, creates jobs and brings energy resilience.

Iowa lawmakers expect to convene a special session later this year to tackle redistricting after delays in the U.S. census slowed their efforts.