Iowa Health Campus Power Outage Strands Elevators
Parts of the University of Iowa health campus lost power for about 30 minutes starting at 2 30 p m Thursday affecting University Hospital General Hospital the College of Medicine the Dentistry Building and parking ramps. Police responded to a report of people stuck in two hospital ramps elevators but were told they had already exited. The outage was caused by a MidAmerican Energy line from Coralville and backup generators supported patient care areas.
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University of Iowa Health
University Hospital
General Hospital
College of Medicine
Dentistry
Public Safety
Chuck Green
Coralville
Wendy Moorhead
Good Friday City Office Closures in Eastern Iowa
Cedar Rapids Marion and Hiawatha offices closed for Good Friday while libraries in Cedar Rapids and Marion operate today and Sunday with Saturday hours. Garbage collection proceeds as scheduled. Parking meters not enforced today in Cedar Rapids. Other city and county offices in Iowa City Linn and Johnson counties plus state and federal clerk offices maintain usual hours.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Hiawatha
Marion and
Iowa City
Linn
Johnson County
Cedar Rapids PTA hosts bullying workshop at district center
Cedar Rapids City PTA holds a 6:30 p.m. workshop in room 230 of the Educational Service Center at 346 Second Avenue 8.W. Iowa PTA vice president Tracey Adamowski and Colleen Jameson of Waypoint Services lead the session. They define bullying and share resources for parents, schools, and communities to stop bullying.
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Cedar Rapids City
PTA
Cedar Rapids
Second Avenue
Tracey Adamowski
Iowa Pta
Colleen Jameson
Waypoint Services
Cedar Rapids library weighs levy hike to offset city cuts
Cedar Rapids library board signaled it may ask voters in November to raise a special library tax levy from 4 to as much as 27 cents per thousand. A 27 cent levy could yield about 1.275 million yearly, with other cities already at that rate. The board, council, chamber and Downtown District would need a collaborative drive.
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Cedar Rapids
Lion
Iowa City
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Waterloo
Dubuque
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
Lori Barkeman
Dennis McMenimen
McMenimen
Library Board
West-Side
Tim Hill
City Council
Downtown District
Death investigated at Coralville Motel 6
Coralville police investigate a Thursday death at the Motel 6 in Coralville. Police declined to release details on how or when the body was found as state investigators arrived with the Crime Scene Response Unit.
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the Gazette
Coralville
Barry Bedford
Bedford
Ave. Ye
State Division of Criminal Investigation
Ankeny
DCI
Motel 6
Lara Rojo-Eddy
Accor North America
Brian Ray
Iowa
Rural and urban hospital care show similar death rates
A University of Iowa study of 12 191 patients across 119 rural and urban Iowa hospitals found rural death rates for heart attack patients drop from 14 percent to about 7 percent when factors such as patient age severity and preferences are adjusted.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Paul James
Carver College of Medicine
Iowa
James
Annals of Family Medicine
Agency For Healthcare Research and Quality
U.S Department of Health and Human Services
Iowa-born Eugene Ely Would Grasp Stamp Honor
Williamsburg native Eugene Ely pioneered deck landings and takeoffs from ships. Retired postmaster Allen Haworth seeks a U S postage stamp within six months to mark Ely and the centennial milestones of November 14 1910 and January 18 1911 near Hampton Roads Virginia.
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Williamsburg
Eugene W Ely
Allen Haworth
Ely
U.S
Allen
Birmingham
Hampton Roads
Herbert Hoover
Naval Aviation Monument Park
Virginia Beach
Hoover
John Wayne
Glenn Miller
Grant Wood
Eugene Ely
Williamsburg aviator Eugene Ely on stamp bid gains support
Dave Rasdal notes Allen Haworth pushes to honor Williamsburg native Eugene Ely with a postage stamp. Readers urged to write the Citizens Advisory Committee at the U S Postal Service to back Ely, first shipboard flyer, early aviator and WWII era tribute.
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Allen Haworth
Williamsburg
Eugene Ely
Citizens Advisory Committee
U.S. Postal Service
L’enfant Plaza
Washington, DC
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Allen
Navy
Ely
Bush
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