Flu shuts schools as Eastern Iowa ERs overflow
Influenza has area emergency rooms buzzing as doctors determine hospitalization needs for pneumonia and complications. Type A flu spreads through Eastern Iowa and shuts down two Midland Community School District schools sending about 600 students home early as Cedar Rapids hospitals report crowded ERs and multiple ambulances.
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Jones County
Tony Carter
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
What you need to know about the flu
The CDC explains influenza in a Q A addressing questions about a widespread U S flu outbreak. The flu is caused by the influenza virus that infects the respiratory tract unlike the common cold.
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United States
Deer sharpshooters target Iowa City deer herd
Tony DeNicola of White Buffalo Inc leads sharpshooters thinning the Iowa City deer population under state authority to 200 for the year. By Friday, 188 deer had been killed since operations began November 28, with meat donated to the Salvation Army.
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White Buffalo Inc
Iowa City
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the Gazette
Michael Muraca
Middletown
Conn
Ridge Road
Muraca
Regents weigh budget cuts at Iowa universities
The Iowa Board of Regents weighs options including layoffs program cuts and higher fees as a $300 million budget gap looms for the new fiscal year. A proposal asks Legislature for $120 million in bonding for academic buildings including the aging Chemistry Building at Iowa.
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Nichols
Regents staff propose options for cuts and closures
The staff outlines strategies including layoffs, enrollment management, and systemwide collaboration. They call for eliminating off campus centers with negative net revenue, shifting funding from general funds to fees for non curricular campus programs, and trimming high cost or duplicative academic offerings to sharpen efficiency.
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Kucinich presses radical change in Democratic bid
Dennis Kucinich campaigns on a transformative platform including a workers White House NAFTA repeal WTO exit universal prekindergarten free college tuition funded by cutting Pentagon spending repeal of the Patriot Act gay marriage advocacy and a Works Progress Administration style plan to secure full employment He promotes hope over fear as his campaign theme and is profiled as a presidential hopeful.
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U.S
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