Flood alters Christmas plans for Cedar Rapids families
Doug and Becky Mart renovate their Sixth Street NW home after flood damage and plan a Christmas Eve dinner in a makeshift living room with Crock Pots. The Schmitzes prepare a holiday in a partially finished house. The Swift family, new in Cedar Rapids, will spend their first Christmas in a mostly empty neighborhood, finding resilience amid damage and displacement. Relative delays, new housing, and neighbors’ support shape their holiday in a flood zone.
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Schmitzes
Schmitz
Doug
Becky Mart
Sixth St. NW
Doug Mart
Swift
Ellis Blvd
Cedar Rapids
Montana
Ellis
Swifts
Michelle Swift
Lee Swift
Wal-Mart
Tennessee
Cliff Jette
the Gazette
Penn Avenue NW
Sixth Street
Vitamin supplements face scrutiny amid strong belief and rising sales
Experts caution that high dose vitamins can be harmful and question their efficacy in trials. Johns Hopkins professor Dr. Edgar Miller decries reliance on pills while nutrition groups note 64 percent of Americans take supplements and annual sales approach 10 billion dollars. Blumberg argues essential vitamins remain vital, but trial design and population differences complicate results.
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Edgar Miller
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore
Council For Responsible Nutrition
Washington
Nutrition Business Journal
Jeffrey Blumberg
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tufts University
Boston
Blumberg
Iowa flood victims struggle to refinance mortgages
Flood victims in Iowa face hardship as home values collapse and existing mortgages hinder new loans. Banks weigh credits and disaster implications while state and federal programs offer partial relief through Jumpstart and special lender rules. With $55 million in state funds plus $72 million federal aid, most buyers must wait for credit to improve or pursue buyouts, bankruptcy in extreme cases, or contract sales—not overnight solutions.
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Iowa City
Nasseem Moradi
Moradi
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Mortgage Association Board of Directors
Iowa Finance Authority
Ashley Jared
Horizons
Shock
Shook
Tina Potthoff
Iowa
Shelters face more euthanizations as costs rise
Across states including Connecticut Nebraska Texas Utah and others shelters report shrinking adoptable pools and fewer donations. The Humane Society cites 6 to 8 million dogs and cats entering shelters yearly with about half euthanized. Shelter managers warn more owners surrendering pets and tougher finances strain rescue efforts.
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Connecticut
Nebraska
Texas
Utah
Humane Society of the
United States
Adam Goldfarb
Humane Society
Mel Bail
Worces
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