West High raises funds in dance marathon
Iowa City West High School teachers and students held a Sunday dance marathon modeled after the University of Iowa event. More than 400 dancers participated to raise money to fight cancer, with students from multiple grades featured and a student declaring cancer free after treatment.
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University of Iowa
Sierra Frost
Colleen Bloeser
Riley Brook
Wyatt O’neil
West Branch
O’neil
Junior Maddee Whitehead
Push for wider naloxone access in Iowa lifeline efforts
IowaWatch reports on families like Kim Brown and Andy Lamp urging broader access to naloxone Narcan amid heroin and opioid overdoses. State death tolls and ER visits rose earlier, with lawmakers debating expansion despite stigma and law enforcement concerns.
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Andy Lamp
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Brown
Towa
Iowa Department of Public Health
Bureau of Health Statistics
Public Health
Bureau of Emergency and Trauma Services
Steven Lukan
Abo Abdul- Samad
D-Des Moines
Paddlers recall epic canoe treks at Paddle Day event
Cedar Rapids area paddlers shared tales of long journeys down rivers and across the Boundary Waters. Lance Loney and Corey Smock recounted a 60 day Mississippi River voyage and a 2,100 mile source-to-Gulf trip, with safety concerns and fundraisers noted. Bruce Frana and Eric Evans described 12 days and 204 miles on the trade route through Minnesota, facing grueling portages and mosquitoes. Evans highlighted Grand Portage as the toughest test.
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Indian Creek Nature Center
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Corey Smock
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Eric Evans
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New Orleans
Smock
Gulf of Mexico
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American Foundation For Suicide Prevention
Lansing
Evans
Crane Lake
Lake Superior
Fiana
Hell
Todd Robertson
Department of Natural Resources
Robertson
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