Wellington Heights rezoning debate over shelter center plan
Cedar Rapids considers converting the old Colonial Centre at 1500 Second Ave SE into a community resource center with an emergency shelter using 2.6 million in federal relief funds. Jennifer Pratt said the central location aids low to moderate income residents and winter and disaster needs, while residents worry it could destabilize a crime-lowering neighborhood. Details are pending public input with possible services from computer access to library services and housing.
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judge delays sentencing in Mollie Tibbetts murder case
Kalamazoo area court hears motion to delay sentencing for Cristhian Bahena Rivera after defense argues withheld material on a sex trafficking ring near Poweshiek County could be related. Prosecutors reject claims, saying there is no evidence Tibbetts was abducted for trafficking purposes.
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UI researchers pursue nasal COVID-19 vaccine study
University of Iowa researchers partnering with the University of Georgia publish promising findings as they aid national efforts to curb COVID-19 with an experimental nasal vaccine and assess teen vaccine hesitancy amid rising cases.
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Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine shows strong animal results
Nebraska reports virus stats while Iowa records 920 new COVID-19 cases in the past week. A single-dose inhaled vaccine protected mice from lethal infection and blocked transmission in a Science Advances study led by Paul McCray of the UI. A human trial could start this fall pending further testing.
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