Transgender prison nurse files bias complaint in Iowa
Jesse Vroegh a 34 year old nurse at the Iowa Corrections Department filed a civil rights complaint with the Iowa Civil Rights Commission alleging denial of access to the men's restrooms and locker room and lack of insurance coverage for gender reassignment surgery The petition notes his March 2014 transition at work and reports related medical costs and a April 7 pepper spray training incident requiring medical treatment The ACLU of Iowa and AFSCME Iowa Council support him while the department declined comment due to pending action
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State Women’s Prison
Mitchellville
Iowa Department of Corrections
Jesse Vroegh
Corrections Department
Iowa Civil Rights Commission
Vroegh
Jackie
Des Moines
Iowa
Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Milkweed seed balls rally teams up for RAGBRAI ride
Team Milkweed Matters riding RAGBRAI asks volunteers to toss six thousand seed balls daily to boost monarch habitat across Iowa. The effort, led by Elizabeth Hill and Kelly Guilbeau, includes 50 000 seeds prepared by volunteers and runs through July 30 from Glenwood to Muscatine with booths at multiple towns.
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Milkweed Matters
Elizabeth Hill
Kelly Guilbeau
Grinnell
Register
Iowa
Glenwood
Muscatine
Malvern
Bethesda
Barbara
Stan Johnson
Mount Ayr
Humeston
Moravia
Hayesville
Annie Arduser
Columbus Junction
Guilbeau
Grinnell College
Hill
Coward
Center For Prairie Studies
Ragbras
Tim Gilbertson
Cedar Rapids
Team
NewBo City
Mobile band shell dedicated during free Cedar Rapids concert
A new Wenger Showmobile band shell will be dedicated Sunday at Bever Park during a Cedar Rapids Municipal Band concert. The Get on the Bandwagon campaign raised over 138000 from 275 donors, with the city contributing 10000. Michael Daugherty will conduct part of the program and a donor reception will follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Bever Park
Bever Ave
Wenger
Shell
Steve Shanley
Green
Michael Daugherty
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Woman For the American Civil Liberties Union of
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Jordan
Thegazette
Ragbrai
Brian. Morelli
Ecca F. Miller
the Gazette
Emily Barske
Wenger Corp
KCCK
Noelridge Park
Shanley
Dennis Green
Kcck-Fm Radio
Emily
Barske
Jefferson High
Trish Mehaffey
Tyler Konigsmark
Feds
Konigsmark
Jefferson
U.S. District Court
J.R. Ogden
William Strauss
The
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Cedar Rapids Public Library
Ator
Michael Chevy Castranova
Patc
Iowa Newspaper Association
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