UI preemie breaks world record after surviving birth at 21 weeks
Mollie Keen of Ankeny, previously miscarried at 18 weeks in 2023, faced early labor at 21 weeks after a 20-week scan. Despite an incompetent cervix and bed rest, she persisted with medical support and advocacy, reaching a landmark survival milestone for her baby McKinley.
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Nash Keen
Mollie Keen
University of Iowa Health Care
Stead Family Children’s Hospital
Nash
Liz Martin
UI Preemie
Ova City
Mollie
McKinley
Randall
Scholten asked how he would attack Ernst in Senate race
Linn County voters press Democratic candidate J D Scholten from Sioux City who pitches for the Sioux City Explorers about strategies to challenge Republican U S Senator Joni Ernst. The scene unfolds at a Cedar Rapids meet and greet as Scholten campaigns for Iowa Senate.
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Linn County
J.D. Scholten
Joni Ernst
Cedar Rapids
Nick Maybanks
Sioux City
Iowa U.S
Ernst
Iowa
U.S
Maybanks
Scholten
Sioux City Explorers
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Cooperstown
U.S. Senate
Lion Bridge Brewing
Savannah Blake
the Gazette
Groundwater Watch: New Johnson County Well to Track Aquifer
Scientists will drill a groundwater well in Kent Park this summer as part of a long term project by the USGS and Iowa Geological Survey. The study aims to chart drawdown and water levels in the Silurian Aquifer while collecting water chemistry data, including PFAS traces, to fill data gaps and monitor resource changes over years.
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Johnson County
Kent Park
Rick Langer
Iowa Geological Survey
Langel
Iowa City school board restores gender identity to policies
Grace King reports the Iowa City school board unanimously voted to reinstate the phrase gender identity in multiple antibullying and harassment policies. The move reverses an earlier policy change tied to Senate File 418, which redefines protected classes and establishes birth-determined genders, though some districts keep gender identity in their policies.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Senate
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Sehomer
US Senate
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Olivia Cohen
Rick Langel
Iowa Geologic Survey
I.C
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