Iowa Kids Count Shows Gains in Health and Education
The Annie E Casey Foundation report highlights improvements in Iowa on teen births, drug and alcohol use, and health insurance coverage from 2008 to 2014. Education shows progress in reading, math, and high school graduation rates, while preschool enrollment remains stagnant. Poverty rose slightly to 15 percent in 2014, prompting calls for policy actions like expanding tax credits, child care subsidies, and a higher minimum wage.
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
Baltimore
Iowa
Iowa Department of Education
Staci Hupp
Crawford
Karl Cassell
Horizons
Cedar Rapids
Cassell
Chelsea
Keenan
Thegazette
ATV risks rise as Iowa sees fatalities and road use grows
Despite deadly crashes in March near Logan and earlier years in Linn County, ATV use remains high with more ATVs than tractors in Iowa. Experts warn road use, lack of passenger limits, and youth riding fuel injuries, while a UI simulator studies why crashes happen to guide better guidance and regulations.
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Logan
Linn County
Iowa
Jennissen
Losik
Jake Michael
Public Safety Pair of Madrid Residents Face Pipe Bomb Charges
Two Madrid area residents Tjaden Mallory and Leanna Haidsiak are charged with unauthorized possession of offensive weapons after about two dozen pipe bombs were found at a home west of Madrid.Authorities say six more pipe bombs were found in a car after a traffic stop.
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Madrid
Boone County
QW Lane
Ames
Elsberry
Fire set at Cedar Rapids home linked to homicide probe
The March 31 early morning blaze at 1218 Oakland Rd NE killed Furmanski. Investigators say accelerant used, likely to conceal another crime, with homicide ruled as the medical examiner cites blunt force injuries and smoke inhalation. Suspect Hughes is in custody as probes continue.
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Oakland Rd
Furmanski
St. Luke’s Hospital
Cedar Rapids
Maplewood Drive
Daniel E. Ray Jr
Ray
Hughes
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Kids County Preschool
Christi Regan
Linn
Johnson
Jim Slosiarek
the Gazette
Shaza Abdellatif
Jenn Schulz
Coolidge Elementary School
Environment
Michael
Salam Rahmatalla
ULI
Rahmatalla
Vanessa.miller
Adam Wesley
University of Iowa
Kyle Losik
University of Iowa College of Engineering
Gregg Elsberry
Third Ave
John Hughes
Onyale Hughes
Buelow
Tama County
Hermiston
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