Universities move quickly to online classes amid virus spread
The Board of Regents ordered Iowa's three public universities to shift to online instruction as cases of the novel coronavirus rise. Details on campus status for students, faculty, and staff are pending with guidance expected by 8 a.m. Thursday.
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Flight to End Polio Delayed by Global Virus Spread
Cedar Rapids flyers Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels, members of the International Fellowship of Flying Rotarians, were to depart March 24 from The Eastern Iowa Airport on a 20,000 mile eastward flight and return May 18 but delays from COVID-19 may push travel back to July.
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Cedar Rapids approves railroad work at Quaker Oats amid flood plan
The Cedar Rapids City Council reviewed proposals for three flood control projects totaling more than six million dollars in 2020. Only the Union Pacific Railroad work at Quaker Oats was voted on while bids for the NewBo levee and restroom facility faced bid errors delaying action. The projects tie to a future levee and flood wall along the Cedar River.
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Iowa hemp program stalls as federal rules delay growth
Iowa races to secure federal approval for its hemp plan allowing up to 40 acres of industrial hemp. The delay centers on a pending definition of negligent violations when crops test high for THC. Gov. Reynolds signed Senate File 599 last year to enable farming and product creation.
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