Not licked yet by a Harper post office fight
Keokuk County town Harper faces a temporary closure of its post office, with 144 residents rallying to save it. Mayor Shirley Altenhofen leads letters to Iowa senators and a town petition, arguing the service is vital for information access, especially for the elderly and disabled.
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Arper
Keokuk
Shirley Altenhofen
Iowa
U.S
Altenhofen
Harper
Jonathan D. Woods
Alfred “Fritz
Conrad
U.S. Postal Service
Marriage quality links blood pressure to health risk
A study based on 204 married and 99 single adults finds that happy marriages associate with lower blood pressure, while unhappy marriages raise daytime readings about five points higher than singles. Researchers caution further work to interpret long term implications.
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New York
Julianne Holt-Lunstad
Holt-Lunstad
Brigham Young University
Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Karen Matthews
University of Pittsburgh
Standoff in Senate delays drive to expand teen bargaining bill
Iowa Senate lawmakers brace for a long fight over a surprise Democratic move to expand collective bargaining rules on teen drivers. The measure cleared the House after marathon debate, with Senate GOP Leader Ron Wieck predicting a protracted session as Republicans hunker down for the clash.
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Rod Boshart
Gazette
Des Moines
Iowa
House
Senate Gop
Ron Wieck
Sioux City
House advances broad public employee bargaining bill
The House passed a bill and the Senate will consider expanding collective bargaining for public employees. House File 2645 updates laws from 1974 to cover class size termination rights staff levels overtime scheduling and health and safety issues. It also lets workers bargain over evaluation methods and teacher prep time and adds a broad clause for other terms not excluded.
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House
Senate
Recycled bicycles shipped overseas from Iowa landfill
Cedar Rapids residents have recycled hundreds of bicycles at the landfill since January 2007 as part of a special collection by the Cedar Rapids/Linn County Solid Waste Agency. The salvaged bikes, many worn and used, will be shipped to new homes or repurposed overseas. Local residents could set aside bikes when disposing of items for later pickup.
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Courtney Sargent
the Gazette
Raul Gonzalez
Working Bikes Cooperative
Chicago
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Cindy Hadish
Gazette
Cedar Rapids/Linn County
Waste agency chair pitches bike reuse plan
City Council member Tom Podzimek proposed diverting waste from the landfill by donating bikes to a reuse program. Staff found no takers until Karmin McShane, executive director, learned of a nonprofit group through her bike club and presented the idea.
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Tom Podzimek
Waste Agency
Karmin McShane
Podzimek
Working Bikes Cooperative
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