Unseasonal May Day snow flurries hit northeast Iowa
The National Weather Service reported cold air and isolated snow showers across the region Sunday with minimal accumulation. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City saw lows in the 30s and 40s, while the region faces a warming trend toward the weekend with mid 70s expected.
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Iowa
Chuck Schaffer
National Weather Service
Davenport
Stanley
Buchanan County
Schaffer
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Fire damages Cedar Rapids home as residents evacuate
A Cedar Rapids residence at 1703 E Ave NW suffered extensive damage from a Sunday fire. No one was home when it broke out around 4 p.m. Five children were aided by the Red Cross along with Ted Hinrichsen and Teresa Davis as investigators continue to determine the cause.
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Cedar Rapids
Ted Hinrichsen
Teresa Davis
E Ave
Fire Department
Dave Koch
Grant Wood Area
American Red Cross
Hinrichsen
Davis
Propane Prairie Fire Spurs Prairie Recovery Study
After a early April controlled burn west of Solon the Propane Prairie area shows a recovering mix of cattail shoots ferns grasses and wild strawberry plants. The Johnson County Heritage Trust weighs buying the 1.74 acre site and will judge its value by summer's end based on plant growth and species diversity.
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Brian Ray
David Curry
Iowa City
Johnson County
Marlene Lucas
Gazette
Solon
Ely
Glass milk bottles return as niche for Iowa dairy
Kerry Buchmayer operates Green Hills Harvest in Missouri and Iowa, reviving glass half gallon milk bottles with orange blue and raspberry caps for whole 2 percent and skim. The dairy delivers to about 40 stores in Iowa City Coralville and across Missouri Kansas and Kansas City area, emphasizing grass fed free range cows and omega ratios.
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Owa City
Kerry Buchmayer
New Pioneer Co-op
Iowa City
Kerry
Green Hills Harvest
Barb
Purdin
Pioneer Coop
Coralville
Columbia
Kansas City
Lawrence
Kan
City High School
Green Hills Harvest Dairy
Buchmayer
Century Farm
Leona
Karl
Missouri
New York
Iowa State University
Kerry, Barb
Dave Rasdal
the Gazette
VA policy shifts after HIV positive veteran transplant case
Gideon Green, a Vietnam veteran from Illinois, was evaluated for a liver transplant at Iowa City VA Medical Center after appealing a ban on HIV positive patients. Doctors found him not a good candidate due to liver disease from hepatitis C. he died months later. The VA changed policy to evaluate HIV patients case by case, aligning with Lambda Legal’s push and broader research showing comparable post transplant survival.
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the Gazette
Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Gideon Green
Monmouth
Ill
Green
Iowa City VA
Lambda Legal
Department of Veterans Affairs
Jonathan Givner
Givner
Washington, D.C
HIV positive veteran seeks liver transplant at VA hospital
Gideon Green, an HIV positive Illinois veteran, challenged VA policy that blocks organ transplants for HIV infected patients. The Iowa City VA Medical Center agreed to evaluate his case after Lambda Legal intervened on his behalf.
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Gideon Green
Illinois
Department of Veterans Affairs
Iowa City
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