Curious Iowa Question Exploration Card
A brief prompt inviting readers to scan a QR code to pose questions about Iowa culture and its people. It presents a civic curiosity angle and encourages public engagement with local curiosities and regional identity.
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Eastern Iowa trolley lines linked Cedar Rapids to cities
In the early 1900s Cedar Rapids connected to Marion Iowa City Waterloo and Mount Vernon by an electric streetcar system. Lin Kemp and Carolyn Stephenson recall rails embedded in streets once common but now gone or covered.
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Veterans bring SEAL grit to clean energy jobs
Navy SEAL veteran Troy Van Beek shows how military skills transfer to the U S clean energy sector. He earned a sustainability degree in 2006 at Maharishi International University and notes carryover between service and industry while addressing global disparities. The Gazette article highlights veterans as pivotal in the evolving energy workforce.
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Maharishi International University
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New trial ordered in $97M birth malpractice
Iowa Supreme Court overturns a nearly $97.4 million verdict against Obstetric & Gynecologic Associates of Iowa City and Coralville for birth trauma. The court cites erroneous admission of hearsay evidence at the 2022 trial and orders a new trial for Kathleen and Andrew Krumphardt's son at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City from 2018.
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