Families share enduring grief after infant loss in Iowa City area
Shannon Hite keeps a white teddy bear from Elijah, a baby lost at 20 weeks, as her two sons Issac and Jacob grow. The piece explores lasting grief after pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or infant death, with insights from experts on the lifelong impact and holiday heartbreak.
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Edar Rapids
Shannon Hite
Issac
Jacob
Hite
Brady
Elijah
Adam Wesley
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
March of Dimes
Remembrance Day events mark infant loss across region
Thursday observes Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day with candlelight vigils and the World Wave of Light at 7 p.m. In Cedar Rapids Swisher Coralville and Cedar Rapids area groups offer support meetings with reminders of stillbirth and miscarriage statistics and personal grief.
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Noelridge Park
Elmhurst Drive
Cedar Rapids
Kava House
UnityPoint Health
St. Luke’s Resource Center
12Th St
Iowa City
Moms
Tierra Coffee
Fifth St
Coralville
Opening day pheasant hunt marks 52nd Iowa season for Orlan Love
Orlan Love looks forward to his 52nd Iowa pheasant hunting season on opening day. He recalls 1962 conditions with high pheasant counts, habitat loss since 1990 to 2013, and recent counts improving to 2015 levels, noting a possible half-limit on opening day as a birthday chance.
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Iowa
Department O Natural Resources
DNR
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Chelsea Keenan
Deb Oldakowski
Unity Point Health-St. Luke’s Hospital
Oldakowski
Second St. SE
Swisher
Lindsay Felty
Lindsayfelty
Yahoo.com
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Wyatt
David Coleman
Orlan Love
Orlan
Thegazette
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