Horizons chief executive founder overcomes addiction and plans retirement
Tom Barton profiles Mike Barnhart 64 who built Horizons Family Services in Cedar Rapids after severe drug addiction and homelessness. He credits second chances with transforming lives and plans to retire end of November while remaining as a consultant on Our Place project. He moved to Iowa in 1992 to rebuild his life and earned public trust through transportation, financial wellness and Meals on Wheels programs.
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Meals On Wheels
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UI seeks new cancer research facility on UI campus
Vanessa Miller reports the University of Iowa Health Care seeks Board of Regents permission to plan a state of the art medical facility dedicated to cancer research. The Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center would expand lab space to recruit faculty as Iowa reports high cancer incidence and growing cases.
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Iowa fish kills among worst in four decades in 2024
Two large Iowa fish kills tied to farm fertilizer and manure occurred in March near Red Oak and July near Paullina. About 750,000 fish died statewide, with 267,000 gallons leaking from a NEW Cooperative tank into the East Nishnabotna River. Officials push for legal action beyond a $10,000 limit.
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