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'Are you better off today?' Sen. from Iowa asks as consumer price index rises

By George Willis | Feb 2, 2022

A final 0.5 percent rise in December capped off a 12-month period where consumer prices rose 7% before seasonal adjustment. It’s the largest single-year increase since 1982, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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'Nothing short of amazing': Linderbaum declares for NFL draft

By George Willis | Jan 22, 2022

Iowa Hawkeyes center Tyler Linderbaum, winner of the Rimington Trophy, will forego his senior season and enter the 2022 NFL draft, he announced on Twitter.

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'This is egregious': Software change makes Iowa child-abuse evidence unreadable

By George Willis | Jan 16, 2022

Thousands of state re​cords are unreadable due to a computer software change at the Iowa Department of Human Services.

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Des Moines police investigate bomb threat at Black church

By George Willis | Jan 16, 2022

An investigation continues into a bomb threat that was made Jan. 9 targeting a historically Black church in Des Moines.

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ISU will use $1.4 million grant for 3D-printed rural housing

By George Willis | Dec 28, 2021

The Iowa Economic Development Authority announced a $1.4 million grant for Iowa State University’s College of Design’s 3D Affordable Innovative Technologies Housing Project.

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'Help maximize immunity to the virus': CDC approves Pfizer booster for age 16, 17

By George Willis | Dec 23, 2021

An estimated 2.6 million U.S. teens in this age group would be eligible for boosters already — a small addition to the 141 million adults already eligible for boosters.

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Homicide rate skyrockets to modern-day high

By George Willis | Dec 10, 2021

Iowa among states experiencing spike in violent crimes

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Thieves steal items meant for holiday Cheer Boxes

By George Willis | Nov 27, 2021

Police seek vandals, while Grief Services Center looks for donations

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Iowa State must regroup after loss to Baylor

By George Willis | Oct 3, 2021

Iowa State did not have a good day against Baylor on Sept. 25, coming up short in multiple areas of a 31-29 loss that knocked the Cyclones out of the national ranking.

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Hawkeyes take No. 5 ranking to unbeaten Maryland

By George Willis | Oct 3, 2021

Iowa looks to affirm its No. 5 ranking if not climb a step higher Friday night against the unbeaten Maryland Terrapins in College Park.

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Iowa Health Care Association balks at vaccine mandate, calls it 'short of workable'

By George Willis | Sep 19, 2021

The Iowa Health Care Association wants a test-out option added for those who work in nursing homes, a request that’s at odds with the six-part plan to fight the ongoing COVID-19 epidemic announced by President Joe Biden's administration.