Choose from dozens of virtual, socially-distanced Pride events this year
In a year when more than 400 Pride parades and events have been forced by the coronavirus crisis...
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Author: Christine Hawes
Corner Store focuses on curbside for its CBD, hemp, natural products
Cedar Rapids’ Corner Store Apothecary, among the state’s leaders in third-party-certified CBD and hemp products, will continue to offer curbside pick-up of its various natural products.
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Toyota of Iowa City offers virtual shopping, home delivery/pick-up
IOWA CITY – Home pick-up and delivery for maintenance, car interiors covered with plastic...
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Drop in documented puppy mills due partly to poor animal welfare enforcement, HSUS says
The number of puppy mills in Iowa dropped from 13 to 5 this year, but the numbers may not tell the whole story, says the Humane Society of the United States in its annual “Horrible Hundred” report.
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Leather weekend, more pride events cancelled because of COVID-19
Des Moines’ Iowa Leather Weekend in October is the latest LGBTQ-identified event to call off...
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Iowa City, New York join list of Pride cancellations
Iowa City Pride has made the painful decision to cancel its 50th anniversary Pride celebration,...
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Six more LGBTQ Pride celebrations cancel 2020 events
Six more Pride celebrations throughout Illinois and Iowa have cancelled this year’s events...
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Waldo’s Forever Fest, Pride events among the Illinois and Iowa events adjusting to coronavirus crisis
Saturday’s Waldo’s Forever Fest in Chicago is one of the biggest events to adjust this month...
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U of Iowa’s Jenni Fitzgerald is ‘selfless’ teamwork embodied
Jenni Fitzgerald excelled at not only basketball, but also volleyball and softball while attending North Scott High School in Eldridge, near the Quad Cities, from 1982 to 1986. She helped lead the girls’ volleyball team to a state championship her senior year, guided the girls’ basketball team to an undefeated, top-ranked season in 1985-86, and helped the girls’ softball team to a top ranking, too.
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A look at two of Iowa’s health care heroes
Learn about Glenn Hurst, M.D., a rural doctor based in Minden, Ia., and the Free Medical and Dental Clinic in Iowa City.
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