The Iowa Supreme Court typically opens its rulings on the state’s public-records and open-meetings laws by reciting that the cases start with a “presumption of openness.” But a new study of the court’s open-government decisions finds the presumption now wins only about half the ...
Just about everyone has called in sick at some point, saying they had the flu when they were sniffling, sneezing, maybe running a fever and generally feeling lousy. Those symptoms definitely add up to an illness, but the problem is not really the flu. Influenza, as it is properly known, is much, much worse. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, influenza is caused by viruses that infect the respiratory tract. Influenza and pneumonia are among the top 10 causes of death in the state. Fortunately, there is a way to prevent influenza. A yearly vaccine can protect a person ...
A whole generation of Americans can remember exactly where they were and what they were doing on Nov. 22, 1963, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. On Friday, the nation will mark the 25th anniversary of another unforgettable tragedy. Millions will remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they learned that the United States had been attacked by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001. For about 15 minutes after the first jet hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center on that September morning, it was possible to believe that a horrifying accident had ...
Your heart works around the clock, never taking a single second off. It powers life’s biggest milestones — from family celebrations and sporting events to the simple, everyday moments that matter most. Every beat keeps you moving, making heart health one of the most important investments ...
A new school year is fully underway. We’re guessing that students all across the area went back to school filled with a mix of excitement and maybe a little anxiety. The same might be true of their parents, especially parents of the youngest children going to school for the first time. Their teachers were waiting for all those kids when they walked into school for that first day of classes. It is easy to view teachers as the central figures in the American education system. They are entrusted with preparing our children for the future by helping them to gain knowledge, skills and ...
“Baseball, like life, can throw you a lot of curve balls,” Marty Patterson once observed of the sport he played from dawn to dusk growing up in Fort Dodge and continued to love through his 81 years of life. One of life’s “curve balls” for Patterson came in the form of ...
