The Iowa Medical Society also wants the federal government to increase its loan repayment program for physicians. Right now it’s at $2.5 million, and IMS supports the Rural Physician Loan Repayment Program to be fully funded at $4 million.
On Wednesday, advocacy group ‘We Are CR’ led a protest at the 1st Avenue Hy-Vee following the news that the grocery chain would close several locations in the Eastern Iowa area.
Two weeks after Hy-Vee announced they were closing stores that were not financially feasible, they’re now responding about those closures, and how they say they will help people who live close by.
Greenfield, Iowa residents say four of their neighbors did not survive the devastating storms that passed through the area on Tuesday, the Des Moines Register reports.
Firefighters in Independence had a busy evening on Tuesday after storms caused downed trees and power lines, alongside other calls for service, officials report.
The proclamation effectively allows state resources to be utilized for disaster relief aid in Adair, Adams, Cass, Clay, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Kossuth, Marshall, Montgomery, Page, Palo Alto, Pottawattamie, Tama, and Warren Counties.
The Iowa DOT is reporting Iowa 57 is blocked in both directions near Aplington Tuesday morning because of flooding between County Road T19 and County Road T25.
The Iowa DNR is pushing to get the state’s attorney general to get involved after a fertilizer spill in western Iowa killed nearly every fish in a 50-mile stretch.