Host Ben Kieffer covers a number of topics in a roundup of the week's news including a conversation with Iowa Public Radio's Cedar Rapids reporter...
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While most of us were enjoying Thanksgiving leftovers, 61-year-old Iowa City resident John Little was completing his 13th Ironman Triathlon in...
Christmas cactus, Norfolk Island pine, amaryllis bulbs and of course, poinsettia... plants make popular gifts. But caring for those plants and...
If a second federal sequester happens in January, the US military is anticipating another $52 billion in defense spending cuts. In Iowa, the...
The Iowa Department of Public Health estimates that 500 Iowans are infected with HIV, but don’t know it. On this River to River, hear about efforts...
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