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The 5th Annual Liberty Centre Blues & BBQ Redux is this Saturday, the 23rd, from noon to 10pm. As always, this North Liberty celebration is at Liberty Centre park near the intersection of Highway 965 and Penn Street. This free festival features inflatable rides for kids, a petting zoo, fishing, speed pitching, bubble blowing, ladderball, [...]

Summer is in full swing and the sun’s rays are beating down most days of the week. Whether you’re working outside, just relaxing in the backyard, or vacationing on the beach, even a moderate amount of exposure to the sun’s rays can damage your skin and even cause cancer. Skin cancer is the most common [...]

Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa (PCI) announces two local tenants for the 221,000 square foot patient-centered Medical Pavilion.  Cardiologists, LC and Clark & Associates—Prosthetics and Orthotics will lease 27,460 square feet and 2,580 square feet respectively. “These are important specialty areas that are a natural fit for the Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Medical Pavilion and we are excited to welcome [...]

Rurally employed Iowans and their employers face mounting challenges maintaining health insurance coverage, including paying significantly higher premiums for higher-deductible, higher co-pay, and higher out-of-pocket maximum coverage when compared to Iowans working for urban organizations, according to a new report from the University of Iowa College of Public Health’s Healthier Workforce Center for Excellence. The [...]

The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is providing the following update on road conditions in western Iowa. At the present time, river levels are either holding steady or slowing dropping. Therefore, the continued threat to higher-risk roadway segments is contingent on the integrity of the levee systems or heavy rainfall. Turn Around Don’t Drown® Flooding is [...]

The Dubuque Police Department’s enforcement of noise-related ordinances, specifically those pertaining to motor vehicles, has increased significantly since 2010 in response to citizen concerns and requests.

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Thousands of athletes will be participating in sports this weekend at the Summer Iowa Games, and the Iowa high school state softball and sub-state baseball tournaments are held. IDPH reminds athletes and fans to protect against heat illnesses.

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A standoff situation prompted authorities to surround a home in Van Horne Friday. But Benton County Sheriff Randy Forsyth said the man currently is threatening only himself and not other people. Authorities have not released many details about the ongoing situation yet. But the sheriff confirmed the man is currently on top the roof of [...]

The City of North Liberty will host three Good Neighbor meetings within the next few weeks. All three meetings will be held at City Hall located at 3 Quail Creek Circle in North Liberty. The City may soon consider rezoning and subdivision plats for property in various areas, and the public is invited to open [...]

The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued the 2010 Iowa Surveillance of Notifiable and Other Diseases Report, an annual snapshot of what, how, and when events impact the public’s health.

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The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced Thursday that five Iowa water systems have been awarded fluoride certificates by the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors on behalf of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Dental Association (ADA). Fluoridation is the adjustment of fluoride in the water to [...]

The Opening Reception for the 2011-2012 Art on the River Sculpture Exhibit on Thursday, July 14, at 5:00 p.m. at the Grand River Center.

Welcome to our new TheGazette.com. After months of planning, gathering feedback from users on what’s most important to you, and ironing out technical details, we’re thrilled to unveil our new Web site. Our new site features improved navigation, with a cleaner look and feel that we hope makes it easier for you to find what [...]

2010 Prairie Homecoming

As part of its Justice In Deed initiative, the Iowa Association for Justice (IAJ) collected new backpacks from its members at a recent seminar for Iowa trial lawyers. The donations were delivered to children in need within the Cedar Rapids Community School District. “We are very grateful for this generous support of students,” noted Marcia [...]