If you’re over 16, healthy, and weigh at least 110 pounds, you can give blood. An average adult has up to 12 pints of blood in his or her body. The average donation size is about 1 pint. These are some of the 25 facts we are sharing during blood donor month. The following link was provided [...]
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IOWA CITY – Blood centers report a greater need for donations following the holidays, and ask donors to step up their visits, or at least schedule them during the slow period, marked as January’s National Blood Donor Month. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center, which serves 80 Midwest hospitals, including Mercy Hospital and the VA [...]
continue »IOWA CITY — An unregistered Iowa City day care has closed after allegations that a 3-month-old suffered a significant injury at the provider’s home day care, according to court documents. A temporary injunction was filed Jan. 6, to close Tattle Tales Day Care, 1009 Sandusky Dr., in Iowa City, operated by Lisa A. Koplin, after [...]
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CEDAR RAPIDS — A forensic toxicologist testified Wednesday that Keith Elson Jr.’s blood alcohol content would have been between 0.31 percent and 0.39 percent when he kidnapped a Kwik Shop clerk last year. Michael Rehberg, a consultant from West Des Moines, testified for the defense during the third day of Elson’s bench trial in [...]
continue »Cedar Falls author Scott Cawelti discusses his new book, “A Brother’s Blood: A Heartland Cain and Abel” on Friday, November 4, at 7:00 pm, at the Cedar Rapids Public Library. “A Brother’s Blood” examines the gruesome Mark family murders. Jerry Mark of Cedar Falls was convicted of killing his brother, brother’s wife, and their two [...]
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The DeGowin Blood Center hosted a “keep our supply afloat” blood drive Thursday in the entryway of the John Pappajohn Pavilion at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. DeGowin Blood Center Assistant Laboratory Manager Laura Collins said the goal such drives is to continue to raise awareness about the need for whole blood and [...]
continue »The Cedar Rapids Public Library is partnering with the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center to host a blood drive Wednesday, Aug. 3, from 10 am – 2 pm, at the CRPL West. There is a significant, ongoing need for blood donations to save lives in our community. Most people will require a blood transfusion at [...]
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All across the nation, blood donations are at a dangerously low level. The same is true for the Cedar Rapids area. The American Red Cross says that blood donations haven’t been this low in over a decade. If an influx in blood doesn’t come soon, hospitals might have to start postponing non life-threatening surgeries, officials [...]
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A 40-year-old Coralville woman was arrested on suspicion of operating while intoxicated and child endangerment Sunday night after authorities say she admitted that she drove to a grocery store while intoxicated with a 1-year-old child in her car. Coralville police reports indicate that Tammy J. Freidhof, of 1329 Sweeting lane, first came into contact with officers around 8:15 p.m. [...]
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A friend of Jeff Bennett’s slid into her seat in a classroom during graduate school. She had just passed by a campus blood drive, where fellow students were rolling up their sleeves to save lives. “There’s a blood drive today,” she remarked. Then, sarcastically: “You should donate.” “Oh right, with my fear of needles?” Bennett [...]
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