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March 8, 2020First cases are confirmed — three Johnson County residents were on an Egyptian cruise ship with a breakout.March 11The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa announce they’ll go to online-only for at least two weeks.March 15

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Linn County program aims to break residents’ barriers to replanting trees lost in the Aug. 10 derecho.

The number of people being treated in Iowa hospitals for COVID-19 dropped Sunday morning to levels not seen since last summer as thousands of more Iowans have finished getting vaccinated against the respiratory disease.

AMES, Iowa — Police arrested a 29-year-old man Friday in connection to a series of incidents in Ames, Iowa, in which college women reported awakening to see a man watching them in their beds.

The Gazette’s Business Notes is a compendium of the week’s promotions, new hires, certifications, added business lines and business events, among other items, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the rest of the Corridor.

One SUV passenger was killed in a crash early Sunday morning and three people were injured when a truck struck an SUV on northbound Interstate 380, Cedar Rapids police said.

Raytheon Technologies Corp., one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies, is considering a $1 billion sale of one of its services units, according to people familiar with the matter.

Almost 263,800 individuals in Iowa have received complete doses of a COVID-19 vaccine as of 11 a.m. Saturday.A total of 864,749 individual doses have been administered, according to Iowa Department of Public Health data and as analyzed by The Gazette.

Starting March 8, Iowans younger than 65 will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine if they have underlying medical conditions that put them at an increased risk of severe illness from the coronavirus. Find more details about this new eligible group and others in the chart below.  

DES MOINES — “Have device, will gamble” has become the mantra of many Iowans now able to access sports betting websites from their smartphones, computers and other electronic gateways.