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Iowa added 654 new coronavirus cases on Thursday as well as 23 newly-reported, confirmed deaths. The new numbers bring the state’s total to 334,758 cases and 5,438 deaths, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Iowa’s seven-day average is 527.The new cases come from 17,644 tests in the 24-hour period as of 11 a.m. on Thursday.

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Burlington man was charged this week for operating a large scale methamphetamine trafficking ring — with two others charged last year — between Cedar Rapids and Burlington. Corey Lowery, 42, was charged Monday in U.S. District Court with one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.

Measures overhauling elections in Iowa moved rapidly through the Statehouse, gaining final approval from majority Republican lawmakers on Wednesday night.

Due to the pandemic, CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank’s most popular fundraiser, the Annual Pancake Breakfast, will be different.Instead of a pancake breakfast, CommUnity has partnered with local restaurants so that from March 1 to 6 a portion of that restaurant’s profits will go to CommUnity.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The time is now to speak up against racism and inequality.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Jerome and Briana Smallwood had to cancel a Philly sandwich research trip to Philadelphia due to the pandemic, but that didn’t stop them from going ahead with plans to open their latest venture, Vivian’s Express Grill, and making Phillys front and center on the menu.

When Norm and Susan West bought long-term care insurance back in 1998, Susan had just turned 50, Norm was 51, and it seemed like a good idea to plan ahead for how they would pay for potential nursing care. Way, way, way in the future.

IOWA CITY — Iowa’s Board of Regents on Wednesday adopted a string of recommendations aimed at ensuring its public universities uphold free speech values — addressing concerns from Republican lawmakers, who’ve threatened this session to pass laws eliminating tenure and increasing government oversight if that doesn’t happen.

IOWA CITY — An Iowa City landlord is accused of breaking into her apartment to forcibly remove a tenant.

Like an airborne bird or swimming fish, Nate Northup is no longer bound by gravity. He feels weightless. Surrounded by quiet, he is mindful of every breath.“It’s a counterintuitive experience to land mammals,” Northup said. “There’s that thrill and exhilaration you get from breathing underwater.”