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Like well-oiled gadgetry, Iowa City’s Family Folk Machine has found a way to switch gears, shifting rehearsals and concerts online. The final results will debut on YouTube at 3 p.m. Sunday.The intergenerational choir was in the midst of preparing its 2020 spring concert when the global pandemic brought that to a screeching halt.

Shoulder-to-shoulder production lines. Crowded shift changes. Packed break and locker rooms.

It was the correct finish to an ordeal that never should have started.Andrea Sahouri, a reporter for the Des Moines Register, last week was acquitted on charges of failure to disperse and interference with official acts. She was pepper-sprayed and arrested last May while covering social justice protests in Des Moines.

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in January, Iowa Workforce Development said Monday, marking an increase from the preliminary December unemployment rate but a decrease from the adjusted numbers.

HIAWATHA — It might make some people ornery to work with their family members. But not so in the Schorg family. Parents Dawn and Rob work day in and day out with their adult children, Trevor and Brittany, in their new retail venture Ornery Octopus Surplus and Liquidation.

While most of us are aware of the well-reported effects of COVID-19, there may be additional, “hidden” risks associated with the virus, as well. Namely, in trying to avoid contact with others, patients may be putting themselves at risk by not seeking care early for their health concerns.

Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Society (SaPaDaPaSo) hosted the 46th parade around the half-mile oval at Hawkeye Downs

Over 18 percent of Linn County’s adult population and over 21 percent of Johnson County’s have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the state reported Sunday on the three-month anniversary of the first doses administered in Iowa.

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.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Despite days where organizers thought they might give out every diaper they had left on their shelves, the Eastern Iowa Diaper Bank has been able to meet a soaring demand for diapers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and after the August derecho.