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Eastern Iowa Airport’s Travel Well health screening program has not blocked any passengers from flying through the first four weeks of the program, airport officials said Monday morning.Almost 20,000 passengers went through the primary health checkpoint, which consists of a temperature check and a few health questions.

ROBINS — Teaching young martial arts students has taught Zachery Price a lot about teaching.“The kid that you have really young that you just want to pull your hair out about is going to be your best student one day,” he said.

CEDAR FALLS — The University of Northern Iowa is pushing plans to replace the UNI-Dome’s fabric roof, which was installed more than 20 years ago.

Iowa’s string of winter storms is putting state snowplow drivers and state troopers trying to keep roads passable and assist motorists at risk of crashes this winter.

After being criticized by Statehouse Democrats over education proposals, Iowa Republican leaders touted their commitment to funding K-12 education in a guest column earlier this month in The Gazette.

How are your goals for the New Year progressing? If you’re like most people, you’ve probably passed a few exciting checkpoints while also tripping over a few pebbles. Some goals might be easier to spot on the horizon now that you’ve been putting your plan into action. Other might seem like they’re fading out of sight.

The room-and-board operations across Iowa’s public universities lost tens of millions over the last year due to refunds, enrollment drops, contract cancellations and new expenses propelled by the pandemic, according to a new Board of Regents report cataloging the residence hall system woes and outlook.

In the face of the pandemic and its hard hit on small, locally-owned businesses, “the push to shop small has resonated with a lot of people,” said Abby Huff, executive director of the Czech Village/New Bohemia Main Street District in Cedar Rapids.

Back in the 1960s, Ralph Muller of Monticello rebuilt a 1937 Chevy coupe for drag racing at strips near Port Byron and Cordova in Illinois, as well as Cedar Falls and other sites. He also took it to car shows in Des Moines and Rock Island in the late ’60s — as well as inside Veterans Memorial Building on May’s Island in Cedar Rapids.

CEDAR RAPIDS — As the winter weather thaws in the coming weeks, more Cedar Rapids residents may look to make remaining repairs on their derecho-damaged homes.