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‘Gross negligence’ alleged at Iowa mental health facility (opens the original)
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INDEPENDENCE, Iowa (KCRG) - Lora Smith clearly remembers June 15th, 2024. She was working at the Independence Mental Health Institute, known as IMHI, helping deescalate a violent situation involving a 17 year old boy. “He literally just comes up and kneed me in my stomach as hard as he can.” Smith was four months into a pregnancy she and her husband conceived through in vitro fertilization. When we talked with Lora last year, she and two other women had just filed workers’ compensation claims ag
Iowa loses out on first in the nation Democratic vote (opens the original)
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DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s Democratic Party chair says she’s disappointed but not surprised the national party has eliminated Iowa as a “First in the Nation” state to help pick a nominee for President in 2028. “We find that this is just another example that the national Democrats are truly out of touch with voters,” said Iowa Democratic Party chair Rita Hart. On Friday, the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) Rules and Bylaws Committee made its recommendation to start the 2028 nominating
Our Town North Liberty: Creating a focal point for an entire community (opens the original)
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NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - What looks like an empty field has already drawn ten thousand people to it. “We kicked off at the end of May and we’ve already had over 10,000 attendees at our free and ticketed events,” explained Jillian Miller, assistant director of North Liberty community relations. Centennial Park, home to the new Hy-Vee Center and amphitheater. It’s the new home for concerts and drone shows. And that includes the annual Blues & BBQ event. “The amphitheater provides a gathering p
Our Town North Liberty: A 100-year-old farm that’s now surrounded (opens the original)
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NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Katie Colony and her family are surrounded. “Yeah, the town growing up all around us.” The century-old Colony Acres Farm is surrounded. Dean Colony said, “So growing up, the farm was a hog farm when I was a kid and the development started coming up and around us and I told my dad back then, the hog prices weren’t very good at all. They’re terrible. I said, I think now’s a good time to get out.” Dean and his family have adapted to the realities of a growing city and a
Our Town North Liberty: How to create neighborhoods in a sprawling city (opens the original)
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NORTH LIBERTY, Iowa (KCRG) - It’s a city that has grown faster than almost every other Iowa community. When a city grows that quickly, it can be difficult to grow closely knit neighborhoods. But that’s changing in North Liberty where it can starts with a pop-up party. “So it is how I’m wired,” said North Liberty Neighborhood Ambassador Eva Anderson. “I love to connect people. I love my neighbors.” Anderson is one of the city’s 21 Ambassadors, part of its Great Neighborhoods program that divides
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