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The Henry County Health Center Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Department's Support Group will hold their annual Christmas party on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the HCHC Health Education Center.Come and visit with old friends, celebrate the holiday season and enjoy a potluck dinner with healthy foods. Those attending are asked to bring a healthy heart, low-fat dish to share. Drinks, meats, plates and ...

OTTUMWA ? Indian Hills Community College has released the names of the students who were on the college's academic Honor Roll for the 2017-18 Fall Term. To be included on the Honor Roll an IHCC student must be enrolled full-time and have a grade-point average for the term of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale.Ethan Bockting, of Mt. Pleasant, Austin Fariss, of Wayland, and Robert Van Amerongen and Levi S. Watson, of ...

The Henry County Pioneer Cemetery Commission will meet Monday, Dec. 4, at 1 p.m. in the conference room of the Henry County Courthouse. Those interested in the Pioneer Cemeteries of Henry County are welcome to attend.

Do you want to stay healthy this winter but don't want to go outside to exercise? Join us at the next community wellness workshop on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Cup community room.Raul Becerril, Health and Wellness Coordinator at the Mt. Pleasant REC Center, will demonstrate easy indoor exercises you can do during the winter and share tips for how to transform ordinary household items into ...

The City of Five Seasons is about to welcome The Four Seasons ? led by the legendary Frankie Valli.The original Jersey Boy and his new lineup will perform Friday (12/1) at the U.S. Cellular Center in downtown Cedar Rapids.?We're really looking forward to coming out there,? Valli, 83, said by phone from Los Angeles, where he moved to embrace a sunnier clime. ?I decided that the time came in life where I'd like ...

LOS ANGELES ? British officials reacted with outrage Wednesday to tweets by President Trump featuring anti-Muslim videos promoted by an Islamophobic far-right group in Britain.Trump shared three tweets from one of the leaders of Britain First, an anti-immigrant group based in the U.K. The re-tweets, which have since been deleted, featured videos titled ?Muslim migrants beat up Dutch boy on crutches,? ?Muslim ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) ? More than half of the 21.7 million public comments submitted to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission about net neutrality this year used temporary or duplicate email addresses and appeared to include false or misleading information, the Pew Research Center said on Wednesday.FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, a Republican appointed by President Donald Trump, proposed in April to scrap the 2015 ...

LONDON (Reuters) ? Britain's newspapers were rife with speculation on Wednesday about the mystery matchmaker of Queen Elizabeth's grandson Prince Harry and his fiancee American actress Meghan Markle who met on a blind date in London last year.In a televised interview on Monday when they announced their engagement, the couple were coy about the identity of the ?mutual friend? who had brought them together.?We ...

Jingle bell rock. Dashing through the Snow. Deck the halls. The holidays are upon us and like these familiar song lyrics suggest, December is a month to stay active ? for fun and for health. This year focus more on the doing than the chewing and you'll come up a winner.Join a Fresh Conversation program in your area to discover enjoyable tips for staying holiday healthy this December and throughout the whole ...

CEDAR RAPIDS ? Although increases in state aid to K-12 schools has been small, Iowa is bucking the trend of declining public investment in elementary and secondary schools.State aid to public schools, which is seen as crucial for communities to thrive and the economy to offer broad opportunity, has declined dramatically in a majority of states over the past decade, according to a report from the Center on Budget ...