Obituaries

There's no doubt that cranberries have exceptional health benefits, but the benefits may be different from you what you think. With a growing body of research, here's a breakdown of the latest findings on cranberries, along with tips for including more cranberries in your diet.Cancer Prevention. If you've heard cranberries referred to as a superfood, it's because they have a higher antioxidant capacity than ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Great River Diabetes Education Program offers four-week group diabetes classes every month. The next morning series will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursdays beginning Nov. 16. Afternoon classes are on Mondays from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. beginning Nov. 27.Group diabetes classes are for people newly diagnosed, making a change in treatment, or having complications or concerns. A physician referral for ...

WEST BURLINGTON ? Great River Health Systems announced Matthew Wenzel will be the next president and chief executive officer starting Tuesday, Jan. 2. He will succeed Mark Richardson, who has held the position since 1997.Wenzel worked at Saint Luke's Health System in Kansas City from 2006 to 2017. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Saint Luke's North Hospital, a two-campus hospital with a combined 159 ...

Screening exams to identify young athletes at risk for cardiac arrest might not be worthwhile, a new study suggests.Having your heart stop while playing a sport is very unusual, and fewer than 1 in 5 cases of sudden cardiac arrest among competitive amateur athletes would have been predicted by a screening examination, the authors of a study from Canada say.?Our results indicate that sudden cardiac death during ...

By Alison Gowans, The Gazette When Tyler Tiecke, Jerry Vasquez and his mother, Elsa de la Paz, wanted to expand their Iowa City restaurant, Mami's, they knew they wanted to keep one thing the same: They still wanted the name to be in honor of de la Paz's mother, Estela.?Everybody says their grandma is the nicest grandma in the world,? Vasquez said. ?Estela was.?So on Oct. 7, not long after closing Mami's, ...

By Vanessa Miller, The Gazette IOWA CITY ? During a University of Iowa workshop with an international leader in design and innovation thinking, Iowa City Area Development Group President Mark Nolte in October shared a quote on social media: ?When we fail to design, we design for failure.?That leader, Bruce Mau, has been on campus recently to help the UI Henry B. Tippie College of Business and Iowa John ...

(The Gazette) Highly revered for his artistry that captured his beloved Iowa landscape, the late Grant Wood was not without his detractors.The University of Iowa archives often refer to the ?Grant Wood Problem,? which serves as the title of a documentary theater piece by Iowa Playwright Workshop's Scott Bradley.The Grant Wood Art Colony in Iowa City is presenting a free, staged reading of an excerpt at 6 p.m. ...

BONN, Germany (Reuters) ? Global warming is likely to be slightly less severe than previously expected thanks to stronger climate policies by China and India that will offset less U.S. action under President Donald Trump, a study showed on Wednesday.But average world temperatures are still on track to rise far above the key goal set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting warming to ?well below? two degrees ...

Blues musician Patrick Hazell will be performing a free concert on Thursday, Nov. 12, at noon at the Washington Public Library.An inductee in Halls of Fame for Iowa Blues, Iowa Rock N' Roll and Country Music Showcase International, Hazell will be improvising on the blues tunes that launched his career.This performance is sponsored by the Washington Free Public Library Foundation and Friends of the Library.

WEST BURLINGTON ? The holiday season is a time of remembrance, and Great River Friends offers an opportunity to help.Loved ones are remembered and honored each year through its Love Tree program. Their names will be placed on donors' choice of three trees at Great River Health Systems. With donations, name cards will be accompanied by ornaments.Love Trees are in Great River Hospice, Great River Klein Center and ...