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Man drives his truck into protesters marching for abortion rights in Cedar Rapids

By Paul Brennan; June 27 Abortion rights advocates were lawfully crossing the street after a rally when a driver accelerated, hitting several. Police reported one woman’s foot was run over by the truck, resulting in a hospital visit, but witnesses claim others were injured as well. Video of the incident went viral on Twitter.

Iowa City pools: City Park is seeping, rec center swimmers fight likely closure and Mercer may be heating up

By Adria Carpenter; June 29 The Iowa City Parks and Recreation Department has recommended closing the 58-year-old pool at Robert A. Lee Community Recreation Center, adding a warm water pool at Mercer Park Aquatic Center and redesigning City Park pool, introducing new features to the seven decade-old facility.

Iowa City yoga instructor leads free, anonymous class to help trauma survivors ‘regain a sense of bodily autonomy’

By Adria Carpenter; July 14 For most of the week, Mara Cheney works as a well-being and harm reduction assessment coordinator at the University of Iowa. But every Thursday, she teaches Yoga for Survivors at Benders Studio, a free anonymous class that helps people recover from past trauma.

Video: ‘We can do better, because we’ve done better’: Deidre DeJear on Iowa’s future, LgBtQ rights, abortion access and legalizing cannabis

Video by Jason Smith, story by Paul Brennan; July 15 During an interview with journalist and author Lyz Lenz at a campaign event in Iowa City on Thursday, Democratic nominee for governor Deidre DeJear said Gov. Reynolds and Republicans “have the tendency … to create problems that really don’t exist, rather than addressing the problems that do exist.”