r Tips for Managing a Sudden Surge of Sales By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 How do you handle a surge of eCommerce sales without stressing out? Learn how to streamline order fulfillment to keep your customers and employees happy. The post Tips for Managing a Sudden Surge of Sales appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
r How to Sell Online Courses with Sensei LMS By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:00:00 +0000 Any business can increase revenue with online courses. No physical contact required! Here are the 4 tools you’ll need to get started fast & generate sales! The post How to Sell Online Courses with Sensei LMS appeared first on WooCommerce. Full Article Blog
r Time Machine: Smallpox epidemic hit Meskwaki hard in 1901 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:51:24 PDT At the turn of the 20th century, a vaccine had been developed for smallpox, a virus that killed millions in the 1800s. Those who survived the disease were often left badly scarred or blind. The... Full Article Time Machine
r Celebrity content marketing lessons from a pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:48:21 PDT When it comes to content marketing, we live in extraordinary times. With cutting-edge tools such as live video, VR and AI at our fingertips, we can give our community behind-the-scenes access to our... Full Article Business
r Joe wants you to Sample that: One C.R. man is on a mission to help local restaurants gain fans By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:27:29 PDT When Joe Sample started posting photos of his takeout food stops in the days after Iowa restaurants were ordered shut down to dine-in service in March, he didn’t think much of it. He just... Full Article Food & Drink
r Trucker from Iowa charged in 1990s slayings of 3 women By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 21:01:58 PDT IOWA CITY — Investigators on Wednesday arrested a long-haul trucker from Iowa who they say is linked by DNA evidence to the killings of three women whose bodies were dumped in Wyoming and... Full Article Public Safety
r Cedar Rapids issues boil order for portions of SW Cedar Rapids By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 04:54:51 PDT The City of Cedar Rapids Thursday morning issued a drinking water boil order for portions of southwest Cedar Rapids. A rupture in a water main feeding the Bowling Street Booster Station and C Street... Full Article Government
r Cargill rail yard stalls as court case rolls on By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:51:26 PDT Background CEDAR RAPIDS — After a bitter battle between residents and one of the city’s major employers — Cargill — with the city of Cedar Rapids in the middle, in... Full Article Government
r 18-year-old charged in fatal shooting arrested for drunken driving while out on bail By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:38:28 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — A 17-year-old, charged in January with fatally shooting an 18-year-old during a drug robbery, was released in March only to be arrested about a month later for drunken driving.... Full Article Public Safety
r Court approves pilot program to test electronic search warrants By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:37:15 PDT The Iowa Supreme Court approved a pilot program in the 4th Judicial District — Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Page and Shelby counties — to develop... Full Article Public Safety
r Chew on This: Five places to get carryout barbecue By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 18:29:23 PDT In normal times, Chew on This focuses on restaurant openings and closings. These are not normal times, with restaurants closed except to carryout, curbside and delivery. We know these businesses... Full Article Food & Drink
r Watch: Coronavirus update from Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for Thursday, May 7 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 03 Apr 2020 11:19:10 PDT Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is providing an update on coronavirus in Iowa at 11:00 a.m. today. She is speaking from the State Emergency Operations Center in Johnston. The news conference will be... Full Article Government
r Why universal basic health care is both a moral and economic imperative By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:03:33 PDT Several hundred cars were parked outside a food bank in San Antonio on Good Friday — the food bank fed 10,000 people that day. Such scenes, increasingly common across the nation and evocative... Full Article Guest Columnist
r Collaboration creates Camp-in-a-Bag kits for mentoring program By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 09:59:31 PDT “I pledge my Head to clearer thinking, my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world.”... Full Article Community
r Many anticipated arts, cultural events delayed or canceled By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:51:10 PDT Summer is going to look a bit different in the Corridor this year as many, long-cherished events are being canceled or postponed. And the organizations that run those events want you to know they... Full Article Business
r Coronavirus in Iowa, live updates for May 7: Gazette awards more than $60,000 in marketing grants, FEMA awards $78 million to Iowa By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:59:24 PDT Gazette awards more than $60,000 in marketing grants The Gazette has awarded more than $60,000 in grants to help local businesses market themselves during the coronavirus pandemic, and there’s... Full Article Health
r Iowa is going back to work, but who will watch the children? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:25:34 PDT As death rates from COVID-19 rise, the state is beginning to open back up. And with that the expectation is that Iowans get back to work. Iowans who don’t go back to work will lose... Full Article Staff Editorial
r University of Iowa aims to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 14:18:33 PDT IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa on Thursday unveiled new sustainability goals for the next decade that — if accomplished — would cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half from... Full Article Education
r Men and elderly lag in taking Test Iowa coronavirus assessment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:06:57 PDT Nearly 327,000 Iowans have taken an assessment to see if they are eligible to be checked for COVID-19 under the Test Iowa Initiative. Another free drive-though site for those who have taken the... Full Article Health
r Judge rules Iowa law unconstitutional that blocked sex education funding to Planned Parenthood By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 13:40:26 PDT An Iowa judge has ruled unconstitutional a state law that would have blocked Planned Parenthood of the Heartland from receiving federal money to provide sex education programs to Iowa youth. Fifth... Full Article Government
r Nearly 25,000 more Iowans file unemployment claims By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 06:24:44 PDT Nearly 25,000 more Iowans filed unemployment claims in the past week, Iowa Workforce Development reported Thursday. Continuing weekly unemployment claims total 181,358, the department reported. Iowa... Full Article Government
r Iowa shifts focus from coronavirus mitigation to management By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:17:10 PDT Thanks to enough people following guidelines on social distancing and avoiding large gatherings, Gov. Kim Reynolds said Thursday the state is able to shift its COVID-19 focus from mitigation... Full Article Government
r Marion coronavirus recovery task force wants residents to come out of this healthy and to ‘a vibrant economy’ By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 19:57:10 PDT MARION — Marion’s 14-member COVID-19 Economic Recovery Task Force is beginning to work on recommendations of how to get people back to work, while keeping everyone... Full Article Government
r No Linn County Fair this year because of coronavirus concerns By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 07:07:24 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn County Fair has canceled grounds and grandstand entertainment at this year because of the novel coronavirus and is looking at ways youths could exhibit their... Full Article News
r Uptown Marion Market opening with caveats By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 10:03:44 PDT MARION — While the Uptown Marion Market will continue to sell fresh produce, it will look a little different this year. The market will continue operating on the second Saturday of June, July... Full Article News
r Coronavirus closes the Iowa Writers’ House — for now By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 15:34:18 PDT IOWA CITY — Once upon a time, there was a house in a city that loved literature. It was a quaint, two-story home in the heart of the historic district with brick stairs, pale yellow siding, a... Full Article Education
r Iowa should give cash to undocumented immigrants By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 11:15:43 PDT Immigrants have been disproportionately affected by COVID-19 pandemic. They’re more likely than native-born Americans to be laboring to keep our essential services running, especially in the... Full Article Staff Columnist
r Ahead of VP Pence’s Iowa visit, Joe Biden’s campaign calls out ‘consequential failure’ of Trump coronavirus response By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:09:44 PDT Vice President Mike Pence owes Iowans more than a photo-op when he visits Des Moines today, according to Joe Biden’s campaign. “Iowans are seeing up close the most consequential failure... Full Article Government
r Now playing at Iowa county fairs: The waiting game By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:53:24 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — Getting your hands on some fried food on a stick is going to be a little more difficult this summer for Iowans. With the COVID-19 pandemic imposing restrictions on life in the... Full Article Community
r Scenic designer in Iowa City looks for light in the darkness By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:22:05 PDT Benjamin Stuben Farrar of Iowa City is a storyteller without a story to tell at the moment. The first story is as dramatic and layered as his bold scenic and lighting designs for area stages:... Full Article Arts & Culture
r Tyson outbreak: Short closure but enduring grief By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 20:11:00 PDT As the coronavirus spread from the nation’s meatpacking plants to the broader communities where they are located, it burned through a modest duplex in Waterloo. In the downstairs unit lived... Full Article Health
r Task force will make recommendations on how to resume jury trials, given coronavirus concerns By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 18:03:29 PDT DES MOINES — The Iowa Supreme Court has asked a group of criminal and civil lawyers, judges and court staff from judicial districts across the state to make recommendations on how criminal and... Full Article Government
r ‘Death stalked swiftly’ in 1918. What will we remember now? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 21:01:29 PDT In August 1919, the Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette opined in favor of the passage of a $5 million congressional appropriation to “investigate influenza, its cause, prevention and... Full Article Staff Columnist
r Iowa is dying from all this success By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 05:55:11 PDT With over 11,000 positive COVID-19 cases in Iowa and a mounting death toll, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds went to Washington DC. to declare her approach to the pandemic a success. Her victory lap included... Full Article Staff Columnist
r Dubuque woman pleads to helping buy heroin that led to fatal overdose of another person By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 08:12:37 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — A Dubuque woman who helped her boyfriend and another person buy heroin that later led to a fatal overdose was convicted Thursday in federal court. Jacqueline M. Birch, 23,... Full Article Public Safety
r Ready to reopen? Four Cedar Rapids business leaders offer advice By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:19:57 PDT On Wednesday, Gov. Kim Reynolds removed some restrictions on businesses in the 22 counties that have been seeing higher numbers of Iowans affected by COVID-19, including Linn and Johnson counties.... Full Article Business
r Distancing and diversity enhance Iowa’s food security By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:47:21 PDT Coronavirus provides a chilling lesson about crowding. The disease originated in a densely packed Chinese City. As it moved worldwide it struck most heavily in crowded places where people live and... Full Article Guest Columnist
r For Mercy employee on COVID-19 floor, isolating from family is best Mother’s Day gift she can give By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:03:41 PDT This Mother’s Day, April Kelley just wants to give her daughter Jessica Kelley a hug. But she can’t. Jessica, 21, works on the COVID-19 floor at Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids. To... Full Article
r Shower Mom with love — from a distance By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2020 17:15:17 PDT Mother’s Day celebrations will look different for many families this year as we follow social distancing guidelines. Fortunately, we don’t have to be in proximity to express our love... Full Article Healthy Living
r U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack calls on president to protect packing plant workers By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:42:19 PDT At the same time Vice President Mike Pence was in Iowa on Friday to discuss the nation’s food supply security, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack called on the administration to take more measures to... Full Article
r Coronavirus in Iowa, live updates for May 8: Cedar Rapids to host virtual City Council meeting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 06:41:21 PDT 4:43 P.M.: GOODWILL PLANS TO REOPEN 11 EASTERN IOWA RETAIL LOCATIONS Goodwill of the Heartland will reopen 11 retail locations in Eastern Iowa next week, including all its Cedar Rapids stores,... Full Article Health
r Man arrested in Texas faces murder charge in Iowa City shooting By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:37:11 PDT IOWA CITY — An Iowa City man has been arrested in Texas in connection with the April 20 shooting death of Kejuan Winters. Reginald Little, 44, was taken into custody Friday by the Lubbock... Full Article Public Safety
r Adam Todd celebrates 21st birthday with parade By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 15:48:52 PDT CEDAR RAPIDS — Adam Todd, adjusting like many Iowans to a social-distanced lifestyle since the novel coronavirus hit, celebrated a milestone 21st birthday with a drive-by parade Friday... Full Article Community
r Campgrounds reopen in Iowa Friday, see takers despite some health limitations By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:34:01 PDT Some Eastern Iowans are ready to go camping. With Gov. Kim Reynolds allowing campgrounds across the state to open Friday, some people wasted little time in heading outdoors. “They’re... Full Article News
r New machines in Test Iowa initiative still unproven By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:35:36 PDT DES MOINES — More than 20 days after Iowa signed a $26 million contract with a Utah company to expand testing in the state, the machines the firm supplied to run the samples still have not... Full Article News
r C.R. workplace shooting suspect turns self in after father drives him to Alabama police station By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:05:43 PDT A man suspected of a workplace shooting last month at a vinyl window manufacturer in southwest Cedar Rapids turned himself into authorities Friday. Jamal Devonte Edwards, 26, has been wanted since... Full Article Public Safety
r Pence’s Iowa visit underscores coronavirus worry By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 09:27:02 PDT DES MOINES — In traveling to Iowa to call attention to the burdens COVID-19 brought to religious services and the food supply, Vice President Mike Pence unwittingly called attention to another... Full Article Government
r Celebrating on a screen: Iowa universities hold first-ever online commencements By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 17:32:09 PDT Iowa State University graduates who celebrated commencement Friday saw lots of caps and gowns, red-and-gold confetti and arenas packed with friends and family. But none of those images were from... Full Article Education
r Mother’s Day, Birthdays, Anniversaries: Celebrating during a pandemic By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 13:10:23 PDT A 10th wedding anniversary traditionally is celebrated with a gift of aluminum or tin. For Sondy Daggett, her 10th year of marriage to Liz Hoskins was marked with a gift of Champagne and... Full Article Health
r Iowa Writers’ House is gone, but need for literary community continues By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 07:37:59 PDT When Andrea Wilson approached me five years ago with her idea of creating a space for writers in our community separate from any offered by the University of Iowa, I must admit I was a bit skeptical,... Full Article Guest Columnist