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Andrea La Ronde and her fiancee, Amber Sigo, had their wedding planned to a T. La Ronde found her dress, planned the music — a mix of The Beatles, soul and indie pop — saved a date a...

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It’s difficult to tell where this trend of generosity started — you can see reports of the donations on Patch sites across the country above — but it’s clear that where “layaway angels” t...

Credit Beth Dalbey

If hunger is an invisible problem in Iowa, blame it on people like Kim Olsem, a mother and a fighter, whose two jobs — one working with the elderly, the other working with schoolchildren ...

Credit Alison Gowans

  It has been 30 years since the first cases of human immunodeficiency virus, HIV, were discovered in America, but Tami Haught, president of PITCH (Positive Iowans Taking Charge), s...

Credit Jody Gifford

When you're out of work and without health insurance, or you have a job and no insurance, what are you supposed to do when you need medical care? That's a dilemma facing millions of ...