Volunteers, from left, Anna Ertz, Miranda Vanpelt, Kris Hanks, and Mary Margaret Wagner, far right, decorate cookies Saturday at North Hill Elementary School in Burlington. Dozens of volunteers showed up to decorate cookies in order to raise money for 8-year-old Lilly Timmerman, who was diagnosed in December with myeloid leukemia.
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Dancing the cancer away
… organization raising money to fight pediatric cancer. He’s in his fourth year at the University of Iowa, majoring in health and human physiology with an interest in nursing. It also puts him on the pre-med route, should he decide to become a doctor. …
Replacement found for late SCC biology teacher
A local chiropractor will take over spring semester classes for the late biology professor Ross Teal, at Southeastern Community College in West Burlington. Chris Bassler of Absolute Wellness Center will begin teaching three microbiology classes and an anatomy and physiology classes at the start of the semester Wednesday.