Iowa City Council to Vote on Suggested Priorities for School District's Revenue Purpose Statement Funding: Iowa City Daily News Links, Dec. 14

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Gregg Hennigan of the Gazette writes that the Iowa City council may vote Tuesday to hire an engineering firm to do design work to convert the Burlington Street dam into a part of a white river rafting course.

Hennigan also reports that the city council will also be voting on a set of priorities it would like to see the Iowa City School District invest in if the district's revenue purpose statement is passed this February.

Tara Bannow of the Iowa City Press-Citizen writes that the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics will be expanding its baby delivery room area.

Iowa will be setting up state/federal health partnerships to help Iowans buy insurance as part of the state's transition to Obamacare. (Press-Citizen via Associated Press)

The Hamburg Inn No. 2 was featured in an issue of Saveur magazine. (Press-Citizen)

Where you live in Iowa may affect the likelihood of what optional medical procedures you receive according to a study. (Press-Citizen)

Iowa's children's healthcare programs appear to be performing well, according to a recent federal audit. (Des Moines Register)

Addison Speck of KCRG reports on a kind gesture performed for a boy fighting cancer.

Bochner's Chocolates was acquired by a St. Louis Co. and the local chocolatier's production may be moved to another area, writes Dave DeWitte of the Gazette.

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Design and engineering would take about 18 months, Long said. By early next fall, the city expects to receive two design alternatives. One would address wildlife habitat, public safety, riverbank stability and access, Long said. The other would have all of that plus the recreation component.

Public meetings would be held to help determine what route the project should take, Long said.

There is not yet an estimate for how much it would cost to modify the dam and do any other work, like add a white-water rafting course.

Officials have said they envision the downstream portion of the dam being built up with limestone blocks to create a stair-step feature that makes it safe for certain boats and tubes to go over the dam.

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