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Iowa Cancer Registry to host presentation about cancer in Woodbury County

Alejandra Perez

The Iowa Cancer Registry and the University of Iowa College of Public Health, in collaboration with other organizations, are hosting a presentation discussing cancer on Thursday.

Storm Lake, Iowa, was the site of lots of storm damage on Friday, April 18, 2025, when all properties were without electrical power in the morning for 10 hours. (Sheila Brummer, Iowa Public Radio)

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 4.18.2025: Storm causes heavy damage to Storm Lake, Iowa; Group looks to find reasons for large number of Iowa cancer cases

Bret Hayworth

Students walk near the E.N. Swett School in the South Sioux City School District, in an image provided by the district.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 2.26.2025: Iowa cancer rates remain high; South Sioux City Schools modernization plan set at $127M; Grant Wood painting in Sioux City getting conservation; Woodbury County Jail problems continue

Bret Hayworth

Cancer is rapidly growing in Iowa, a new 2024 report shows.

KWIT Local Newscast

Newscast 2.20.24: Cancer rates growing rapidly in Iowa; Iowa lawmaker back to Legislature after cancer diagnosis; Double homicide reported in Northeast Nebraska

Bret Hayworth