Articles Tagged: 2025 election

Katie Freeman will be the next member of the Coralville City Council after winning election earlier this month. The Gazette sat down with Freeman to discuss the election and what lies ahead for the city.

This week on the podcast, we’ll follow up on what happened in Iowa’s local elections and we’ll analyze this week’s national off-year election results and what they mean for 2026 in Iowa.

‘Mixed emotions’ felt by new board members as multimillion-dollar school bond referendum fails to pass

Megan Alter, Shawn Harmsen, Bruce Teague return to office, each securing over 30 percent of votes

Linn County voters in the Linn-Mar Community School District elected two incumbents and one newcomer to fill three open seats on the school board Tuesday.

Incumbents Grant Harper and Sara Mentzer, both unchallenged, also retained their seats following Tuesday’s election.

Voters in the Iowa City Community School District elected two incumbents and one newcomer to fill three seats on the Iowa City school board Tuesday.

Early voting is underway ahead of Tuesday’s city and school elections, including at Lindale Mall in Cedar Rapids

As the city and school election on Nov. 4 quickly approaches, Curious Iowa answers readers’ voting-related questions

At Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, the kitchen is a “maze” said Dana Visek, one of the kitchen managers at the school. More preparation space is needed, and meals are served on single-use plates because the high school does not have a dishwasher. All dishes used for cooking and serving are washed by hand in a three hole sink.

A $117 million school bond referendum — created with more than a year of community input — is headed to voters in the Cedar Rapids school district Nov. 4.

Following the arrest of former Des Moines superintendent Ian Roberts, State Auditor Rob Sand will review how Iowa licenses educators after receiving a qualifying legislative request from a Des Moines lawmaker.

The text messages claim to be surveying residents about local issues and ask for a response; the texts are not authentic and were not sent by the officials or candidates named, Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said

Cedar Rapids school board candidates on their support of the bond on the ballot Nov. 4

The filing period to nominate candidates for city offices closed Thursday. Here’s a look at who will be on the ballot in Linn and Johnson counties in November.