Erin Jordan

City High parents and others have donated $1,500 so far to fix vandalism done to the school last weekend in what some describe as a senior prank gone awry.

Iowa state park rangers and staff told to move out of state-owned housing now have until the end of 2023, according to budget proposal passed by the Iowa Senate and House this week.

The Iowa Legislature wants to spend $1 million next year to revise the state’s long-standing nitrogen fertilizer calculator used in seven corn-growing states. Some water quality advocates fear the update will mean more fertilizer applied to fields and more runoff into streams and lakes, but two Iowa State professors welcome the opportunity for new research into the nitrogen question.

UAY’s biggest fundraising event, the Festival of Flowers, seeks to raise $50,000 to support programming like Spark, as well as the Young Parent Program, health education and downtown Youth Center. The event is Thursday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds. Reservations cost $50 and are available online.

More than 300 people gathered at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Sunday to celebrate Christine Grant’s life and legacy. The crowd included former players, coaches she hired over a quarter-century and athletic administrators from around the country.

Education Department Director Ann Lebo joined Debi Durham, Iowa Economic Development Authority director, and Beth Townsend, Iowa Workforce Development director in a panel discussion led by Kathryn Kunert, vice president of economic connections and integration for MidAmerican Energy.

Janice Weiner and John Raley have shared the stage several times this spring, most recently at a May 9 forum hosted by the Johnson County League of Women Voters. The candidates speak highly of one another, but note clear differences in what they offer to voters.

Warm weather has allowed Eastern Iowa farmers to get out in their fields -- finally -- to plant corn, soybeans, oats and other crops. Input costs are rising, but corn expected to fetch a premium this year.

The Grundy County Board of Supervisors voted 4-to-1 Monday not to rezone land to allow for the development of a cryptocurrency mining site -- the second in the county -- but members told the developer the board might support a different location.

Regions Commercial Roofing filed a lawsuit against Susan Moore, of Cedar Rapids, in Scott County District Court, alleging she failed to pay the remaining $28,775 for a new roof and siding after the 2020 derecho. Moore says she paid the project manager, who has since died.

Megan Valentine-O’Connor had the cool parents who owned and operated Wildside Tattoos and Body Piercing. She grew up in the biz and now is the head body piercer, running the shop with her parents.

Jeff Renander, who served as top prosecutor in Cedar County since 2010, retired from the County Attorney’s Office in March and relinquished his license.

B.J. Dvorak, new coordinator for the Linn County Emergency Management Agency, shares his advice about what to do before, during and after a tornado. For starters, get a weather radio and set up a phone alert.

Agricultural reform group says consolidation has cut farmers’ profits and caused rural counties to lose population. But an ISU economist offers different explanation.

The Iowa Environmental Council wants to force the state's Environmental Protection Commission to adopt flood plain maps to comply with a law that says animal-feeding operations can’t be built near waterways.