The remains of two Iowa National Guard soldiers killed earlier this month in an ambush attack in Syria will return to Iowa on Wednesday, with a public procession planned to honor Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard as he is brought home to Marshalltown.
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a supervisor district plan that splits the county into five districts, setting up a possible face-off between current board members next year.
Democratic state Rep. Josh Turek of Council Bluffs picked up a new labor endorsement in Iowa’s U.S. Senate race, while state Sen. Charlie McClintock threw his support behind Adam Steen in the open race for governor.
Iowa Methodist Medical Center-UnityPoint, in Des Moines, will receive the Medicare funding to support 2.92 additional positions
Sage’s first television campaign ad will air on New Year’s Eve during the Iowa Hawkeyes football team’s appearance in the ReliaQuest Bowl.
Iowa announced on Monday that it will return to a federal summer food assistance program. The announcement came on the same day a report made available to The Gazette showed Iowa’s program in 2025 fell well short of reaching the number of children that the federal program would have.
The interactive, near real-time map will show where the plows are and have been during significant winter weather events.
Johnson County Sheriff Brad Kunkel said conversations about stationing a law enforcement officer in the administration building began after some county employees expressed that they were feeling unsafe at work.
The Robert and Elizabeth Allsop Charitable Trust recently announced a “significant” investment in the westside Cedar Rapids library project.
Renovations in City Council chambers will relocate several government body meetings to Linn-Mar facilties, while Christmas and New Year’s holidays will impact garbage pickup and other services. A roundup of notes from area government bodies.
Swisher elected a new mayor in November, ending a revolving door of partial term mayors and mayoral vacancies that began in 2023 after longtime mayor Chris Taylor opted not to run for re-election.
A regional jail diversion program was eliminated as part of a broader effort to centralize and standardize mental health care across the state.
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