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The Iowa City school district is working with other government entities throughout Johnson County to explore the possibility of initiating a local-option sales tax that would fund additional before- and after-school care or full-day preschool.

The school board not announcing names of three finalists to “allow us to consider the best possible candidates,” school board president says

African American Awareness Program stepping stone in Cedar Rapids to The Academy for Personal and Scholastic Success

McKenzie Hitzel winner of the 2023 Corridor Jazz Project Art design

At United Action for Youth open mic night, students share fears about “harmful” bills proposed in the Iowa Legislature related to gay and transgender youth.

Pastors Keeyon and Stephanie Carter and Kennedy High senior Gentine Nzoyikorera recipients of the 2023 ‘Who is My Neighbor?’ award

Danielle Trimble named the next superintendent of the Ballard Community School District in Huxley last month

2023 legislative priorities include fully funding 4-year-old preschool, mental health

The letter poses no immediate threat and does not target any specific Cedar Rapids locations, a police spokesman says.

New data moves 8 schools off list of schools with targeted subgroups needing support

Five members of the American Indian Movement were tried in Cedar Rapids after the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee.

The school board is expected to approve a 2023-24 calendar Monday. It includes a later spring break, and makeup days in June.

Journalists show up, listen to different viewpoints and verify information to tell stories of the communities they serve.

There are 23.6 million hogs in Iowa, compared with the state’s 3.2 million people. Although this is a decrease in hogs of 1.3 percent in the last year, Iowa still is the top producer of swine in the country.

New Year’s Day is one of the oldest holidays