Mitchell Schmidt

CEDAR RAPIDS – For the past few days, Veronica Johnson and Effie McCollum have been cooking a meal for hundreds. …

CEDAR RAPIDS – While it appeared the Linn County Board of Supervisors had enough votes to push the first $1 …

CEDAR RAPIDS – The first phase of the long-awaited Highway 100 extension project is finally ready for motorists. Construction of …

CEDAR RAPIDS – One Linn County Supervisor wants to postpone the first increase of the county’s minimum wage ordinance until …

CEDAR RAPIDS – While the calendar year is nearing a close, local governments are busy preparing multimillion dollar budgets for …

ELY – The city of Ely has hired Conrad’s city administrator and clerk as the Linn County community’s new city …

IOWA CITY – With the ceremonial flip of a giant novelty switch, Johnson County officials welcomed two new solar arrays …

Work on the Dakota Access pipeline in Iowa is nearly complete. Dakota Access spokeswoman Vicki Granado said in a Monday …

CEDAR RAPIDS – With two major floods in the last eight years under their belts, Linn County Supervisors want to …

An investigation into the cause of a massive fire that destroyed two buildings at a Central City oil filter recycling …

DES MOINES – Gov. Terry Branstad has named Mark Lowe as the interim director of Iowa Department of Transportation. Lowe, …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Linn County Supervisors have announced the $7.2 million purchase of 485 acres of land, which they say …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Motorists will have to wait another month or so until the first phase of the long-awaited Highway …

CEDAR RAPIDS – For many, the second-highest flood in Cedar Rapids history quickly has become a distant memory. Just days …

Just in time for this week’s Thanksgiving holiday, the balmy November weather that last week had Eastern Iowans enjoying temperatures …