A federal judge’s order allowing Iowa’s K-12 schools to ignore a state law passed last year against imposing mask mandates is too broad, an appeals court decided Tuesday, and must be rewritten to be more narrowly focused.
Superintendent Noreen Bush said it is “increasingly clear” more time is needed to develop the magnet high school.
After months of debate, Cedar Rapidians voted to have the city buy and operate the privately owned waterworks company. The proposal followed complaints about water quality and water bills higher than in other Iowa cities.
Fareway raised nearly $355,000 to donate to the U.S. Marine Corps’ Toys for Tots campaign, along with more than 110 pallets of toys that were collected and donated
FilmScene in Iowa City, Iowa PBS to show Film Lounge, a dozen works by Iowa filmmakers
For the first time since launching in fall 2019, the University of Iowa’s new online Master of Business Administration degree has made the U.S. News & World Report’s rankings for “best online MBA programs.”
Supervisors Ben Rogers and Stacey Walker voted for the project, while Louie Zumbach voted against it. The approval means that about 750 acres will be rezoned from agricultural to agricultural with a renewable energy overlay that expires after 35 years.
The records, requested by the Iowa Capital Dispatch in April 2021, pertain to an auction that was staged last year to benefit Des Moines Christian School.
As a result of congressional approval of the bipartisan infrastructure package, Iowa DOT officials expect the five-year highway program to grow from $3.6 billion to about $4 billion.
Cedar Rapids will allocate $500,000 of its federal American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the College Career Connection program, a new workforce partnership with Kirkwood Community College that will be the first “college promise” initiative among Iowa cities.
Iowans’ income from retirement programs would no longer be taxed by the state under a legislative proposal from Iowa House Republicans.
Elijah D. O. Morse, 26, allegedly kicked in the door of a Hiawatha residence and took the resident’s phone, according to a criminal complaint.
The old way of hunting has been updated, but you still only get one shot, so you have to make it count
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