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The Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control Center has been closed to the public this week as the center struggles to balance the amount of staff available with the amount of animals that need their care.

A professional hunter is suing a state Department of Natural Resources officer whose alleged false claims damaged his business and reputation.

The Iowa Public Information Board declined to rule last week whether the criminal investigative report into the 2023 downtown Davenport building collapse is a public record.

The Urbana City Council held a special meeting Monday to vote on whether to terminate the contract of Police Chief Josh Baker, who has been on paid leave for more than a year and has sued the city.

An Iowa City man was arrested Sunday night on charges that he attempted to entice a 10-year-old child to have sex with him.

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra is touting his conservative record as part of a statewide ad campaign as he explores a run for Iowa governor.

Iowa’s silver maples and silver maple hybrids produced a surplus of seeds this year, likely as a response to several years of drought, said Mark Vitosh, Iowa Department of Natural Resources district forester covering seven Eastern Iowa counties.

Addressing a proposal to up tuition and fees for resident undergraduate students nearly 3 percent across Iowa’s public universities, student representatives on Monday asked the board to halt, pause, or at least strongly consider the impact of the rising cost.