New COVID-19 cases in Iowa continued their slow decline, falling to 3,980 new cases in the past seven days. As of this week, the state has tallied 800,176 total coronavirus infections since March 2020.
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New COVID-19 cases in Iowa continued their slow decline, falling to 3,980 new cases in the past seven days. As of this week, the state has tallied 800,176 total coronavirus infections since March 2020.
The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area, where he contemplated shooting up an event there, authorities said Wednesday.
A Cedar Rapids landscaping company has partnered with a team of former Iowa State University researchers to sell a climate-friendly additive to fertilizer that some experts tout as key to soil rejuvenation and carbon sequestration. It may also help with water quality.
A Coralville police officer died this weekend from an acute medical emergency after responding to a shooting in which a 3-year-old child died, according to a Facebook post from the Coralville Police Department.
Corridor hospitals saw a decline in patients arriving in emergency rooms with fireworks-related injuries over the holiday weekend when compared to volumes in recent years. Cedar Rapids police also saw a decline in calls for services due to fireworks, but Iowa City totals remained the same when compared to previous years.
New legal standards for potential abortion restrictions in Iowa must be argued first in front of a lower court judge, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled.
The federally funded state award will be appropriated to the project if and when it begins operations, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds’ office said
They’re monitoring wind gusts and rains as the storms creep into Minnesota and Iowa by Tuesday evening.
Cedar Rapids school district officials expect regularly scheduled summer activities to resume Monday but are declining to answer questions posted by parents about what is affected.
Law enforcement responded to an incident at GuideLink Center in Iowa City where an individual began to physically assault staff members after walking into the building. The GuideLink Center will remain closed until 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
A jury last week acquitted a former Cedar Rapids landlord who assaulted his tenant with a hammer. The landlord said the tenant, who had been given an eviction notice the day before attacked him and the landlord defended himself.
Sen. Kevin Kinney has been endorsed by multiple Republicans in his re-election bid against Republican Iowa Sen. Dawn Driscoll
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