Bad behavior tied to alcohol and hazing over the last five years compelled the University of Iowa to suspend seven fraternities, and administrators spent the summer crafting rules around their potential return.
The meetings, which will review and consider two proposed solar projects near Palo, have been been rescheduled for Aug. 29, Aug. 30 and Sept. 6.
Non-white students, students with specialized learning plans and high school students have the most ground to make up
The City Council has extended the Cedar Rapids Charter Review Commission members’ terms through September. A presentation was initially anticipated to take place Tuesday but is now planned for a council meeting next month.
With the school year already underway, the council’s vote ends a monthslong debate between city and school district officials over the presence of school resource officers mainly in middle schools.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors’ first consideration of a rezoning request for the Duane Arnold Solar projects near Palo will take place on Monday.
Action comes after weaknesses identified in 2020 derecho response
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to three years probation after firing multiple shots at another man during a fight last year. Originally charged with attempted murder, he pleaded to two gun-related charges.
A retired University of Iowa music professor has been indicted in federal court on charges of distributing methamphetamine that resulted in a death and of possessing child pornography.
A school bus for the Bennett Community School District in Cedar County crashed with another vehicle Tuesday morning — the first day of school — sending both drivers and one child to the hospital.
A woman and a 12-year-old child died when their vehicle crashed into a Davenport bridge and flipped into a creek, and three other children in the car suffered injuries, police said.
New middle school, district aquatic center among proposed projects in the plan to address secondary schools facility needs
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