Also, Democratic candidates Mike Franken and Deidre DeJear announce holiday weekend campaign plans
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Also, Democratic candidates Mike Franken and Deidre DeJear announce holiday weekend campaign plans
An Iowa City charged with murdering his wife in 2019 will not go to trial July 12. The trial will be reset for a sixth time since 2020. He also asked the court, in a motion, to keep out any possible motive and investigators’ theories regarding him concealing his high risk loans and financial state of banking accounts from his wife.
Iowa City Public Library patrons will no longer incur fines for returning library materials past their due dates. Overdue fines were eliminated for children’s and teen materials in June 2019.
State says the outage does not affect any new or current unemployment claims
In lawsuit-related settlements and judgments for the budget year that ended Thursday, Iowa paid a total $22.3 million — including $6.1 million involving Board of Regents institutions, or about 27 percent.
Robin Anderson says things look good now, but she is on the lookout for signs of a national recession
The city commissioned Clint Henik of Mount Vernon to carve dead trees in the community following the 2020 derecho.
With a new measure allowing fireworks sales in non-industrial zones, city officials in Cedar Rapids and its surrounding cities are expecting more reports of illegal firework use.
As plans for a “destination” skatepark around Time Check remain years away from coming to fruition, some local skate community members said they are pleased with plans for the relocated Riverside skatepark
Erik Spaw, a Cedar Rapids Water Division employee, is still missing nearly two months after his fleet truck was found submerged in the Cedar River.
A consulting firm will review locations of the city’s nine stations and the organization of the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.
The kitchen renovation and expansion is part of a larger remodel plan.
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