Also, Republicans nominate a Cedar Rapids-area statehouse candidate
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Also, Republicans nominate a Cedar Rapids-area statehouse candidate
An Iowa judge has denied a request to reduce a $70,000 fine imposed against the owners of Eastern Iowa’s shuttered Cricket Hollow Zoo.
There have been 5,768 new cases of COVID-19 reported in the past seven days, just down from 5,924 the week before, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health.
Monument Hills project, featuring single-family homes and senior living development, easily passes Iowa City Council’s first vote. Iowa City Council members said they like how the development will feature a variety of housing.
A parents group is suing the Linn-Mar school district, superintendant and board members for policies that protect transgender students from discrimination. The petition claims the policies violate parents’ right to consent and students’ rights to express a different opinion.
Incident happened on Interstate 380 midday Tuesday. Investigators say a manpointed the gun at a vehicle with two adults and two kids inside and fired the gun twice. One of the bullets struck the front end of the car, police said. No one was injured.
The month of August has taken on a new meaning for Kristi Casteel of Marion, one marked now not only by sorrow but “poetic justice.”
Eleven days after three members of a Cedar Falls family were shot to death while camping at the Maquoketa Caves State Park in Eastern Iowa, community members honored them Tuesday night in a “celebration of life.”
The Quad-City Times and three other local news companies has joined the Iowa Freedom of Information Council in a lawsuit against the Bettendorf Community School District and its board of directors.
A Cedar Rapids woman won a $300,000 lottery prize this week on a $30 scratch game.
Also, the state has released its newest broadband internet map, which will be tied to potential future federal funding to expand access
Superintendent Shannon Bisgard said visitors will be limited in district facilities until further notice.
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