A gunman carrying a rifle and a handgun killed four people Wednesday at a Tulsa medical building on a hospital campus, police said, the latest in a series of deadly mass shootings across the country in recent weeks.
An uphill battle to hire enough lifeguards in a severe labor shortage has paid off for Cedar Rapids and Iowa City, which say they have enough staff to open their municipal pools this summer.
Lawyers for Willard Noble Chaiden Miller, 16, filed a request last month for a change of venue. Prosecutors did not object.
Continuing what has become annual University of Iowa Health Care cost increases, the Board of Regents on Wednesday approved a 6 percent rate hike — which officials said could have been higher given current economic conditions.
Also, a group that backs STEM candidates endorses Mike Franken in Iowa’s U.S. Sente campaign
A train derailment early Wednesday near Lansing caused coal to spill into the Mississippi River, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources reported.
Although social media has proved beneficial in many ways, Iowa’s public universities are facing a surge in mental health needs – like other campuses nationally following the COVID-19 pandemic – and they’re looking at social media as contributing to the problem.
A federal judge Wednesday sentenced a northern Iowa father and son to prison for their participation in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
Over the next 30 years, Iowa State University is planning to renew or replace 2.3 million square feet of buildings on its Ames campus and build 700,000 square feet of new construction, according to a facilities master plan presented to its governing Board of Regents on Wednesday.
Statewide, the number of patients in Iowa hospitals with COVID-19 reached 180 as of Wednesday, up from 139 patients last week. It’s the highest total seen since early March, but still far below the omicron variant surge in January.
Chanelle Reese is the new
Students gain skills of communication, leadership and critical thinking and can even earn college scholarships.
Daily News, Sports, and Opinion
Delivered to your inbox every day
The Gazette strives to gather and share news using the best journalistic practices. We want to keep you informed and to make our region and state a better place.
Advances in technology and rise of social media has made it easier to publish information to broad audiences. Our goal is to provide relevant, accurate and timely information so that you know what’s happening and can make informed decisions.
Here are some common questions about who we are, why we do what we do and some of the factors that go into our decision-making about the news. To learn more about our news gathering process and code of ethics, visit our transparency center.
Local editors and journalists of The Gazette can be found on our newsroom page.
A news story contains objective facts and does not take an opinion-based position on the facts. This does not mean there aren’t opinions in news stories. News stories often report newsworthy opinions of community leaders and members of the public because these opinions are often part of the news.
© 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved.
Daily Newsletters