The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has fined a northwest Iowa dairy owner the maximum $10,000 penalty for releasing 376,000 gallons of manure into a creek from a new anaerobic digester that hadn't been properly sealed or certified.
State tax receipts surpassed $9 billion in the state budget year that just ended, an increase of more than 12 percent over the previous year, according to a new state report.
Between April 2020 and October 2021, Jennifer Lynn Smith, 44, reportedly assumed the identities of several people from around the United States, and established multiple financial accounts, causing losses to banks, credit unions and other businesses.
As of Thursday, Iowa was up seven traffic fatalities so far this year compared with the same period last year. There have been 159 fatalities in so far in 2022 -- 11 of them in the first week of July, according to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Also, Gov. Reynolds announced a disaster declaration for 4 counties as a result of Tuesday’s storms
Kids on Course University distributing free meals Friday with Cedar Rapids Community School District summer school programs closed because of a cybersecurity breach
The over-application increased the risk of contaminating nearby waterways with nitrate, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources.
Also, former President Donald Trump has endorsed Republican candidate for Congress Zach Nunn
As a vote approaches on the school district’s school resource officer agreement with the Cedar Rapids police, the school board agreed to prioritize convening community stakeholders to identify solutions addressing the root causes to behavioral issues in schools.
A Cedar Rapids company has won a $256,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to test its health care risk assessment and mitigation tool. The digital tool flags potential risks to patients based on underlying health conditions and other factors, such as staff fatigue.
A former Linn County sheriff’s reserve deputy and TSA officer has been indicted on federal child pornography charges. A federal judge ruled Wednesday the Marion man must remain in jail pending trial, saying he posed a danger to the community and was a flight risk.
The park that opened on June 18 has had fewer customers than the entity expected.
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