At the High School Improv Super Bowl, high student improv students will take audience suggestions and turn them into stories. The event starts at 6 p.m. today at CSPS Hall.
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At the High School Improv Super Bowl, high student improv students will take audience suggestions and turn them into stories. The event starts at 6 p.m. today at CSPS Hall.
Like more than a dozen museums working to return to Nigeria objects and artifacts stolen in the 1800s, the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art has arranged an audience with the Oba of Benin this fall in hopes of repatriating two pieces “to their rightful owners as swiftly as possible.”
Linn County Public Health is now offering treatment for those with hepatitis C, a liver disease that is growing in prevalence across the state. Officials are seeing a higher prevalence among those who use injection drugs, who often face barriers to care.
A Hamilton County jury on Monday afternoon found a Grundy Center man guilty of first-degree murder for killing Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Jim Smith during a standoff at his home in 2021.
The newly formed Cedar Rapids Voting Rights Coalition is sponsoring candidate forums for contested local races starting 10 a.m. Saturday with State Senate Districts 37 and 39, and Linn County Supervisor District 1.
A Cedar Rapids man was accused of assaulting and threatening to shoot a woman and her child. Authorities said he pointed a gun at the 8-year-old, saying he was going to “finish him off.”
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2 of 3 judges on the panel said the injunction is moot because COVID-19 transmission rates have lowered
The organization is looking for volunteers to bolster their local food rescue operations and tackle summer produce initiatives. Volunteers transport over 40,000 lbs. of food weekly to agencies throughout Johnson County that serve food-insecure populations.
A campaign has been launched to show legislators there is broad support for Iowa to join other states in reforming marijuana laws
Janice Weiner and John Raley have shared the stage several times this spring, most recently at a May 9 forum hosted by the Johnson County League of Women Voters. The candidates speak highly of one another, but note clear differences in what they offer to voters.
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