From pushing to provide taxpayer funding to pay for students to attend private schools, to a flat tax and abortion restrictions, DeJear argues Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds has prioritized extreme policies over Iowans while real issues like rural revitalization and access to quality, affordable health care have been shortchanged.
LaPorte City has agreed to pay a $7,000 fine for discharging too much E. coli bacteria in treated wastewater going into Wolf Creek, a Cedar River tributary.
The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital has ranked among the nation’s top 50 in seven of 10 specialties in U.S. News & World Report’s new 2022-23 “Best Children’s Hospitals” rankings out Tuesday – its best showing since 2016.
Be Well Marion and Marion Parks and Recreation are again teaming up with area yoga and fitness instructors to offer free outdoor yoga classes surrounded by nature at the Klopfenstein Amphitheater at Lowe Park in Marion.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors is accepting applications to fill voluntary appointments on on the Plumbing Board of Appeals and the Mechanical Board of Appeals.
Critter Crusaders helped a 9-month-old puppy with hip and head injuries and other fractures by offering the medical care he needed after being hit be a car on First Avenue in Cedar Rapids in April. Caesar, a Lab-pit bull mix, is still recovering and in foster care but soon will be ready for adoption.
Norwegian King Olav and his family developed a soft spot for Decorah, and it was reciprocated in repeated visits by the royal family.
The city of Marion has created a dashboard that provides residents with a real-time status report of stump removal progress in the city right-of-way.
Black students in Cedar Rapids middle schools are almost seven times more likely to be charged with a crime than their white peers as the district works to reduce disparity in arrests
Measures include pharmacy benefits managers, child care costs
A heat advisory is in effect through Wednesday evening in Iowa, according to the National Weather Service. Here is what to watch out for, and places to cool off, in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area.
Ban applies only to rural areas; Davenport has only other ban in Iowa
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