After a year of evolution in programming, The Englert Theatre has announced a shift in leadership.
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After a year of evolution in programming, The Englert Theatre has announced a shift in leadership.
The fall colors in Iowa have been “stretched out” this year due to warmer weather and dry conditions, but leaves are starting to change.
Also in this week’s Government Notes roundup, the League of Women Voters of Linn County will host a Cedar Rapids school board candidate forum this week.
At Lion Bridge Brewery in Cedar Rapids, U.S. Senate candidate Nathan Sage shared his story of growing up poor in Mason City, serving three tours in Iraq, and leading a local chamber of commerce — arguing those experiences shaped his fight for workers, unions and rural Iowans.
A Vinton woman died Friday when the vehicle she was driving was struck by a school bus.
The Gazette asked candidates for Cedar Rapids school board why they’e running for office, their thoughts on College & Career Pathways, and how they will be responsive to the public if they’re elected in November.
Nationwide, states are racing to win their share of a new $50 billion rural health fund. But helping rural hospitals, as originally envisioned, is quickly becoming a quaint idea.
The use of cameras by law enforcement to automatically scan license plates and record vehicle information in an online database was limited in Eastern Iowa just a few years ago. But in recent years, the cameras have become a hot button issue on city council agendas across Linn and Johnson counties.
Mari Hunt Wassink combines regenerative farming and social justice, cultivating culturally important crops to make fresh, local food accessible to Eastern Iowans.
Here’s why the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office continued its pretrial GPS monitoring program after initial pandemic funds for the pilot program ended in 2024.
The city’s first public statue was installed in 1950 by the Boy Scouts of America in a “Strengthening the Arm of Liberty” campaign that placed about 200 Statue of Liberty replicas around the country. Earlier this year, local labor unions were tasked with strengthening a more literal arm.
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