The projects announced today will increase supply chain resilience and fluidity, support short-line railroads, invest in new technology and safety advancements, and benefit rail industry workforce development and training activities – helping to create jobs and increase economic growth, Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said in announcing the grant to Iowa Northern Railway Company, which serves agricultural-related shippers in Eastern Iowa.
Chen is one of only 161 high school seniors in the U.S. receiving the recognition for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields.
This fundraising program allows schools to earn money by saving Hy-Vee receipts. For every $200 saved, $1 is earned – 50 percent as a monetary donation and 50 percent in Hy-Vee gift cards.
Cedar Rapids firefighters subdued the fire after heat initially forced them from the building. Flames as high as 20 feet in the air were seen flowing out of the building’s roof before the blaze could be subdued.
A jury's finding that both Johnny Depp and his ex-wife, Amber Heard, were defamed in a long-running public dispute capped a lurid six-week trial that also raised questions about whether the two actors can overcome tarnished reputations.
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.
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