Three GOP candidates are on the primary ballot for the Iowa Senate in District 42, Linn and Johnson County. There is no incumbent senator in the district due to redistricting in 2021. The winner of the primary election on June 7 will run in November against Democrat Jessica Wiskus, the only Democrat who is running in the district.
Systems are not in place on the University of Northern Iowa campus to ensure compliance with the 32-year-old federal Clery Act – which governs higher education crime reporting and security mandates – leaving the Cedar Falls-based university at risk of hundreds of thousands in fines and safety breaches, according to an internal audit.
Shuey’s Restaurant and Lounge in Shueyville will close temporarily after the building was damaged in a fire Saturday.
Over the past 12 months, Iowa net tax revenue has increased $750.3 million or 7.6 percent. That comes despite low levels of economic activity that occurred during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Tax collections were helped by a recent surge in consumer spending due in part to pent-up demand and federal stimulus payments.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested on Friday on a charge of first-degree burglary.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is asking the public for help identifying two people who the department says were present during a mass shooting at a downtown Cedar Rapids nightclub in April.
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A Georgia man, who punched a TSA officer after he was stopped at The Eastern Iowa Airport security checkpoint for concealing marijuana and nearly $38,000 cash in his luggage, was sentenced to two months in federal prison.
Connor Fitzgerald and Dominic Patrick won first place for their innovative project for Build Iowa’s Future Design Challenge, incorporating sustainability with solar panels and a greenhouse.
The 10-year ReLeaf Cedar Rapids plan to replenish trees downed in the derecho was adopted three months ago. Here’s what’s happened since and how you can help sustain replanting efforts.
As families grapple with the ongoing shortage of baby formula nationwide, more parents are turning to social media groups that facilitate peer-to-peer breast milk donations.
Two Iowans are suing the state over gender-based restrictions to serve on the State Judicial Nominating Commission.
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