The Marion Arts Festival returned to Uptown for its 30th year on Saturday.
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The Marion Arts Festival returned to Uptown for its 30th year on Saturday.
A look back at what’s been in the news in Iowa in the past week
Decisions made at state legislative level prohibit school boards from making local decisions they feel are best for their school districts and encouraging increasingly polarizing views from citizens
Iowa’s public universities last year used a waiver process to bypass open searches — designed to attract a diverse pool of qualified candidates and ensure all applicants have an equal opportunity to compete for open positions — in more than 150 hires, most of which involved the University of Iowa.
Statehouse Democratic leaders posted better fundraising numbers than Republicans
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics Podcast: the Democratic debate/primary; what’s a governor’s endorsement worth; COVID-19 and the campaign; bipartisanship; and free the weed; the Legislature – is the end in sight.
Also, Mike Franken’s third TV ad for his U.S. Senate campaign airs
The shocks of high gasoline costs are ricocheting through the economy as prices continue to rise, and industry analysts see little relief.
It became clear two years ago, however, that the county's future was in jeopardy when New Way Trucks, a garbage-truck manufacturer and one of a half-dozen major employers, located 150 new jobs to Booneville, Miss., because they could not find workers in Greene County.
Construction on the Coralville Community Food Pantry's new building has started, which is “surreal but exciting,” executive director John Boller said.
Iowa City residents will have the opportunity to learn about the progress and recommendations of the Recreation Facilities and Programs Master Plan and to offer feedback during two open houses on Monday,
In the corner of the Marion City Hall parking lot, Peg Heald often tends to a garden that provides 600 pounds of produce to local food pantries a year.
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