A Linn County housing program that launched last year — and initially struggled to find landlords to participate — is up and running with seven people currently being housed through the pilot program.
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A Linn County housing program that launched last year — and initially struggled to find landlords to participate — is up and running with seven people currently being housed through the pilot program.
Small towns experiencing population decline often see staples like grocery stores, day cares and schools close. One less-known, missing part of many of these communities is legal representation.
The population of each Iowa furbearer species — coyotes, foxes, bears, beavers, raccoons, minks and bobcats — is different and nuanced, but expert say some — like bocats — are in “expansion mode.”
The streaming service Hulu will be airing a three-part series this month on the 1995 disappearance of Mason City news anchor Jodi Huisentruit.
A pesar de tener un historial limpio y una vida construida en Iowa desde que emigró a los Estados Unidos a la edad de 13 años, Pascual Pedro, ahora de 20 años, fue detenido por ICE en una cita de registro regular el martes.
Pascual Pedro was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. with his dad. For seven years, he’s lived with his grandparents in West Liberty, where he graduated from high school, and then got a work permit so he could get a job. Last week, during a regular check-in at the ICE office in Cedar Rapids, he was detained, and now is awaiting deportation.
Metro High School science teacher Chuck Tonelli took on a challenge 20 years ago, and as the Southeast Iowa Region STEM Teacher of the Year, he is thankful he did.
In Iowa, STEM education can mean getting a start as early as preschoolers playing with building blocks.
Here’s how Cedar Rapids’ West Willow Elementary School teacher Sara Yedlik, chosen for a highly competitive national program for teachers, will bring back to her classroom what she learned.
Iowa has recorded just seven confirmed tornadoes in the first six months of 2025, partly due to jet streams from the Gulf hitting neighboring states.
Higher tariffs on nearly all major U.S. trading partners are piling pressure on farmers already struggling with soaring agricultural supply costs and elevated rates.
When it was time for 7-year-old Mason Sieck to start hospice care, there weren’t many options for him in Iowa. Now, four years after his death, his family is working to build the state’s first pediatric palliative care center.
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