J.D. Scholten is dropping out of the crowded Democratic primary in Iowa’s U.S. Senate election, and endorsing fellow Democratic state legislator Josh Turek, who just announced his candidacy this past week.
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J.D. Scholten is dropping out of the crowded Democratic primary in Iowa’s U.S. Senate election, and endorsing fellow Democratic state legislator Josh Turek, who just announced his candidacy this past week.
The Pear Shakekup at Wetherby Park in Iowa City invited the public to shake pear trees to bring fruit down from hard-to-reach branches
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A photo assignment in a dark room offered The Gazette’s Elizabeth Wood an opportunity to photograph silhouettes.
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Save CR Heritage had just weeks to raise enough money to purchase the historic Zastera Pharmacy building in northwest Cedar Rapids. The nonprofit closed on the sale earlier this month after a successful fundraising campaign.
Questioning the accuracy of numbers University of Iowa Health Care used to justify construction of a $2-plus billion inpatient tower on its main campus, along with the potential impact on traffic and the overall budget, Iowa regent David Barker in June told UIHC leadership he doesn’t believe an adequate case has been made for the new 842,000 square foot project to be built on its longstanding Iowa City site.
Iowa Democrats’ campaign speeches sound different this year as the party attempts to win back voters they have lost in the state over the past decade.
A photographic walk through the first half of August 2025
Cities across Eastern Iowa are contemplating how best to promote transparency and community engagement in policing in light of a new state law outlawing most citizen review boards.
In Andrew Shaw’s first-degree murder trial Friday, jurors heard details of the 17 stab wounds that damaged Chris Bagley’s airway, slashed his jugular vein and penetrated his heart, lung and other organs. In other testimony, two former inmates said Shaw made comments to them about paying someone to kill Bagley in 2018.
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