One of two teenagers badly burned in a New Year’s Day cabin fire in west-central Iowa has died of his injuries, officials said.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
One of two teenagers badly burned in a New Year’s Day cabin fire in west-central Iowa has died of his injuries, officials said.
There's more than one way to jig up a few walleyes. Jigging spoons, other jigging lures, bucktail jigs, hair jigs and plain leadheads all have their time and place.
That reality has made health care workers and administrators weary, thinking that the two years they’ve spent warning people about the highly contagious COVID-19 and its effect on hospital resources have yielded little to help relieve the pressure
More than $87 billion has been legally wagered on sports since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the law, and some 40 million Americans were expected to place bets on the NFL regular season that just ended.
Although the $13 million in tax revenue Iowa collects from sports betting is a relatively small pot of money in the state’s $9 billion-plus annual revenue stream, it has caught the attention of lawmakers.
After an extensive dehumidification project at Mercer Park Aquatic Center, the facility is planned to reopen to the public today.
Effective immediately, the Elder Services program will become known as Meals on Wheels of Johnson County. Its service of providing hot and frozen meals plus breakfast bags to senior clients in Johnson, Washington and Cedar counties will not change.
Kangaroonie is a large puppy female shepherd mix available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control. Also, there is a cat adoption special for the month of January.
CommUnity Crisis Services and Food Bank has added a youth mobile crisis counselor to the team to meet the growing needs in Johnson and Iowa counties.
The Community Foundation of Northeast Iowa’s 2022 scholarship application process is now open and students may apply for scholarships. The application deadline is 8 p.m. March 9.
Kayla Purchase and Janessa Carr chosen for the “Who Is My Neighbor?” award because they “exhibit care and compassion and seek justice for all.”
With a change in Iowa law last year, Iowa barbershops are starting their own apprenticeship programs that allow would-be barbers to be paid while they learn from other barbers and through a state-approved curriculum. Some barbers say the state needs to provide more guidance to these new programs.
Daily News, Sports, and Opinion
Delivered to your inbox every day
The Gazette strives to gather and share news using the best journalistic practices. We want to keep you informed and to make our region and state a better place.
Advances in technology and rise of social media has made it easier to publish information to broad audiences. Our goal is to provide relevant, accurate and timely information so that you know what’s happening and can make informed decisions.
Here are some common questions about who we are, why we do what we do and some of the factors that go into our decision-making about the news. To learn more about our news gathering process and code of ethics, visit our transparency center.
Local editors and journalists of The Gazette can be found on our newsroom page.
A news story contains objective facts and does not take an opinion-based position on the facts. This does not mean there aren’t opinions in news stories. News stories often report newsworthy opinions of community leaders and members of the public because these opinions are often part of the news.
© 2025 The Gazette | All Rights Reserved.
Daily Newsletters