Johnson and Linn counties are seeing their highest weekly totals for COVID-19 cases in 13 months as positivity rates continue to trend up, according to data released Wednesday by the Iowa Department of Public Health.
NEW YORK (AP) — The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted Wednesday of luring teenage girls to be sexually abused by the American millionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Dmontrey R. Redmond, 24, fired the gun at a group of teenagers last year in southwest Cedar Rapids. He pleaded guilty in July to one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
The fast-spreading mutant version of the virus has cast a pall over Christmas and New Year's, forcing communities to scale back or call off their festivities just weeks after it seemed as if Americans were about to enjoy an almost normal holiday season.
Developers seeking commercial tenants, residential applications to open soon
The number of deer felled by hunters in recent months in Iowa totaled more than 89,000 at the conclusion of the state’s shotgun seasons, about 6 percent shy of last year’s total after those seasons.
Complaints to the Iowa Ombudsman about unemployment claims tripled in fiscal 2021, with a large share coming from Iowans awarded jobless benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic and then later told they had to repay the money.
Jason B. Ross, 51, entered the Hy-Vee on Collins Road NE through the back door and allegedly stole a jacket, several tools and roughly $3,000 worth of Iowa Lottery tickets.
Iowa City’s drinking water does not have detectable levels of two types of industrial chemicals believed to harm human health, according to November sampling by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. Another type of ‘forever chemical’ was detected, but it’s not one the federal government has included in recent health advisory.
A federal judge sentenced Sylvester Cunningham, 41, to just over seven years in federal prison for possessing a gun and drugs inside a Walmart in southwest Cedar Rapids.
Investigators said Ryan Thieman, 49, of Marble Rock lost control at about 4:25 a.m. Dec. 21 while driving on southbound I-380 near mile marker 51.
14 different species of eagles, hawks and falcons can be spotted in the state this winter
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