Jones County Conservation invites families to the Central Park Nature Center for a winter open house and backyard bird count event from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
116 3rd St SE
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Jones County Conservation invites families to the Central Park Nature Center for a winter open house and backyard bird count event from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday.
The goal, the bill’s sponsor said, is to make sure that “Iowans have access to their memories.” However, critics said the Iowa High School Girls Athletic Union and others have indicated they may end their relationships with Iowa PBS if the station cannot protect its content.
America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with major Eastern cities hit regularly with costly floods even on sunny days, a government report warns.
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in two years for many people, the American workplace is transforming into something that resembles pre-pandemic days.
Majority Republicans in the Iowa Senate are proposing a state budget of just more than $8.2 billion. Also, a ban on the use of eminent domain — the practice of the government claiming private land for private business projects — passed the first step of the legislative process, but only with hesitant support.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Tuesday indicated she would likely sign into law a ban on transgender girls from competing in girls athletics in Iowa, should state lawmakers send such a bill to her.
When University of Iowa Health Care erects a new inpatient tower on its main Iowa City campus – recently revealed as part of its 10-year master plan – officials intend to name it in honor of the late Richard O. Jacobson, whose foundation recently committed $70 million to the project.
Before University of Iowa Health Care can forge ahead with the first of three massive projects officials recently revealed are part of their 10-year master plan for the main Iowa City campus, UI must build a new “West Campus Academic Building” along Melrose Avenue – near the College of Law.
The Iowa Environmental Protection Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to dismiss a petition seeking stricter rules for new animal feeding operations built in the karst terrain of northeast Iowa.
The original project cost of $17.3 million has increased 53 percent to $26.5 million, according to documents provided to the Board of Regents, which next week will consider approving the project design, description, and budget.
The 19-year-old charged with fatally shooting a 15-year-old girl in Cedar Rapids last summer was on probation for trafficking a stolen gun. He had received a deferred judgment a month before the deadly shooting.
There’s a lot of money at stake, a lobbyist told lawmakers. An estimated 2 billion cans and bottles covered by the bottle bill are sold in Iowa each year. That represents $10 million in deposits or 200 million nickels.
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