Cedar Rapids’ new Parks and Recreation Director Hashim Taylor aims to keep “boots-on-the-ground” experiences at the heart of his work. Parks and rec shaped his life as a child, and he hopes to be a positive role model for others.
Owners have yet to pay a $70,000 fine ordered by a judge last fall.
The pandemic created financial challenges the professional troupe couldn’t overcome. So instead of celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Amana venue announced Friday it is closing.
Nearly a year after the Board of Regents approved spending another $10 million to $15 million to replace dozens of damaged or at-risk windows in the University of Iowa’s $392.7 million Stead Family Children’s Hospital, work has yet to begin.
The abrupt ouster of CNN chief executive Jeff Zucker because of a workplace relationship has left some prominent employees feeling angry and uncertain about the direction of their network at a pivotal moment.
With American hospitals facing a dire shortage of nurses amid a slogging pandemic, many are looking abroad for health care …
The leader of the Islamic State group blew himself up along with members of his family as American forces raided his Syria hideout Thursday, according to United States officials.
Ethan Alexander Orton, 17, who is accused of killing his parents with a knife and ax, will now stand trial Oct. 18 in Linn County. His trial was previously set to start next Tuesday.
A discovery he made in Alaska in 1997 led to a breakthrough in understanding the deadly influenza pandemic of 1918.
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is asking for the public’s help in identifying the person who shot a bald eagle in southeast Cedar Rapids on Jan. 9.
Current federal law prohibits states from enacting daylight saving time permanently, but “who know how long it will be before Congress decides to allow us to do it?” Iowa Rep. Sexton wondered.
Students learn how to melt and shape glass during the intro to glass class at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids.
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