The father of a woman, who was sexually assaulted in her home in Iowa City three years ago, spoke to her attacker Monday as the man was sentenced to 50 years in prison, on top of the 100 years he is already serving for similar attacks in Black Hawk County.
A Johnson County sheriff’s deputy last week responded to a Lone Tree home where authorities say the man choked a woman until she nearly lost consciousness, leaving visible injuries on her neck.
After more than two years of budget reductions — which included closing an elementary school in Hills — the Iowa City Community School District is “not in a cutting mode” this fiscal year.
Communities across Wisconsin are testing the economic value of grant programs to build new wetlands that reduce flooding risk. In the upper Midwest, researchers found that wetlands save nearly $23 billion a year that would otherwise be spent combating floods.
Also in the Campaign Almanac: Libertarian county attorney exploring run for Iowa U.S. Senate seat
A Cedar Rapids woman was arrested Friday on charges of homicide by vehicle and operating under the influence in relation to a fatal crash that happened in December, according to a press release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
When University of Iowa researchers surveyed first-responders in Cedar Rapids, their study published last year found no noticeable difference in response time when a road diet was in place.
Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, died Monday. He was 88.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
The northern lights, which can appear green, pink and blue, are the result of geomagnetic storms. The more severe the storm, the more likely you are to be able to see the lights in Iowa. So long as skies aren’t cloudy.
A bill advanced from the Iowa House last week that would regulate anaerobic digesters, or systems that break down organic material in an oxygen-deprived system to produce usable biogas and fertilizer, at animal feeding operations.
Boys State, which is held at Camp Dodge in June, teaches leadership, civic education to high school juniors. It is available to boys at no cost.
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