Many veterans never received a “thank you, welcome home” when they returned from their service. Here is a chance to make up for that. Organizers hope to see a large crowd at the Eastern Iowa Airport on Tuesday evening.
He’s played for four NFL teams, been a Hollywood stunt double for Will Smith, and bungee-jumped out of a helicopter over the Grand Canyon, but some of Quinn Early’s fondest memories involve Iowa City and playing for the Hawkeyes.
“We have tremendous problems with opioids generally, but an increasing problem because of fentanyl,” the Iowa Republican said. “I think the problem is worse in Eastern Iowa than in other parts of the state.”
University of Iowa Health Care made fast work of the recent approval to build a new hospital campus in North Liberty — moving dirt Thursday on the $395 million project.
The governor earlier this week threw the issue of banning workplace COVID-19 vaccine mandates into the special-session mix. But top GOP legislators said Thursday it probably would be considered only “if the right solution is ready” when they return to the Capitol later this month.
After Cedar Rapids Police Chief Wayne Jerman complained witnesses were not talking about the Oct. 1 shooting, police now have spoken with several victims, including a 13-year-old boy who was injured, and witnesses.
A teenager stabbed his father to death — and used an ax to kill his mother — in their northeast Cedar Rapids home in order to “take charge of his life,” authorities said Thursday.
Amara Andrews, Myra Colby Bradwell, Brad Hart and Tiffany O’Donnell are running for mayor of Cedar Rapids.
Myra Colby Bradwell, Amara Andrews, Brad Hart and Tiffany O’Donnell are running for mayor of Cedar Rapids.
Brad Hart, Amara Andrews, Myra Colby Bradwell and Tiffany O’Donnell are running for mayor of Cedar Rapids.
Tiffany O’Donnell, Amara Andrews, Myra Colby Bradwell and Brad Hart are running for mayor of Cedar Rapids.
The three-day festival starting Friday evening will host the UCI World Cup and feature various cyclocross and gravel races.
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