A fourth charter school — called Horizon Science Academy — is seeking approval from the Iowa State Board of Education next month to open in Cedar Rapids.
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A fourth charter school — called Horizon Science Academy — is seeking approval from the Iowa State Board of Education next month to open in Cedar Rapids.
Three organizers with Escucha Mi Voz, a nonprofit that hosts regular accompaniment rallies for immigrants attending immigration check-in appointments at the Department of Homeland Security Office in Cedar Rapids, were issued trespass warnings Wednesday morning after two of them crossed a police tape barrier to talk with people waiting in line outside the office, according to a news release from the nonprofit.
The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating credit card skimming devices that were discovered this week on the registers at two Family Dollar locations, according to a press release from the department.
The CEO of Iowa’s public pension system said he does not object to a review of the retirement program for public employees, but cautioned against potential consequences of a voluntary contribution option — one of the recommendations from a citizen task force appointed by Gov. Kim Reynolds.
A Cedar Rapids man convicted in a 2015 shooting, has been sentenced to 35 years in federal prison for trafficking meth near a school in southeast Cedar Rapids.
Gov. Kim Reynolds is among the nationally-known names slated to speak at this weekend’s inaugural event for the University of Iowa’s Legislature-imposed Center for Intellectual Freedom, according to a schedule provided to The Gazette.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to over 7 years for possessing gun after he had previous conviction for distributing heroin.
National women’s PACs are jumping into Iowa’s 2026 races, with EMILYs List backing Dubuque Democrat Lindsay James and conservative PACs lining up behind Peosta Republican Shannon Lundgren in the race for northeast Iowa’s U.S. House seat.
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional. The case could impact a controversial pipeline project proposed by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions.
Robert Cramer — a long-time executive with his family’s bridge-construction and land development company and past board member of The Family Leader — on Wednesday was elected president of Iowa’s Board of Regents.
The program aims to put juniors and seniors on a path to earn a Federal Aviation Administration mechanic certification.
Anticipated investment into a large-scale data center campus in southwest Cedar Rapids has grown to $1.75 billion, per recent communications between the city and data center developer QTS.
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