ALGONA, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa race track said Thursday that it will cut ties with an announcer who went on a racist rant against Black fans and athletes who kneel during the national anthem as a protest against racial inequality.
“What we see is the medalist who is the most happy is the gold medalist — because they just won the event. But then the next medalist that’s expressing the most happiness is the bronze medalist,” a University of Iowa researcher says.
The Iowa Department of Corrections fired Amanda Dodson, a registered nurse at the maximum-security Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, after an investigation found 77 inmates received shots containing up to six times the recommended dose of the Pfizer vaccine.
Marion residents, City staff and members of the business community are invited to attend a reception to honor and thank four longtime city employees who retired in the past year.
Cedar Rapids Democrat says Sen. Chuck Grassley is among entrenched politicians who “are so obsessed with power that they oppose anything that will move us forward.”
Trish Mehaffey will have live coverage from the trial throughout the day
Members of a task force deliberating ways to address what is arguably the most pressing issue facing the Quad Cities — persistent gun violence — will continue to do so without the public's involvement.
Park great for bicycling, boating, camping, rock climbing, fishing and, of course, hiking
A teenage girl who took advanced classes and played on her high school basketball team — and dreamed of someday running her own business — was found dead this week with a bullet wound in a crashed car she had borrowed while visiting her older sister in Cedar Rapids, according to interviews and authorities.
Drew Blahnik, in interview with law enforcement, denies killing Chris Bagley, or even being at the trailer where he was fatally stabbed in 2018.
Clear Creek Amana school board appointed Joseph Brown Sr. as interim superintendent starting Aug. 1.
Forty Iowans, including some Cedar Rapidians, are receiving the rabies vaccine regimen after a wild bat was spotted during an overnight campout at the zoo in Omaha.
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