IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The top administrator in the Republican-controlled Iowa Senate threatened retribution against a GOP appointee who oversees workplace safety after inspectors said they would make public their concerns about
A local restaurant in southwest Cedar Rapids suffered moderate damage Friday when a fire erupted in a heating and air conditioning unit on the roof.
The University of Iowa, while eager to resurrect a more traditional college experience, also is gleaning lessons from the pandemic and hopes to capitalize on them right away with a Fall 2021 “work-arrangement pilot” allowing some staffers to maintain remote, hybrid, and flexible schedules.
Republicans want congressional inquiry
Kenneth Dean Brown, 57, formerly of Cedar Falls, admitted he called the Washington office of U.S. Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., on Dec. 18, 2019, and told a staffer, “I will find someone to assassinate that piece of (expletive) you work for. Jerry Nadler is going to be assassinated.”
Iowa reported 80 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total number of people in the state who have tested positive for the virus to 372,389, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health. The state also reported two new, confirmed deaths bringing Iowa’s death toll to 6,097.
Judge offers option of open trial date Aug. 3 in Linn County.
A decade after University of Iowa Athletics launched a “Think Before They Drink” campaign aimed at curbing football-related drinking — but facing massive losses from COVID — the department on Thursday announced it will expand alcohol sales at athletic events, including football, basketball, and wrestling.
John Randall Maher, 35, of Mount Vernon, faces numerous charges, including driving a stolen motorcycle.
Busy intersection will be closed for eight weeks, starting June 21
An Eastern Iowa woman who bought a Mega Millions ticket while on a weekend getaway to her cabin along the Mississippi River has won a $1 million prize.
After helping Cedar Rapids brace for natural disasters, Jen Winter, whose last day as city public works director is Friday, hopes to help Florida cities do the same.
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