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Democratic gubernatorial candidates Rob Sand and Julie Stauch both say they would propose significant changes to the state program that provides taxpayer-funded scholarships for K-12 private school tuition.

Given the stakes, the City of Dubuque months ago began collaborating with the IIHR-Hydroscience and Engineering to create a 1:7.5-scale model of a pump station — aimed at tackling any engineering complications or complexities before construction, not after.

Cedar Rapids City Council member Tyler Olson has announced his intent to run for re-election. Olson serves in an at-large capacity on the council. He was first elected to the nine-member council in 2017 and won re-election in 2021.

Two teenagers are now charged with attempted murder in relation to a shooting that injured four people Aug. 3 in Iowa City.

Linn County Public Health will hold an adaptive sports clinic this weekend under the banner of athletics for all. It will introduce attendees to adaptive sports, or those that are modified or specifically designed for participants with various physical, sensory or cognitive disabilities.

An off-duty Johnson County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Saturday on a charge of operating while under the influence after another deputy pulled him over.

Andrew Shaw faces up to 50 years in prison for second-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Chris Bagley on Dec. 14, 2018. The jury, in their verdict of the lesser charge of first-degree murder, found he set in motion the assault of Bagley, knowing it could lead to murder.

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is investigating a stabbing that happened Sunday evening, according to a press release from the department.