A man has been arrested in connection with an assault that happened in the Iowa City Pedestrian Mall in December. The Iowa City Police Department has sought the public’s help identifying people of interest in the case since December, and they asked the public for help again after two people were arrested in January.
Researchers worked with the Army Corps of Engineers to lower the water level in Red Rock reservoir a foot and a half so the birds could find more food.
The Chain Reaction Bike Hub opened last May in Cedar Rapids with ambitious goals about breaking barriers to reliable transportation by providing cheap bikes for in-need community members. Ten months later, community support for the program hasn’t slowed down, according to Chain Reaction Executive Director Evan Schmidtke.
“They were ready to serve the agenda of the next president of the United States and the party in charge. They didn’t have that opportunity because that administration, the Republicans, took a chain saw to them. And that, to me, is unbelievably shocking.”
After 10 years at The Eastern Iowa Airport, Marty Lenss is putting a lifetime of diverse aviation experience to work at Coe College’s new aviation management program.
First Avenue has been an emerging priority area for years, and now a plan recently approved by the Cedar Rapids City Council will clear the way for a slew of proposed partnerships and improvements.
COVID has become similar to influenza — an endemic disease — in terms of the risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death, experts said. The coronavirus, which causes COVID, is now less deadly, though it is more transmissible and is expected to continue experiencing waves, some of which could be severe.
Ask the Expert: Learn about the benefits patients experience from the partnership between UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s Hospital and Linn County Anesthesiologists.
State lawmakers once again are working to make Iowa’s election recount laws more consistent, while also considering other changes to elections laws.
A look at Gazette photojournalists’ best photos in the first half of March 2025
Potash from Canada, a major ag fertilizer, to be hit with 10 percent tariff starting April 2.
Construction is set to start next week at Jefferson High School to begin an expansion that will provide extra space for the Cedar Rapids Community School District’s future College & Career Pathways program.
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