Iowa City native Christine Scheetz becomes executive director of TRAILS, which works to help older adults age in place.
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Iowa City native Christine Scheetz becomes executive director of TRAILS, which works to help older adults age in place.
While cuts to federal funding for food assistance have not been as severe as some feared, they have combined with two other factors already posing challenges to local food pantries: a growing demand for more help, but inflation cutting into the supply.
Doug Neumann soon will step down this year after 19 years in economic development.
Officers have two separate paths to test drivers for intoxication. One is better for the prosecutions of deadly crashes, but it means the driver can keep a valid license for many months until a criminal conviction.
University of Iowa Health Care for years has bemoaned its cramped emergency department and limited bed capacity — creating long wait times, lengthy ER stays, and higher-than-average rates of would-be patients who leave without being seen.
A dozen Republican senators have pledged to hold up the next state budget until its party’s leaders allow for debate and a vote on property rights legislation passed by the Iowa House.
The impacts of the Trump administration’s DOGE-driven cuts at federal institutions that support arts and humanities are trickling down to museums across Iowa. The grant cancellations could impact direct funding for specific programs alongside indirect funding for things like research on making museums more accessible or on traveling exhibits.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds this week signed a slate of bills into law. Among them is legislation designed to make it easier for health care providers to open new birthing centers in the state.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for causing a fatal crash with a motorcyclist on I-380 in 2022. Carlos Adail Garcia was intoxicated and had drugs in system at the time of the crash, according to testimony.
This week on the podcast, we hit the 110-day mark of the legislative session, eminent domain, and potential job cuts at the Rock Island Arsenal.
Former U.S. Transportation Secretary and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg will headline an in-person town hall May 13 in Cedar Rapids focused on Republican President Donald Trump's handling of veterans' issues.
The NCAA has taken disciplinary action against five current or former Iowa State football support staff members for combining to make more than 6,200 online bets totaling more than $100,000 on professional and college games, including games involving the Cyclones.
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