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The start of a new year also means the start of new laws in Iowa, including a new and lower state income tax rate, new restrictions for those convicted of drunken driving and a new data privacy law.

The Windstar Lines charter bus carrying the Cyclone Marching Band home from Iowa State University’s Pop-Tarts Bowl victory in Orlando was involved in an accident -- leaving some band members with “bumps, bruises, and cuts.”

The restaurant and bar at Wilson’s Ciderhouse & Venue has closed in Iowa City as the owners transition to a private events venue

The Iowa City Police Department has released the identity of a woman who died after a Monday shooting.

The Hawkeye Area Community Action Program has been working with local producers -- like Dan and Debbie’s Creamery in Ely -- to supply the food bank using funds from Choose Iowa, a state program, and LFPA, a federal program.

The University of Iowa for years has had the top writing program in the country among public campuses – competing at times for No. 1 nationally with Ivy League universities like Yale and Brown, and generating a stream of award-winning novelists, poets, playwrights, journalists, and screenwriters.

The annual events are hosted by staff and volunteers of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. There are several guided hikes Wednesday in Eastern Iowa.

The lawsuit would be an uncommon move by residents to force compliance with the Clean Water Act. Agri Star Meat & Poultry has routinely violated its wastewater permit.