The Board of Regents on Thursday levied a rare rejection of a University of Iowa construction project, opting not to approve -- at least for a period of time -- a long-awaited renovation of the 100-year-old Iowa Memorial Union.
Some Iowans receiving state-funded Medicaid coverage and food assistance would be required to work at least 80 hours a month to receive benefits under legislation critics say would put thousands of vulnerable Iowans at risk.
Republican lawmakers in the Iowa Legislature approved a bill that would remove gender identity from the Iowa Civil Rights Act; Gov. Kim Reynolds must now decide whether to sign it into law
One man died Thursday afternoon after falling through the ice at Chain Lakes County Park near Palo, according to a news release from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office.
Traffic, cost and property tax impacts topped the concerns of residents living near the proposed site of Cedar Rapids Community School District’s new middle school.
The Nature Call: It was only 1 rabbit on this recent outing, but that was good enough on this day
An Iowa City man was arrested Wednesday on charges that he attempted to meet a 16-year-old to engage in sex acts.
The bodies were found Wednesday. Denise Avila, a sheriff’s office spokesperson, said there was no indication they had been shot or had any wounds that would indicate foul play. But Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office detectives wrote in a search warrant affidavit investigators thought the deaths were “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”
The University of Iowa’s living learning communities house students with peers who share similar interests or majors in hopes of forming deeper community connections. Administrators confirmed to The Gazette that three of those communities — serving LGBTQ+, Latinx, and Black students — will no longer be offered starting next year.
Iowa City City Manager Geoff Fruin called this year’s city budget “the most difficult” since he joined the city in 2016. The city is projecting a deficit of $2.8 million in its general fund, which it will cover using general fund reserves.
The Planning and Zoning Commission voted 6-1 in favor of required rezoning. It now goes to the City Council.
After Linn County lost an estimated 1 million trees in the 2020 derecho, Monarch Research Project of Marion made it its mission to rebuild. The nonprofit has planted 100,000 native trees in Linn County. Monarch Research Project wants to double that total in the next five years.
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