District C seat vacant after Andrew Dunn resigned for professional reasons
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District C seat vacant after Andrew Dunn resigned for professional reasons
One person died Tuesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash south of Marengo, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.
A Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children and was believed to have been in Eastern Europe willingly returned to the U.S. after roughly four months and is in custody, a sheriff said Wednesday.
If the proposed rule is finalized, the butterfly would become one of the most widespread species ever protected under the law.
A Johnson County jury Tuesday found Renard Winfield Jr., of Gary, Ind., guilty of first-degree murder in what prosecutors called a revenge plot where Winfield posed as a woman to lure Tommy Curry, of Iowa City, to his death. The jury deliberated nearly four hours on Tuesday.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: A campaign is launched for hands-free driving law.
Up to five days of virtual instruction would possible if inclement weather cancels school a part of proposed 2025-26 school calendar.
Construction of Cedar Rapids schools’ Freshman Academies and college and technical education wings could begin as early as spring break in March.
A current and former Marion firefighter both filed appeals last month with the city’s civil service commission after one was fired and the other was demoted from his position as battalion chief.
It first appeared in 1960 after building remodel
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst issued a more positive assessment on Monday after a second meeting with Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick to lead the U.S. Department of Defense.
A task force is charged with making any recommendations for further changes to Iowa’s Area Education Agencies after a new state law went into effect this year.
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