2 properties on North Summit Street will cost $750,000
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2 properties on North Summit Street will cost $750,000
Raising money for the Agape Cafe in Iowa City, which serves those homeless or food insecure, is his latest effort.
As University of Iowa International Writing Program director for more than two decades and an accomplished writer himself — having published, among other things, seven collections of poetry and six books of non-fiction — Merrill got to know Yakimchuk, who recently had read her poem “Prayer” during John Legend’s performance of “Free” at the 2022 Grammys, backdropped by images of Russia’s occupation of her homeland.
Carlos Garcia, charged in an Interstate 380 crash that killed Jeffery Lankford in 2022, is set for trial next month after the date has been continued multiple times. Garcia also picked up another charge for drugs while on pretrial release and remains in jail.
A look back at the top news stories from the week of Sept. 29
Average temperatures are warming at an accelerating rate, periods of wetness and dryness are more severe, and the Midwest -- once thought to be a haven from the effects of climate change -- is looking at an altered future way of life.
Food pantries and food-based nonprofits are being overwhelmed with increasing need, and many have been unable to keep up. Community food providers are worried that without better collaborative efforts between pantries, and increased support from local government, food is going to become increasingly difficult to access in Linn County.
Adam Gregg will become the new President and CEO of the Iowa Bankers Association, but will not directly lobby state lawmakers on legislation, he says
The Iowa Department of Transportation this week rejected permit applications for most of the automated traffic enforcement cameras used to catch speeding around the state, but the rejected cameras can still be used for red light enforcement.
Owner of Iowa 80 Truckstop in Walcott disputes that
Paving the trail that travels through Eastern Iowa has created ‘endless memories’ for 40 years
A judge has found a North Liberty man guilty of raping Waterloo and Cedar Falls women after breaking into their apartments in spring 2023.He is also set for trial, tentatively in January, on rape charges in a 2022 Iowa City attack.
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