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Iowa senator seeks more information on drones

As demand drops, the company has let go roughly 2,000 workers since last fall.

The city of Cedar Rapids has acquired a prime downtown site for temporary use as parking during flood wall construction. In the long run, the $1.025 million property purchase will allow the city to seek redevelopment proposals to transform the vacant land.

A judge finds there is probable cause that Luke Truesdell, who is accused of blugeoning 4 people to death with a metal pipe, is not competent to stand trial. She ordered him to undergo a mental evaluation at state forensic psychiatric hospital in Coralville.

Propelled by a 27-percent spike in women’s basketball income, a favorable home football schedule paired with ticket “price adjustments,” and a first-ever revenue line item for its new women’s wrestling team, University of Iowa Athletics is projecting another year of record-setting revenue.

New strategic plan to address safety, learning in Cedar Rapids schools

Cedar Rapids school staff expressed ‘serious and deep concerns’ about safety and security during interviews and focus groups, an expert says.

New restrictions banning most abortions in Iowa will take effect Monday, July 29. District Court Judge Jeffrey Farrell issued an order dissolving an injunction that has blocked the new restrictions from going into place.