Three people face numerous felony charges for placing a noose around the necks of two children at Lake Wapello State Park and photographing them, according to court records.
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Three people face numerous felony charges for placing a noose around the necks of two children at Lake Wapello State Park and photographing them, according to court records.
On Tuesday, voters in North Linn said “yes” to extending the district’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, and Central City voters say “yes” to a new Revenue Purpose Statement.
According to unofficial results, 72 percent of voters who participated in Tuesday’s election voted to continue the Cedar Rapids school district’s Physical Plant and Equipment Levy, or PPEL.
Residents railed against a carbon dioxide pipeline project that has received partial approval in Iowa and is set for expansion.
Also in the Capitol Notebook: Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds leads trade mission to India
Being a “9/11 family” reverberates through generations, and commemorating and understanding the Sept. 11 attacks one day will be up to a world with no first-hand memory of them.
Libertarian candidates for Congress in 3 Iowa districts are challenging a state panel’s ruling that would disqualify their candidacies and remove their spot on the ballot for the Nov. 5 elections.
For the first time in more than a decade, the Board of Regents is only seeking a base appropriation increase from the state for one of its campuses -- the University of Northern Iowa.
Two people were hospitalized Tuesday morning after being rescued from a fire in a Cedar Rapids residence, according to a news release from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.
In addition to the $943,635 a former University of Iowa Department of Physics and Astronomy machine shop manager diverted from the campus’ pocketbook to his own, according to a recent state auditor investigation, the university paid him and two other involved employees nearly $473,250 while they were on leave pending the lengthy investigation – bringing the total UI hit to about $1.4 million.
Omaha point guard found a home with Iowa Hawkeyes
But perhaps the actor’s most famous role was being the voice behind Darth Vader in “Star Wars.”
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