Six-plus decades after the University of Iowa began managing a 485-acre swath of mostly woodland known as the Macbride Nature Recreation Area — host to popular UI programs like School of the Wild, the Iowa Raptor Project, and Iowa Wildlife Camps — the university is reviewing its use of that land “to ensure fiscal sustainability and consistency with the university’s mission of excellent education and research opportunities for a broad array of students.”
Linn County Supervisor Kirsten Running-Marquardt believes wind and solar energy are critical to economic development in Iowa. But she also wants to make sure landowners who sign contracts for wind projects aren’t left twisting in the wind.
The law, which was set to go into effect July 1, would allow Iowa law enforcement officials to arrest and charge non-citizens with a crime if they are in the state but have previously been blocked from entering the country or deported.
Also, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issues a disaster declaration for severe weather on June 12
Also, Delhi Republican running as an independent for Congress.
A Marion man has pleaded not guilty to bludgeoning to death four people with a metal pipe two weeks ago. He also plans to demand a speedy trial at his arraignment set for next week.
Climbing Kites, a beverage manufacturer headquartered in Des Moines, and Field Day Brewing Co., a North Liberty producer of the “Day Dreamers” line of cannabis-infused sparkling water, filed a lawsuit Monday in U.S. District against the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services.
MercyOne — former managing partner of the bankrupt Mercy Iowa City — plans to appeal a judge’s decision earlier this month to confirm a Chapter 11 liquidation plan for the insolvent community hospital that leaves MercyOne vulnerable to lawsuits.
An Iowa City man is facing charges in relation to a shots fired investigation from April 9, according to a news release from the Iowa City Police Department.
Officials are expected to comment more soon on the case of the Northwest Iowa trucker found dead after missing for five months.
Parents who helped their son flee to Jordan to avoid prosecution for trying to kill a woman and rob her in 2022, received early release from the Iowa Board of Parole in May. They each served less than a year of 5-year sentences.
The National Weather Service’s Quad Cities bureau has issued more tornado and thunderstorm warnings in the first six months of 2024 than ever before.
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