Women Lead Change Chief Executive Officer Tiffany O’Donnell staved off competition from TrueNorth employee Amara Andrews to win the runoff election and become the next Cedar Rapids mayor, only the third woman to serve in the role.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa public health officials have stopped requiring hospitals to report the home county of patients being treated for COVID-19, even as all 99 counties have a high rate of spread and hospitalizations are at their highest level since early October.
Police say over $3,500 in tools and welding equipment was stolen.
She meant to get her cheating boyfriend, but killed a mom and son instead, a jury finds.
Cedar Rapids police say the man stole over $10,000 worth of copper from the abandoned Colonial Centre building.
Jack Whitver, the Republican Senate majority leader, announced he is running for re-election, but he will do so in a new legislative district.
A Hills man faces charges including second-degree fraud based on allegations he turned back the odometers on 14 vehicles before reselling them for a profit between January and July.
A 56-year-old Iowa City man is facing misdemeanor assault charges after authorities and University of Iowa officials say he hit two campus employees “in the back of the head, with no justification” on Monday morning.
A former Four Oaks counselor sentenced for sex abuse of 14-year-old boy will also be on the sex offender registry for 10 years and serve a lifetime sentence on parole.
Project to test evidence has led to four criminal cases in Iowa so far, authorities say
Although UIHC in reapplying for a state “certificate of need” didn’t amend its project cost or size, officials did change how they described it — and the council highlighted that as a “significant” difference between the initially rejected and subsequently approved applications.
Despite assurances from county planning and development staff, the Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended denying a proposed solar farm near Coggon. A final decision will come from the Board of Supervisors.
Witwer Children’s Therapy is doubling the footprint of its Cedar Rapids clinic at 3245 Williams Parkway SW after providers say they’ve seen an increase in demand for services since COVID-19 started.
A driver accused of being drunk when he crashed into and seriously injured a West Des Moines police officer last year has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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