One week after a large California investment firm bought ACT Inc. – morphing the longtime Iowa City-based nonprofit testing company into a for-profit enterprise – a separate nonprofit organization the new ACT conglomerate promised to maintain retained the Iowa City campus and now is selling it.
It’s rare for the DNR to ask the AG’s office to step in on enforcement. And the Environmental Protection Commission, a nine-person, governor-appointed board that oversees environmental polices at the DNR, doesn’t always follow staff recommendations.
Most of the smoke was expected to linger over Minnesota, Wisconsin and northern Michigan, but some could drift as far south as Iowa and Chicago, leaving skies looking milky by late Tuesday or early Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service.
An Iowa Attorney General’s Office spokeswoman said no Iowa taxpayer dollars were spent on Bird’s trip to New York
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Friday on charges that he sexually abused a child repeatedly while the child was between the ages of 6 and 12.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
Why did Cedar Rapids' schools' $220 million bond fail? School board will review results of community survey Monday
The judge has awarded unemployment benefits to a former supervisor fired in response to “vague allegations” of misconduct.
1,700 new spotters trained this year by Quad Cities SKYWARN program
Nitrate contamination of Iowa’s rivers has surged in recent weeks amid heavy, widespread rainfall, according to data collected by the Iowa Water Quality Information System.
Also, Linn County Elections Office adopts conduct standards
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