Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley and federal whistleblowers are raising alarm over the government’s alleged complicity in human trafficking at the nation’s southern border, calling for greater oversight and accountability from the federal government.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley says he won't weigh in on calls for Biden to drop presidential bid.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in April approved a watershed plan for Trout Run and Siewers Spring, which supply water for the hatchery. The goal of the plan is to reduce erosion from farms in the Trout Run watershed to keep the stream clear of sediment that can harm fish raised at the hatchery.
A Randalia man is facing charges after Fayette County Sheriff’s deputies found over 300 marijuana plants and 58 firearms in his house, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office.
After taking over Iowa City’s 150-year-old Mercy Hospital and its handful of clinics in January with a $28 million bid in a contentious bankruptcy auction, the University of Iowa has sold the Mercy clinic in Kalona that it obtained through the process to Washington County Hospital and Clinics for $425,000.
When construction is complete, Centennial Park will have a new event center, outdoor amphitheater, splash pad, open air pavilion and honor garden. The project is projected to bring an additional $11.5 million per year to the local economy.
Lawsuits claim the state law is preempted by the federal farm bill; is unconstitutionally vague; and violates interstate commerce protections.
As Kingston Yard, the new mixed-use development in Cedar Rapids, brings new residential, commercial and other uses online and generate more traffic, the city of Cedar Rapids will soon bid an estimated $20 million public parking ramp.
Two United Methodist pastors in the Cedar Rapids circuit were killed in a car crash Sunday after attending a joint worship service hosted at the Veterans Memorial Building that morning.
A Cedar Rapids man was convicted for unintentionally causing the death of an Iowa City man who was fatally shot outside the H-Bar in 2022. The Iowa City hookah bar is prohibited from being open past 10 p.m., according to a recent court ruling.
Downtown District offers new program to support Dubuque Street businesses impacted by construction project.
A prosecutor said the prosecution was unable to provide a confession made by Curtis Padgett, who killed his friend, Dennis First, in 2007, to a witness because the witness died three months before trial. Padgett was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole.
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