Thousands of students are graduating this month from high school. The Gazette this week is featuring graduating seniors from eight Linn County high schools. Six Johnson County high school graduates will be featured June 2 in The Gazette.
Several commercial corridors in neighborhoods around Cedar Rapids have seen a growing concentration of alcohol and tobacco shops, prompting the City Council to OK more regulatory hurdles for businesses looking to set up shop in the increasingly residential city core.
As Iowans prepared for Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer, the Department of Natural Resources and law enforcement agencies around the state have been prepping, too. The start of boating season means extra patrols on common water recreation areas, and extra training for law enforcement and boat retailers.
AI will help analyze recordings of the mammals’ clicks
The number of Free Applications for Federal Student Aid filed across Iowa still is well below previous years – including last year, when the state’s FAFSA numbers on May 10 were 16 percent above where they were on that date this year.
C.R. women motorcylists were best-dressed in 1941
Noah Healy’s kPlug ready for clinical testing
The crash was reported at 5:20 p.m. Friday in rural Guernsey.
Police in Marion are asking for the public’s help identifying a person who is accused of using a gun to rob a Kum & Go early Saturday morning.
NORTH LIBERTY — Construction has started to widen Interstate 380 to six lanes between Penn Street and Swan Lake Road in the North Liberty area.
Bill would increase funding for conservation, but lacks climate-oriented IRA funding
A Marion woman, crying throughout her victim impact statement Friday in Linn County District Court, says she still waits for her 17-year-old son to come home even though she knows he was fatally shot May 10, 2023. Her only son, she said, should be graduating from high school this Sunday.
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