This week, host Erin Murphy talks with Gazette columnists Althea Cole and Todd Dorman about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The panel also covers the latest news in Iowa politics with insights from reporters across the state.
The Iowa City Council is contemplating whether to take the Johnson County Board of Supervisors up on its formal invitation to establish a joint law enforcement authority to explore the possibility of a new law enforcement facility shared by both entities.
The Great Plains Action Society, an Indigenous-led nonprofit centered on social and climate justice, is looking to establish a community hub at a group of buildings near the Riverfront Crossings neighborhood in Iowa City.
The community college announced in a news release it was one of 60 colleges and universities across the U.S. chosen to join the national network of nearly 500 institutions.
LST-325 is the last fully operational World War II "landing ship, tank" of its kind, first commissioned on Feb. 1, 1943.
The City of Cedar Rapids’ code enforcement manager is charged with insurance fraud and forgery. He submitted false medicine prescriptions for a pet that the vet didn’t authorize.
Mount Trashmore in Cedar Rapids hosted 7 Climbs for 9/11 on Thursday to remember the lives lost on Sept. 11, 2001. Community members set out to climb Mount Trashmore seven times -- the equivalent of the distance first responders climbed to reach the top of the World Trade Center towers that day.
Terry Murrell, who has served as Western Iowa Tech Community College’s president since 2011, will retire May 15, 2026.
All three of Iowa’s public universities this fall are reporting larger freshman classes than last year — with both Iowa State and the University of Iowa boasting their second-largest first-year classes ever after peaking in 2016.
Police were working Thursday to identify the shooter who killed Charlie Kirk on Wednesday. Authorities say the suspect “appears to be of college age,” and after firing the shot, they jumped from the roof and slipped away in the mayhem.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested Wednesday and charged with murder after a fatal shooting in northeast Cedar Rapids.
Community members gathered to honor the memories of those who have taken their own life and share their experiences during a Light the Night event on World Suicide Prevention Day at Foundation 2 Crisis Services in Cedar Rapids.
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