A Cedar Rapids man who fatally shot a man who complained about noise was convicted of a lesser charge — second-degree murder — Wednesday following a five-day trial. Brannon Johnson, 22, faces up to 50 years in prison.
First meeting is April 3 at Big Grove Brewery
The scope of the company’s project in Iowa has expanded considerably in recent weeks and is the result of another company, Navigator CO2, abandoning its plans for a similar system.
A seed truck crashed Wednesday morning in Linn County, blocking traffic on Highway 13 for about two hours.
Voters approve ‘crucial’ capital improvements fund for 3 area school districts.
Haley didn’t endorse the former president in a speech in Charleston, South Carolina. Instead, she encouraged him to earn the support of the coalition of moderate Republicans and independent voters who supported her.
Local nonprofit Matthew 25 is selling two affordable single-family homes on the west side of the Cedar River on lots that sat vacant since the 2008 flood as part of its efforts to “grow strong neighborhoods.” Here’s how to buy a home.
According to a national public-university assessment on what increasingly is referred to in critical terms like “administrative bloat,” Iowa essentially is tied with Hawaii for spending the least on administrators, according to a new Board of Regents report.
Jill Weigel wins by just three votes in a three-way race for an at-large seat on the Hiawatha City Council, according to unofficial special election results. She fills the vacancy created by Steve Dodson’s election as mayor.
Voters in the Benton Community, Linn-Mar and Marion Independent school districts voted Tuesday to create or extend funds that pay for capital improvements in the districts.
A Cedar Rapids man charged with fatally shooting a man last year on St. Patrick’s Day inside a Marion bar pleads to one lesser charge before trial began Tuesday.
Slightly over 60 percent of Democrats who requested the mail-in caucus cards had returned them by Tuesday. But the count will continue to Friday.
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