The city of 2,300 in Benton County has received $500,000 in state grants to rebuild a wetland to better capture and retain rainfall to recharge the aquifer. The city is seeking other money for upgrades to the water treatment system.
Wild Side column: A leisurely walk outdoors turned into a quest for morels.
A juvenile was arrested Thursday morning on charges that he fired a gun toward Hiawatha police officers, according to a news release from the Hiawatha Police Department.
There is one such program in the state: UpLift Iowa, a pilot program that involves four Central Iowa local governments and a coalition of businesses and nonprofits. The law allows it to continue as planned for two years.
Members of Iowa's Latino community, immigrant workers, advocates and allies marched and held candlelight vigils Thursday evening in Iowa City, Davenport, Waterloo and Des Moines in protest over a new law making illegal immigration a state crime.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested in Johnson County Wednesday on charges that he flashed a handgun at another driver during a road rage incident.
There has been a “clamoring” for several years to add a soccer program to Clear Creek Amana’s Middle School’s already robust athletic offerings, said Regan Stone, the middle school’s associate principal and activities director. A survey found that at least 50 students would be interested in going out for the sport if it was offered.
A pro-Palestine protest is planned for the University of Iowa from 12-7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A social media post states the protest will not be an encampment, which a campus public safety official said would violate school policy.
Gov. Kim Reynolds lauds ‘transformation’ of Iowa’s tax code under Republican leadership.
Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday signed into law requirements that insurance companies cover diagnostic breast exams and biomarker testing.
Using military-style code words like Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, and Foxtrot for team names -- each group was assigned one yellow bin of drills and screws, along with a list of locations and instructions, aimed at executing the group’s larger mission: to distribute and install 100 6-foot-tall Herky statues across nearly as many locations in a 10-mile radius under the cover of night.
A deceased male was found in a wooded area of town, and reported to police Monday evening.
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