The 20th anniversary of Herky on Parade features 100 statues, including a handful grouped into a “G.O.A.T series” – like one in a “22” jersey named “From the Logo Herky” and another wearing Rudis shoes labeled “Yoda.”
Foundation 2 Crisis Services celebrated the opening of its new headquarters after a $5.4 million renovation of the Witwer Building at 305 Second Ave. SE in downtown Cedar Rapids. It “legitimizes crisis response for the critical service it is,” CEO Emily Blomme said.
Iowa State Auditor Rob Sand released a report Tuesday on college degree requirements in state jobs, arguing that the state should drop the requirement for some positions.
Iowa TikTok creators gathered for a discussion hosted by the social media platform’s safety leaders to discuss how they got their start on TikTok, how they built their communities and expanded their business on the platform, and what impact a U.S. ban could have.
After suffering from side effects allegedly caused by the vaccine – including fatigue, facial drooping, loss of balance, and weakness or numbness throughout his body — Larry Driscoll filed a workers’ compensation claim, arguing his issues stemmed from his work for the city.
Area students learned about the trades through hands on demos and conversations with workers at an event in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday.
The affected well is relatively shallow at about 139 feet, DNR records show. It was drilled in 1962, and it’s unclear how long the contamination has existed and what might have caused it.
A spokesman for David Schultz's family said they plan to have a private forensic pathology firm conduct a second autopsy on the Wall Lake trucker's body after it was found five months after Schultz went missing.
A semi tractor trailer struck a pedestrian along Highway 13 in Marion early last Friday morning.
Once OMB signs off, the DEA will take public comment on the plan to move marijuana from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. It moves pot to Schedule III, alongside ketamine and some anabolic steroids.
A Shellsburg man confessed to helping a Traer woman kill her husband in 2021. He was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder, about month after the victim’s wife was charged.
Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide.
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