Food banks in Iowa will get $200,000 in new funding this year to address food insecurity by buying fresh food — such as dairy products, meat, poultry, eggs, grains, honey and produce — from local producers.
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Food banks in Iowa will get $200,000 in new funding this year to address food insecurity by buying fresh food — such as dairy products, meat, poultry, eggs, grains, honey and produce — from local producers.
The Iowa Court of Appeals has upheld the 50-year second-degree murder sentence of Kazius Childress, who fatally shot Kavon Johnson, 22, of Cedar Rapids, in January 2022.
Environmental groups and members of the public attended the virtual hearing and voiced concerns about living downstream of the plant and the impacts it might have on their health.
The Iowa Department of Transportation plans to reopen the Penn Street northbound I-380 ramp (Exit 4) in North Liberty on Friday. It has been closed since June.
Iowa Republican U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on a wide range of oversight and policy issues during a hearing Thursday.
Nursing is a lifestyle, way of living and calling. And now, nurses are being honored for it after their deaths.
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has granted 55 pardons since taking office, more than double her predecessor and mentor, former Gov. Terry Branstad; commuted sentences have been exceptionally rare under both governors.
After growing up in foster care, a Cedar Rapids computer repair shop owner has started a nonprofit to give youth aging out of the system another resource for success.
In hopes of meeting the state’s workforce needs, Iowa State University this fall launched a new online undergraduate certificate in cybersecurity geared specifically toward currently-employed information technology workers who have a two-year associate’s degree.
A Dubuque teen said her being held against her will and being repeatedly sexually assaulted by various men will “leave my memory and haunt me day and night.” Her statement was read during her abuser’s sentencing. Jarod Anderson was sentenced to life in prison for human trafficking a minor in 2024.
Republican legislative leaders said they will use money from the state’s $2 billion general fund surplus and $4 billion in the Taxpayer Relief Fund to cover the difference between how much revenue the state takes in and how much it’s budgeted to spend.
Mayor, three council member seats on November ballot
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