Cedar Rapids first responders saw a significant drop in fireworks-related citations and calls for service this year in June and the first week of July than in 2024, but an increase in fires after state legislation was passed earlier this year preventing cities from banning fireworks on July 3 and 4.
An Aurora, Iowa, man was arrested Friday in Cedar Rapids on one charge of arson after police say he lit a sheet on fire in the St. Luke’s Hospital Emergency Department.
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Also in this week’s Government Notes, meet the Marion police chief finalists at Wednesday open house
More than two decades after it was started, the river cleanup effort Iowa Project AWARE, is about to hit a major milestone: 1 million pounds of trash removed from Iowa’s rivers.
A Linn County housing program that launched last year — and initially struggled to find landlords to participate — is up and running with seven people currently being housed through the pilot program.
Small towns experiencing population decline often see staples like grocery stores, day cares and schools close. One less-known, missing part of many of these communities is legal representation.
The population of each Iowa furbearer species — coyotes, foxes, bears, beavers, raccoons, minks and bobcats — is different and nuanced, but expert say some — like bocats — are in “expansion mode.”
The streaming service Hulu will be airing a three-part series this month on the 1995 disappearance of Mason City news anchor Jodi Huisentruit.
A pesar de tener un historial limpio y una vida construida en Iowa desde que emigró a los Estados Unidos a la edad de 13 años, Pascual Pedro, ahora de 20 años, fue detenido por ICE en una cita de registro regular el martes.
Pascual Pedro was 13 when he arrived in the U.S. with his dad. For seven years, he’s lived with his grandparents in West Liberty, where he graduated from high school, and then got a work permit so he could get a job. Last week, during a regular check-in at the ICE office in Cedar Rapids, he was detained, and now is awaiting deportation.
Metro High School science teacher Chuck Tonelli took on a challenge 20 years ago, and as the Southeast Iowa Region STEM Teacher of the Year, he is thankful he did.
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