The Third Ave bridge in downtown Cedar Rapids was closed for a couple hours Tuesday morning after a dump truck caught fire in front of the Linn County courthouse.
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The Third Ave bridge in downtown Cedar Rapids was closed for a couple hours Tuesday morning after a dump truck caught fire in front of the Linn County courthouse.
In a return paired with a side of reconnection, former University of Iowa Health Care Chief Financial Officer Bradley Haws — who left two years ago for the CFO post at Emory Healthcare — has been chosen to come back as UI Hospitals & Clinics CEO, a role vacated by Suresh Gunasekaran in early 2022.
On Thursday, December 7th, come to Spare Time Entertainment in Cedar Rapids to see what the Pints & Politics team has to share.
The Gazette’s team of reporters and photojournalists is out in Eastern Iowa, talking with voters and capturing Election Day 2023 moments.
The George, Gladys and Ruth Drips Endowed Scholarship Fund to begin distributing scholarships in May
Voters will head to the polls today to choose representatives on their local city councils and school boards, and to weigh in on ballot initiatives.
‘The Hostage’ won good reviews but lost money
Iowa political experts are skeptical the endorsement will move the needle significantly in a race still dominated by former President Donald Trump
Two women made public safety history in Linn County this month as they both became the first woman in their organization to achieve a certain rank. At the Linn County Sheriff’s Office Heather O’Brien was promoted and became the first female lieutenant the office has had, and at the Cedar Rapids Fire Department, Cheme’ Fairlie became the department’s first female battalion chief.
A Cedar Rapids man pleaded to throwing and slamming his infant onto the floor because the 19-day-old wouldn’t stop crying in 2021. He faces up to 50 years in prison and must serve 30 to 70 percent before being eligible for parole.
Iowa will pay $10 million to the siblings of an adopted 16-year-old girl who weighed just 56 pounds when she died of starvation in 2017, according to a state board that approved the settlement Monday.
With little debate or discord — after months of twists and turns and objections — a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge on Monday approved the sale of Iowa City’s only community hospital Mercy Iowa City to the University of Iowa for $28 million.
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