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An ombuds is an official who investigates complaints and attempts to resolve the conflict or concerns raised by mediation and making recommendations.
Johnson and Washington counties have teamed up on a new marketing effort to create a regional brand and promote the area as an agritourism destination.
A proposed ordinance intended to control the population of free-roaming cats in Cedar Rapids is causing concern among animal welfare activists over provisions that include setting a threshold for ceasing to feed to animals.
Water quality, conservation agriculture, power grid and more to be discussed in seven panels at the 2023 Iowa Ideas virtual conference.
Roughly 1 in 7 Iowa families with at least one worker in the home cannot meet basic family budget needs, according to a state advocacy group’s annual report.
The 2023 Iowa Ideas conferences offers seven health care sessions over two days, covering topics that includes mental health cancer, and the needs of aging Iowans
Schools turning to hands-on projects that articulate the ‘why behind what kids are learning
“Homecoming is an institution-wide event that expands beyond the walls of campus out into the greater Iowa City community,” UI senior Matt McDonnell told The Gazette, as executive director of the Iowa Homecoming Council.
This year’s Iowa Ideas conference will also touch on that growing impetus to “meet the needs of students” with a session asking what those needs are – including in the mental health realm.
Three men were found shot Wednesday in northeast Cedar Rapids, with two of the men dying from their wounds and a third seriously injured and transported to a local hospital.
Cedar Rapids police announced Thursday night they had worked with the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation to arrest a 14-year-old. Authorities did not say if the teen is a student in the Cedar Rapids Community School District nor say what charges he or she faces.
Almost all of the 13 people staying in a homeless encampment in Iowa City that caught fire Wednesday recently have had housing applications rejected due to their source of income -- a housing voucher, according to a Shelter House.
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