Abigail Maas will seek the Republican nomination for the job in 2026, setting up a primary challenge against Iowa Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer.
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Abigail Maas will seek the Republican nomination for the job in 2026, setting up a primary challenge against Iowa Lt. Gov. Chris Cournoyer.
Two months after launching his bid to try to unseat Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, former U.S. Attorney Kevin Techau of Cedar Rapids announced Monday he is suspending his congressional campaign, citing poor fundraising.
U.S. marshals from the southern and northern districts of Iowa and the central district of Illinois teamed up in May and with law enforcement agencies and the Iowa Department of Corrections to conduct a five-week fugitive operation, which resulted in 52 arrests.
A divided Iowa Supreme Court last week upheld two laws restricting firearm access, one related to domestic violence protective orders and the other to possession of illegal drugs while carrying a weapon.
Juliet Abdel will assume the role of president and CEO of the Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance on July 28, replacing outgoing director Doug Neumann.
A Cedar Rapids man was charged last week with multiple counts of sexual abuse after police say he sexually abused a girl when she was younger than 12 and again when she was 13.
Authorities say two firefighters were killed and another was badly injured after they were ambushed and shot while responding to a wildfire near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing a former prisoner’s claim for damages due to wrongful imprisonment.
Reiterating Iowa’s “longstanding support for Israel and the Jewish community,” Gov. Kim Reynolds on Monday ordered the Board of Regents to review antisemitism policies at each of its universities and report back to her office on acts of antisemitism since Oct. 7, 2023.
A 76-year-old man died Sunday when he was hit by a car while riding a bicycle in Fayette County, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol.
A Marion woman was sentenced to more than a year in federal prison for falsely claiming her residence had damage from the derecho, and receiving small business loan funds for a business that did not exist.
A Cedar Rapids man was arrested over the weekend after police say he punched his girlfriend in the face, stabbed her multiple times with a screwdriver and held her against her will.
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