Ten years after opening the Ladd Library and its current downtown location, the Cedar Rapids Public Library is building on a vision that’s more than books and reading.
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Ten years after opening the Ladd Library and its current downtown location, the Cedar Rapids Public Library is building on a vision that’s more than books and reading.
Removed brick and inadequate support structures caused the west wall at a downtown Davenport building to collapse in May, an investigative report released Thursday concluded.
The recent restructuring of multiple state departments into one new agency that oversees most issues of health will help that agency address hunger and food insecurity in Iowa, the agency’s director said Thursday.
Also, new CNN poll shows Nikki Haley as GOP candidate with widest lead over Joe Biden
All three of Iowa’s public universities have larger student bodies this fall than last -- as of their official 10th-day census -- including the University of Northern Iowa, which has been watching its enrollment trend down for more than a decade.
Also, new super PAC ad declares Haley conservative Biden ‘fears most’
The Johnson County Board of Supervisors is considering contributing just over $1 million to help renovate a farm purchased by CommUnity Crisis services to become a new youth crisis shelter.
Although Mercy Iowa City has agreed to an initial $20 million offer to sell substantially all its assets to the University of Iowa, hospital officials Wednesday told creditors, retirees and others that they didn’t perform any appraisals or assessments of their property before making the deal.
Committee recommends cutting 256 boards to 140
A Linn County jury found a Cedar Rapids man guilty of 13 charges for pointing, and aiming a shotgun at two police officers in July 2022. He faces up to 83 years in prison.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, 81, has faced renewed questions about his health after freezing up twice during news conferences in the last two month.
Crews have begun moving dirt to build a massive new $140.6 million manufacturing facility for Wisconsin-based high-end appliance company Sub-Zero -- marking a milestone for a project that will create 200 jobs and bring a new company to Iowa.
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