The National Weather Service has forecast near record to record late summer heat and humidity this week. Temperatures are expected to exceed 100 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday with heat index values predicted to reach 105 to 115 degrees.
While providing a neutral forum for GOP presidential candidates, Gov. Kim Reynolds’ “Fair-Side” chats also have been an opportunity for her to advance her own brand as the eyes of the nation are on Iowa.
Available for adoption at Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control
Although Mercy Iowa City has signed a letter of intent to sell most of its assets to the University of Iowa for $20 million, a review of assessment records show the 150-year-old community hospital’s 19 properties – all of which are intended for UI – are valued at more than $137.3 million.
3DE, a Junior Achievement program teaching communication, problem solving, collaboration and critical thinking, will launch at Prairie, Alburnett high schools next fall.
Also, electric vehicle charging fee in Iowa City gets second approval
Of Iowa’s 940 cities, about 200 have city managers or administrators. In many cases, these managers are the highest-paid, or among the highest-paid, city employees. But what do they do and how do they run a city? Here’s a look at a day in the life of several Iowa city managers and how they balance everything from disaster response to patching potholes.
Outfielder Kala’i Rosario of the Cedar Rapids Kernels can’t believe the destruction wildfires have done in Maui. He’s from the Big Island in Hawaii, which is 100 miles from the destroyed island.
See photos from the second annual core4 race in Johnson County.
Cedar Rapids Police and Fire recovered the body of a dead man from the Cedar River Sunday afternoon.
The loop Donald Trump's private jet made above the Iowa State Fair was a reminder that the four-time indicted former president casts a Boeing 757-sized shadow over the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
A look back at the top news stories from the week of Aug. 14
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