Survivors of domestic violence turn to hotel vouchers, other diversion methods for emergency shelter as the state faces a shortage of emergency shelter beds for survivors — exacerbated by a lack of affordable housing in Iowa’s communities.
Advocates call on supporters to contact legislators before Tuesday’s special legislative session
The Hills started giving to the hospital in 1978
The state said Thursday it has approved more than 17,500 applications. The majority of those approved applications have come from students who already attend a private school.
An entry in a Fourth of July parade in Iowa has spawned confusion and outrage — one woman on horseback pulling a rope used to bind the wrists of another woman wearing Native American dress.
Iowa City Police are asking for the public’s help identifying the owners of a vehicle believed to be involved in a shooting Sunday, according to a news release from the police department.
One of the two Fairfield teens convicted of killing Spanish teacher with a baseball bat in 2021 will be sentenced Thursday in Jefferson County. Prosecutors will recommend a mandatory minimum of 30 years for Willard Miller, 17, and he could face up to life in prison with parole.
The Canadian wildfires whose smoke bedeviled millions in late June posed more than a respiratory threat to four Manchester anglers and a Wisconsin friend who fled a remote wilderness lake shortly before flames blackened its entire shoreline.
With aging housing stock throughout Iowa, Matthew 25’s initiative is one step toward keeping residential units in good shape and on the market at a time when demand for housing is high but supply is insufficient to support a growing population.
State also auctioning unclaimed safe deposit boxes, Treasurer Roby Smith says
The city of Cedar Rapids will pay $10,000 to settle a lawsuit over a rule requiring that five of the nine-member board that provides oversight of police identify as people of color.
Cedar Rapids has 410 calls, Iowa City 151
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