A North Liberty woman arrested last year in Minnesota after crashing a car with the dead body of her ex-girlfriend inside has been convicted of murder by a Hennepin County jury.
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A North Liberty woman arrested last year in Minnesota after crashing a car with the dead body of her ex-girlfriend inside has been convicted of murder by a Hennepin County jury.
U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s announcement that she will not seek re-election to her seat, and instead will run to replace Joni Ernst in the U.S. Senate, opening Iowa’s 2nd District congressional race up for competition. Here’s who is — and isn’t — running for the seat.
In 1926, Mount Vernon native Louis Howard Kepler in his will left 200 additional acres of land to expand Palisades State Park.
Eight weeks after the University of Iowa placed on paid administrative leave two employees seen in undercover videos discussing the campus’ compliance with state DEI laws — including one who said the university was “finding ways to operate around it” — the investigation continues.
In what they are calling a “two-birds-one-stone” approach, researchers at Iowa State University have been exploring whether filling abandoned fossil fuel wells with a “bio-oil” produced from organic material could remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The Johnson County Auditor’s office has released its early voting schedule for the Nov. 4 general election.
In today’s Campaign Almanac, House Democrats’ super PAC is hitting Iowa U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zach Nunn over tariffs and Medicaid cuts. Meanwhile, state GOP lawmaker Shannon Lundgren picks up early endorsements in her bid for Congress, and Democrat Lindsay James lands backing from Linn County Supervisor Sami Scheetz.
A state medical examiner testified Tuesday 20-year-old Melody Hoffman was strangled from behind by her attacker and likely died within minutes on Feb. 18, 2024.
Also, Iowa auditor’s office earns top rating in external review
Another personnel report was approved with dissent Monday as Cedar Rapids school leaders grapple with expanded roles and salary of some district administrators and staff after 27 positions were eliminated from the district office this past spring.
State agency says the person who died was an elderly adult with multiple underlying health conditions.
Following the summer sale of the Marion airport runway to a private company, private and public stakeholders are turning their focus to what’s next for the airport and the land surrounding it.
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