Iowa Homeland Security will pay more than $600,000 to replace firefighting clothing and equipment damaged in a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo after the company whose plant exploded refused to pay.
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Iowa Homeland Security will pay more than $600,000 to replace firefighting clothing and equipment damaged in a Dec. 8 explosion and fire in Marengo after the company whose plant exploded refused to pay.
Both full-time and part-time employees were laid off in two programs the college is closing: Dental Technology and the Energy Production and Distribution program.
A fatal fire in a Rodeway Inn in Cedar Rapids on Feb. 1 was caused by smoking materials that were in the room, according to the Cedar Rapids Fire Department.
Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador who is returning next week to make stops in Iowa, announced her candidacy for president Tuesday, becoming the first major challenger to former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican nomination.
Prosecution continues its case Tuesday
Cedar Rapids schools coaching special education teachers in changes required under U.S. Department of Justice Settlement
The Iowa Bandmasters Association chose the Northwest Junior High 8th grade band to play at the association’s annual conference in May in Des Moines. Other Corridor schools picked to play at the conference are the 6th grade band at Boulder Peak Intermediate School in Marion and the Independence High School band.
Next Cedar Rapids schools Superintendent Tawana Grover to provide up to 15 days of consulting services to the district
Bell from I.C. First Presbyterian was hidden, then spirited away to Utah
Measure would would remove the provision in Iowa law requiring schools to teach about “the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV” in grades seven and eight, making the instruction optional.
Linn County Sheriff’s Deputy William Halverson testified Monday about his injuries and surgeries as a result of being shot seven times by a Chicago man during a Casey’s robbery in 2021.
Iowa’s state transportation commission would be required to prioritize making Highway 30 four lanes under a bill advanced Monday.
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