Free Saturday class will introduce older students to physical computing -- with lights, sounds, movement.
116 3rd St SE
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
Free Saturday class will introduce older students to physical computing -- with lights, sounds, movement.
Cedar Rapids firefighter Jesse Lennox is the first Iowa firefighter to become a certified smoke diver. Smoke diver training is an elite week-long training program in Georgia that goes far above and beyond normal required training for firefighters.
For its 50th year this summer, RAGBRAI will head back to Coralville as one of its overnight stops on the 500-mile ride.
The party is looking to bounce back from several consecutive poor showings in recent election cycles.
The project is in the early stages as the city works to secure state and federal funding to help pay for the effort. A decision on the city’s application is anticipated in November.
Steering committee members vote Saturday on new chair and a proposal to establish a committee focused on winning elections.
Both Democratic and Republican lawmakers called the legal defense tactic heinous, insulting and discriminatory
On this week’s edition of the On Iowa Politics podcast: the private school financial aid bill is now state law, meat gets a second chance, the medical malpractice debate is back, and a state snafu has local governments scrambling.
Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids has announced it will be opening a new emergency services center in Marion, next to the MercyCare Marion clinic.
The proposed $174M budget would make fiscal year 2024 “our largest year yet,” according to Marion’s assistant finance director, Brian McKenzie. He attributed the growth to a number of capital projects, including the Public Services Department facility, Uptown Plaza and Depot development, and continued streetscape work.
The department has approved 16 million applications nationwide, assuring borrowers the administration will discharge the debt if it prevails in court.
WELLSBURG (AP) — Four people were killed Friday morning and others were injured when a van they were in went out of control on a slick highway in northern Iowa.
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