A District Court judge on Monday rejected Gov. Kim Reynolds’ request to reinstate a blocked law that would ban abortions once a fetus’ heartbeat can be detected. Reynolds immediately announced her intention to appeal to the Iowa Supreme Court.
The Iowa City Police Department responded to an armed man in the Court Street Parking Ramp bus depot Monday afternoon, according to a news release from the department.
The board will meet in closed session with legal counsel on Tuesday to discuss the proposed ordinance. Other Iowa counties’ carbon pipeline setback ordinances have been met with legal challenges.
Led by solar energy, renewables are poised to overtake coal as the largest source of electricity generation worldwide by early 2025, helping to keep alive the global goal of limiting Earth's warming to 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Paris-based agency's latest forecasts.
Monday’s agreement with CVS and Walgreens brings the total national amount of opioid settlements based to more than $50 billion. Iowa will receive a total of about $320 million over the course of 18 years, the Iowa Attorney General’s Office said.
Over $500 and more than 500 food items donated to local nonprofits in Cedar Rapids
The driver of an SUV was killed in a head-on crash with a semi-trailer truck in Benton County Sunday evening
The impacts of climate change hit communities across the country, yet voters in rural communities are the least likely to feel Washington is in their corner.
Nearly three-quarters of the state is suffering from some degree of drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The worst conditions are in Northwest Iowa.
The Pfizer pill that’s prevented many people infected with COVID-19 from being hospitalized or dying, has been free, courtesy of the federal government. But the government will stop footing the bill in the coming months, shifting the cost to patients, many of whom are at the highest risk of severe illness.
The bill requires the federal government to recognize marriages regardless of the sex and race of the couple. It does not require states to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Truman Early Learning Center opened its doors to 4-year-olds in September for its first school year
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