A record-breaking drought throughout the Mississippi River basin is finally beginning to ease, federal officials say.
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A record-breaking drought throughout the Mississippi River basin is finally beginning to ease, federal officials say.
One in five of those ISU students screened in fall 2021 were in “serious psychological distress,” and more than half were experiencing loneliness, according to the ISU version of the National College Health Assessment.
Cedar Rapids is exploring a pilot program to allow goat grazing to clear invasive species and unwieldy brush in unmaintained areas of city parks. Staff are working with the Bever Park Neighborhood Association to pilot the effort in 2023.
A 14-year-old boy from Manchester who was driving the four-wheeler lost control and the ATV went into the ditch, where it bottomed out and ejected all riders, the report said.
A look back at the top news stories from the week of Nov. 20
The facility’s retirement, scheduled for the end of the year, brings Alliant Energy one step closer to achieving its renewable energy goals.
RSV, a respiratory virus that disproportionately affects children, is on the rise harder and faster than usual this year. Here’s what you need to know to help prevent it and recognize the signs.
After years of service — in the U.S. Navy, as an assistant Johnson County attorney and always as a community volunteer — Scott Finlayson is taking on a new role as Johnson County’s next treasurer.
Local governments in Eastern Iowa — and throughout the country — were given a “historic” opportunity to invest in their communities through the American Rescue Plan Act. Here’s how the cities of Coralville and North Liberty plan to spend their dollars.
An Iowa City doctor says her clinic was ‘forced“ into bankruptcy because of the ‘aggressive actions’ of lawyers representing an infant’s parents who sued the clinic and a hospital for negligence.
The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will use the $1.7 million it was rewarded in the second round of ARPA funding to add 12-14 medical isolation cells to the Linn County Jail, which should help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 in the jail.
Prosecutors say felony gun crimes have tripled since 2019 in Linn and Johnson counties. They believe the jump is the result of relax gun laws and because some individuals are choosing to resolve their differences with violence.
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