A Cedar Rapids teenager was arrested Thursday in relation to a shooting that happened on Oct. 9.
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A Cedar Rapids teenager was arrested Thursday in relation to a shooting that happened on Oct. 9.
Superintendent Noreen Bush will no longer be the district’s acting superintendent starting Nov. 1. She has taken medical leave amid her battle with cancer.
States across the Mississippi River basin are experiencing drought more commonly found in the arid Southwest, federal data show. The dryness has disrupted agriculture, beached barges and upset ecosystems across large swaths of the Midwest, Great Plains and beyond, in epic proportions — even as the region also sees climate change-induced increases in rainfall.
The $9.4 million building at 360 Main Street will be home to the city’s administrative offices, city council chambers, community space and a public plaza when construction is completed.
Republican Cindy Golding faces Democrat Kris Nall in rural Linn County.
Iowa voters will be asked to add language to the Iowa Constitution that states it is a “fundamental individual right“ to keep and bear arms, and that any restraint on that right is invalid unless it meets the stringent demands of “strict scrutiny” in court.
Cedar Rapids Public Library gets the largest allocation at $4 million. That money will go toward construction of a new west side library.
Two major election rating outlets have changed their projections of the U.S. Senate race in Iowa, shifting their predictions slightly away from incumbent Republican Chuck Grassley.
Wolf Carbon Solutions, based in Denver, Colo., will hold a second round of informational meetings Dec. 5 and 6 in four Iowa counties -- Linn, Cedar, Clinton and Scott -- about the proposed 280-mile pipeline from ADM plants.
An Illinois man is charged with sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in North Liberty. If convicted, he faces 25 years in prison.
The council’s approval signals support for fully renovating City Park Pool, which residents have pushed back against because they want to preserve the character of the existing pool. The approval is not a binding decision, the city said. A design and public input process is slated to begin late next year.
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