Former Cedar Rapids schools superintendent Lew Finch, who served from 1994 to 2004, oversaw the last bond referendum to be approved by voters in the district.
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Former Cedar Rapids schools superintendent Lew Finch, who served from 1994 to 2004, oversaw the last bond referendum to be approved by voters in the district.
A Cedar Rapids man who distributed “thousands” of fentanyl pills was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison.
A Marion man was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for possessing multiple machine gun conversion devices. Prosecutors said he had 18 devices, which convert semi-automatic weapons into machine guns, as defined under federal law.
The judge’s order on Iowa’s new pharmacy benefit managers regulations, which partially halts its implementation, applies only to plaintiff businesses, their workers and health care agents.
Scott Jennings, a national conservative commentator and Republican political strategist, will headline Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s fifth annual “BBQ Bash” campaign fundraiser Aug. 23 at Hawkeye Downs Speedway in Cedar Rapids.
An Iowa County man has been arrested in relation to a crash in Linn County that left a Nebraska man dead. According to a criminal complaint, the crash happened when the Iowa driver passed the Nebraska driver in a no-passing zone while two cars were coming from the opposite direction.
Six years after the University of Iowa landed $115 million from NASA to research how solar wind interacts with the Earth’s magnetic field -- marking the largest external funding award in campus history -- the twin satellites that UI researchers have been building for the mission are set to launch Tuesday.
A Des Moines man has been indicted on eight charges of sex trafficking four Iowa women for prostitution in Illinois and North Dakota. If convicted, he would face a mandatory minimum of 15 years on each sex trafficking charge and up to 10 years on each transportation charge.
Longtime law enforcement officer and peer support advocate Jeremy Sprague is set to join the department on Aug. 21.
The pilot instructed passengers over the intercom to stay in their seats and follow flight attendant instructions, and also asked any passengers who were willing and able to help the flight attendants subdue Nikprelaj.
A Marion man was arrested Saturday morning after police say he stabbed another man in the shoulder.
Iowa law imposes stringent restrictions on the acceptance of gifts by public officials, employees and candidates. The goal is to protect the public trust and prevent conflicts of interest or the appearance of impropriety. But what does the law say? And how often is it broken?
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