Eleven days after three members of a Cedar Falls family were shot to death while camping at the Maquoketa Caves State Park in Eastern Iowa, community members honored them Tuesday night in a “celebration of life.”
The Quad-City Times and three other local news companies has joined the Iowa Freedom of Information Council in a lawsuit against the Bettendorf Community School District and its board of directors.
A Cedar Rapids woman won a $300,000 lottery prize this week on a $30 scratch game.
Also, the state has released its newest broadband internet map, which will be tied to potential future federal funding to expand access
Superintendent Shannon Bisgard said visitors will be limited in district facilities until further notice.
Alliant Energy battery system is capable of storing enough energy to power 5,000 homes for two hours. Electricity travels across the power grid at the speed of light, so it must be generated and consumed at the same time. Battery storage helps keep the grid balanced by preserving energy when demand is low and releasing it as needed.
A group of northeast Iowa Democrats will host a virtual speakers’ panel on reproductive freedom in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned a constitutional right to access an abortion.
Drought conditions are likely to develop over the southern half of Iowa in August as the month starts with a string of abnormally hot days with little chance for rain.
Iowa City police were called to Elray’s Live and Dive in downtown Iowa City just after midnight on Sunday. Alex Bwayonga, 18, verbally threatened staff, pulled out a loaded gun and pointed it at bar staff, police said.
The system for getting donated kidneys, livers and hearts to desperately ill patients relies on outdated technology that has crashed for hours at a time and has never been audited by federal officials for security weaknesses.
Dennis Chaffee’s two toddlers were staying with him when he was shot and killed in his home in July 1983.
Iowa U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, a combat veteran, expressed a desire for an amendment focused on budgetary spending.
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