Gazette Editorial Board — Superintendent David Benson, to no one’s surprise, has recommended closing some elementary schools in Cedar Rapids …
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Gazette Editorial Board — Superintendent David Benson, to no one’s surprise, has recommended closing some elementary schools in Cedar Rapids …
Occupy Iowa City, we hardly knew ye. You remained an enigma from your first, tentative steps in October through your …
And now for something completely different. My daughter Tess buried a “time capsule” in our backyard. It contained the following …
The Gazette Editorial Board — For many University of Iowa students and near-downtown Iowa City residents, owning a car – …
By Mike Fasano —- Iowa State senators are considering allowing a private utility to raise electric rates so it can …
So we received Cedar Rapids Community School Superintendent Dave Benson’s plot-twisting recommendations on school closures/boundaries this evening. I’m still thinking the whole thing …
SWAN SHOT: So what inspired someone to shoot to death one of the three trumpeter swans living at a pond …
UNITED WAY RECORD: United Way of East Central Iowa’s 2011 campaign raised a record $10,581,690. That figure, combined with more …
By John Sheda —- Thirty-nine is an interesting number. People reach that age and attempt to comically or not so …
Sometimes in the columnizing biz, you wonder whether anyone’s paying attention. At least the Cedar Rapids School Board is reading my …
By Robin Fortney —- Iowa’s rivers have been speaking to us for a long time. It’s time we listen. Our …
By Wilfrid Nixon —- Every January, the Transportation Research Board (part of the National Academies) holds an annual meeting. One …
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