Two of three teens the state pledged to protect were placed in homes where they were subsequently neglected and abused …
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Two of three teens the state pledged to protect were placed in homes where they were subsequently neglected and abused …
The Democrats’ special nominating convention in Iowa House District 22 didn’t exactly have the makings of a statewide news story. …
I figured legal fireworks would be the scorned snout house of summer amusement in the eyes of the Cedar Rapids …
We’ve at long last reached the official opening of the summer grilling season. Grab your tongs. Maybe you noticed the …
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Proposed changes to Cedar Rapids Transit passed their first public hearing hurdle this week. The upcoming changes are a result …
Iowa may soon become the first state to offer smartphone-based ID cards. When Iowa announced a pilot program for its …
I’m simply hoping Gov. Kim Reynolds listens. Sure, business interests, donors and partisans backing her politically will have the new …
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News that health care advocates had been dreading came Thursday: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland will shutter a third of …
Gov. Terry Branstad soon will report for duty in China, a fitting end to Iowa’s one-governor policy. He won Iowa’s …
Dubuque letter writer Barbara Rank struck a chord, according to a Washington Post headline. I have another assessment: Rank took …
A 107-word commentary in an Iowa newspaper sparked an international conversation this week. A Dubuque woman wrote to the Telegraph …
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