Todd Dorman

Years ago, as a very young city hall reporter, I covered a young mayor in Fort Dodge who ran afoul …

Warning: My annual dose of July 4 satire. As our nation once again celebrates its independence, do you find yourself …

The city-owned hotel, arena and convention complex were back in the news this week, which inevitably led to talk by …

It’s one of the most common questions I get from readers. ‘What’s up with that downtown Cedar Rapids casino site, …

So I’ve read there’s a chance of sweet corn by the Fourth of July. Not a good chance, but a …

So Cedar Rapids’ drive to require builders to replace topsoil, or use some other method to make sure finished sites …

Don’t fear the ‘hodgepodge.” That’s how Cedar Rapids Mayor Ron Corbett described the prospect of Iowa counties and cities setting …

Tyler Olson has some decisions to make. The former state lawmaker from Cedar Rapids whose gubernatorial ambitions ended abruptly in …

So my family spent Sunday at a softball tournament, where little girls played their hearts out, people ate grilled hamburgers …

State Sen. David Johnson is standing athwart the 2016 presidential race, yelling ‘Stop!” Johnson, of Ocheyedan in far northwest Iowa, …

Here are a few winners and losers from Tuesday’s primaries. WINNERS Electability over shoe leather – U.S. Iowa Senate hopeful …

It’s primary Election Day, and custom dictates I refrain from opining about the ongoing 2016 contest as voters go to …

COUNCIL BLUFFS – With time slipping away before Tuesday’s primary, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rob Hogg is starting his closing …

Maybe you’ve been out hiking and the trail before you suddenly turns to muddy muck. Find another way around? Avoid …

So it’s been almost exactly one year since I wrote about how, after seven years, more than a few people …