Tom Barton

Roughly 100 workers at Cargill’s corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids went on strike Tuesday after being unable to reach an agreement on a new contract.

The union represents about 100 employees across a range of positions at the Cargill corn milling plant in Cedar Rapids. The bargaining unit’s contract expired at 11:59 p.m. Monday.

State investigators are probing complaints against a secretive group that recruited fervent Donald Trump supporters to run as spoiler candidates in key swing districts against Republicans, according to a woman they recruited to run in Iowa's 1st District.

An ethics complaint seeking an investigation into Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks’ voting address may make handy campaign fodder for Democrats heading into the November election, but little may actually come of it.

The U.S. Department of Justice and civil rights organizations sued to stop the Iowa law, which would allow state law enforcement to arrest and force the removal of immigrants in Iowa if they had previously been denied entry into the country.

Plans call for building a new expo center, go-kart track, tech barn, hotel and restaurant at Hawkeye Downs Speedway & Expo Center in Cedar Rapids.

An unnamed company is seeking financial incentives to build a massive $750 million data center in the Big Cedar Industrial Center that would create at least 30 new high-paying jobs.

Patriots Run Project was the subject of an Associated Press report that revealed the group's operatives scouted conservative candidates online and aided their efforts to qualify for the ballot to run as third-party spoiler candidates in some of the nation's most competitive congressional districts.

Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said she is unwilling to shutdown the federal government unless Congress passes legislation requiring that people show proof of citizenship to register to vote, rejecting demands by Donald Trump.

Iowa U.S. senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst joined Republican colleagues to block a bill by Democrats that would establish a federal right to access fertility treatments.

Backers of a Linn County casino, which is proposed to be built in northwest Cedar Rapids, unveiled updated plans Monday. The $275 million development would feature a casino with 700 slot machines and 22 table games, plus a group of restaurants, bars, entertainment venues, an arts & cultural center and a STEM lab.

Democrat Sarah Corkery tells a Cedar Rapids crowd that an independent candidate also running in the congressional race could siphon votes from incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson.

Mike Barnhart, the outgoing chief executive officer of Horizons Family Services, had come to Cedar Rapids in the throes of severe drug addiction to pursue sobriety in earnest.

Out-of-state clinics like Mankato, Minn. are expanding services and hiring more staff to meet rising demand from Iowa patients in the wake of a new state abortion ban.

Four protesters interrupted the event, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and condemning Miller-Meeks' support for Israel's war. They were removed from the event, with two being briefly detained. The annual political fundraiser celebrated Republican wins in the state.