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A reinspection last week of the Cedar Rapids Animal Care & Control shelter found that all issues identified by the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship as being non-compliant last month have been addressed or are in the process of being addressed.

The Board of Regents’ pared-down funding ask comes after lawmakers rejected its $30.3 million request last session and instead offered a $4 million bump, largely supporting legislative priorities and ignoring university appeals.

Steen, a former state agency head, laid out top policy positions Monday during a meeting of the Warren County Republicans

Engagement surveys given to new Cedar Rapids school district teachers and “milestone” teachers who have been with the district for five, 10, 15, and 20 years or more, highlighted two areas of concern for staff: student behavior and input in decision-making at the building and district level.

After announcing earlier this summer plans to close its University of Northern Iowa-based ROTC unit, the U.S. Army has changed course — allowing UNI’s ROTC program to remain in Cedar Falls under a new structure.

Director Marty Lenss said the nonprofit’s goal is to expand their work into other airports in the Mississippi watershed

In the years leading up to the pandemic, the gender gap between boys and girls in STEM classes nearly closed. But within a few years, girls lost all the ground they had gained in math test scores, according to an Associated Press analysis.

A sidewalk was planned for protection of pedestrians on the bridge, especially students at the new Jefferson High School, which opened in the late 1950s.