State/Local News

MARION — Marion wants to make 10th Avenue more convenient for pedestrians and bicyclists in the near future. Called the Marion 10th Avenue Sidepaths Project, the project will be located along...

IOWA CITY — A Johnson County supervisor Tuesday — in discussing University of Iowa teacher demands the campus pivot immediately to virtual instruction for fall given pandemic conditions...

Canines and their companions won’t be making a splash in Cedar Rapids’ Bever Pool this weekend, but that doesn’t mean they can’t get wet elsewhere. K9COLA wants to flood...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Herbert Hoover National Historic Site is looking forward to getting a sliver of the $9 billion Great American Outdoors Act signed into law by President Donald Trump on...

Johnson and Linn counties reported the highest daily COVID-19 case counts of Iowa’s 99 counties in a 24-hour period ending Tuesday at 11 a.m. Johnson County reported 21 new cases for a total...

JOHNSTON — Gov. Kim Reynolds warned school districts Tuesday that defy her directive of providing at least 50 percent of core instruction in-person when classes resume later this summer that...

With four start-ups ending their run inside NewBo City Market because of the pandemic, musician Robert Wallace of Cedar Rapids decided to round up local bands to help out a favorite roost in the...

Cedar Rapids coffee and lunch shop Blue Strawberry Coffee Co. will close its store August 10 and transition to an online-only business model, the owner said on its Facebook page. “Closing the...

Iowa nonprofits can receive up to $25,000 in assistance through Volunteer Iowa and Iowa Economic Development Authority’s Nonprofit Recovery Fund. The fund, launched Monday as part of...

Starting today, Gov. Kim Reynolds is increasing her scheduled news conferences to twice a week. Today’s news conference, held at the Iowa PBS studios in Johnston, will be livestreamed...

More jobs are being eliminated at Deere and Co. Deere officials would not comment on how many salaried positions are being cut as of Monday. “As part of the smart industrial redesign, we are...

DES MOINES — Iowa’s Republican governor has rejected two-thirds of the Democratic state attorney general’s requests to join multistate lawsuits, under an unusual compromise that...

IOWA CITY — Scores of University of Iowa instructors and professors are demanding their campus shift away from its plan for a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning this fall and start the...

AMES — What should have been a familiar and festive August scene of students unloading belongings into dorm rooms and meeting new roommates was anything but Monday on the Iowa State University...

During the Great Depression, the Civil Works Administration — a New Deal program — surveyed the nation’s forest and wasteland. Allamakee County in northeast Iowa was one of the...

While a monthly survey of supply managers in the Midwest and the nation found business conditions improving, manufacturing job losses continued, although at a slower pace. The July Creighton...

A study conducted by the accounting firm KPMG of the fiscal risk and resiliency of each state in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic found that Iowa is the most fiscally sound, most resilient state...

From March 19 through July 30 for calendar years 2019 and 2020, net state tax revenue declined $350.4 million and 10.7 percent year-over-year. However, fiscal analyst Jeff Robinson cautioned that not...

DES MOINES — Iowa 1st U.S. House District Republican challenger Ashley Hinson is launching her first television ad of the campaign today, promising to take “a dose of Iowa common...

CEDAR RAPIDS — After waiting five months, Michelle Martinko’s family and friends will finally see a Manchester man sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally stabbing the teen in...