State/Local News

CEDAR RAPIDS — An official with the Freedom Festival in Cedar Rapids says organizers plan to stop referring to the Freedom Ride by that name after drawing criticism for appropriating the name...

State Relations Officer Keith Saunders, one of the Board of Regents most senior staffers, has been tapped to serve as the board’s interim executive director — accepting a $50,000 raise,...

By Erin Murphy, Gazette-Lee Des Moines Bureau DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds said Monday she is monitoring Congress as lawmakers draft legislation that would make sweeping changes to federal...

WASHINGTON — Churches and other religious entities cannot be flatly denied public money even in states where constitutions explicitly ban such funding, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Monday...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans’ bill to erase major parts of the Affordable Care Act would cause an estimated 22 million more Americans to be uninsured in the coming decade - about 1...

CENTRAL CITY — The Linn County Fair drew roughly 36,000 people last year and organizers hope for an even bigger turnout this year as the fair returns to Central City Wednesday through...

MARION — Cara Briggs Farmer said she named her Marion business Synergy Metalworks to reflect how her diverse experiences have worked together in a way that allows her to create art from steel...

HIAWATHA — Officials from the Hiawatha Public Library this morning kicked off phase one of a capital campaign to expand the existing library by 13,500 square feet. During a campaign kickoff...

BEIJING — Former Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, the new U.S. ambassador to China, said in a video message to the Chinese people posted Monday that stopping the nuclear threat posed by North Korea...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has visited various sites in the Midwest over the past few days, including a pair of stops in Eastern Iowa. Zuckerberg visited the Wilton Candy Kitchen in...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Center Point man was arrested over the weekend after police say he stole electronics from his ex-wife’s home and later led officers in a high-speed pursuit out of Cedar...

IOWA CITY — A Cedar Rapids man was charged with domestic abuse assault and burglary after assaulting his former girlfriend on June 16, according to Iowa City police. Dylan Powers, 18, of Cedar...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to allow a limited version of President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from six mostly Muslim countries to take effect, and will...

MARION — A Marion mobile home was destroyed in a fire Sunday afternoon. According to Marion Fire Department officials, fire crews were dispatched to 400 Lindale Dr., Lot 94, at 2:31 Sunday and...

TODAY’S WEATHER — Isolated showers early, then mostly sunny. High 72, low 47. ONE-WAY CONVERSION SNAGS — Just as elected officials called to speed up the timeline for unscrambling...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Just as elected officials called to speed up the timeline for unscrambling the intermixed one-way and two-way streets confounding motorists in downtown Cedar Rapids, city staff...

IOWA CITY — Directly across from the gazebo in College Green Park in Iowa City sits the Houser-Metzger House, a large, late-Victorian, Queen Anne-style home with a lot of history behind...

CEDAR RAPIDS — From candy and makeup to containers and clothing, the new Northwest Indoor Craft and Farmers’ Market had plenty to offer its customers on Saturday at the Northwest...

DES MOINES — After spiking to a 20-year high in 2015, Iowa pedestrian deaths in 2016 fell to what likely is the lowest number on record, dating back more than half a century. In Iowa,...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Organizers of this year’s Voices of Hope event promise attendees a patriotic evening with music, military ceremonies and food. The free event, hosted by the Christian...