State/Local News

IOWA CITY — Dozens of University of Iowa and Drake University 2020 law school graduates are converging in Des Moines this week — some reluctantly — for a two-day, in-person bar...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The city of Cedar Rapids has spent $1,063.27 so far to clean graffiti off City Hall from an Advocates for Social Justice protest on July 18, city Finance Director Casey Drew...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Contentious plans for Cargill, a major Cedar Rapids employer, to build a $6.5 million rail yard in the Rompot neighborhood remain in limbo. A judge ruled in one lawsuit filed...

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign and other Republican groups are intervening in a lawsuit they say could weaken Iowa’s protections on absentee voting. The lawsuit, brought...

Shoeless Joe Jackson’s nickname came from his time playing baseball for Greenville in the Carolina Association. He had a sore heel and kicked off his shoes to play in his stockings. The...

To be or not to be staging free Shakespeare in the Park this summer? That is the question that has been vexing Riverside Theatre in Iowa City since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down its season in...

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Marion’s Uptown Getdown will be going on the road in August in hopes of playing to smaller crowds. During this year’s event, called “Uptown...

Coalitions representing thousands of Iowa’s health care providers have sent a letter to Gov. Kim Reynolds asking her to issue a statewide face mask mandate for all Iowans. In the letter sent...

State agencies in Iowa have spent about 60 percent of their federal coronavirus-related funds, with Iowa Workforce Development accounting for the lion’s share of those expenditures. So far,...

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn County Board of Supervisors is considering issuing a proclamation to require face masks within the county — and may be asking mayors to sign on. The discussion...

The number of Iowans hospitalized for the novel coronavirus hit 241 by 11 a.m. Monday, the highest number since 242 people were hospitalized on June 10. Patients in intensive care units also rose...

Americans have been dismayed to see “secret police” snatching up political dissidents off the street and threatening to shoot would-be interveners. That’s what happened in...

Schools across the state are currently being asked to bring some sense of “normalcy” back to our children and our families. The Cedar Rapids Community School District is among the...

A 22-year-old Cedar Rapids man was arrested Thursday after a 12-year-old girl reported he had sexually abused her at a residence in southeast Cedar Rapids. According to the criminal complaint, the...

Police arrested a 19-year-old Cedar Rapids man Friday after a seven-year-old girl reported he had sexually abused her over the course of two years. According to the criminal complaint, the girl told...

Eastern Iowa Airport will require anyone in the airport terminal to wear face coverings starting Tuesday, the airport commission unanimously decided Monday morning. There are exemptions for...

DES MOINES — More than half of Iowa health care providers who responded to a survey from the state auditor said privatized Medicaid management has not led to a better quality of health care or...

Iowa Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Theresa Greenfield has pledged, frequently, she won’t take “one dime” of corporate PAC money to fund her campaign. That helped her earn the...

As they await Gov. Kim Reynolds’ promised executive order on restoring felon voting rights, key Iowa legislators doubt she’ll have the last word on the issue. “We’re...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Iowa Republicans and Sen. Joni Ernst’s campaign have been painting Democratic challenger Theresa Greenfield as unfriendly to small business. Now Ernst’s campaign...