State/Local News

VAN HORNE — With each sweep of the rake and each broken tree branch lobbed onto a pile, Jesup High School students helped restore what’s left of a grove of trees behind Helen...

IOWA CITY — Five sororities and one fraternity at the University of Iowa are on suspension for now while administrators investigate allegations they violated, in some cases, prohibitions...

It was 13 years ago this past week that I walked into The Gazette as a new columnist. The time has certainly flown by. “Dorman used to be readable 15-20 years ago but has turned into a left...

For the third day in a row, Iowa topped its highest number of COVID-19 hospitalizations, according to data from the Iowa Department of Public Health. In the past 24 hours, the number of COVID-19...

Eligible households “at risk of disconnection” from an electric, natural gas or water utility could receive up to $2,000 for their bills through the Residential Utility Disruption...

The University of Iowa’s jarring decision on Aug. 21 to terminate the four Olympic sports of men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s tennis, and men’s...

Iowans have options about how we choose to vote. We can cast an absentee ballot from the comfort of our home, in-person at the county auditor’s office, or vote at the polls on Election Day....

When The Gazette print edition hits your doorstep on Nov. 4, there’s a good chance the front page will not declare a winner of the presidential election or down-ballot races. Like most other...

CEDAR RAPIDS — When the derecho tore through Eastern Iowa, William Ross already was in a crisis. By the time the Aug. 10 storm hit Cedar Rapids, his wife, Myrtle Ross, was a couple weeks into...

Iowa City Area Development Group launched its $3 million Designing Our Future campaign at its annual meeting Thursday for “economic recovery and resilience.” The three-year campaign has...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Linn County communities have picked up more than 2.9 million cubic yards of debris left in the wake of the Aug. 10 derecho’s hurricane-force winds, setting cities up for...

The leaves are changing, though in Cedar Rapids and the surrounding area, the arrival of fall may be bittersweet. “I’ve always enjoyed two places for fall color, at least in this area...

The Marion Police Department will soon have a crisis counselor embedded within the department. During its Thursday night meeting, the Marion City Council voted unanimously to approve the agreement...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Like many other milestones over these past months, Linda and David Scott’s birthday celebrations looked very different during the pandemic. Linda turned 70 in March and...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Two rivals seeking an open seat to represent Southeast Iowa in Congress split Thursday night in a televised debate over how strictly to enforce COVID-19 mitigation measures and...

On Inauguration Day 2017, President Donald Trump raised the specter of “American carnage” that his presidency would remedy. Instead, he unleashed it. Four years later the nation is...

CORALVILLE — Coralville Mayor John Lundell was at the League of Cities national meeting in Washington, D.C., in March when he got the call — the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in...

Federal agriculture officials said Thursday they awarded $22 million in grants to gas stations, convenience stores and fuel distribution sites in 14 states to upgrade pumps, fuel lines and storage...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Theresa Greenfield, who announced Thursday that her campaign raised more money in three months than any U.S. Senate candidate in Iowa has raised in a complete election cycle,...

Background MARION — Voters in the Linn-Mar school district approved a $55 million bond referendum in September 2018 to construct two intermediate school buildings. The goal of creating the...