State/Local News

Four suspects have been charged after Marion Police Department responded to reports of suspicious subjects near 44th Street and 29th Avenue in Marion. According to a news release, police were...

The Cedar Rapids Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in the identification of a theft suspect. According to a news release, the suspect is allegedly using stolen credit...

Seeking to spark innovative change within their organizations, six teams representing government, for-profit and not-for-profit entities have joined NewBoCo’s inaugural Intrapreneur Academy....

This week’s show includes discussion on Gov. Reynolds' first campaign ad, Iowans' concerns of more tariffs and Sen. Mark Chelgren's outburst. On Iowa Politics is a weekly news and analysis...

Lindale Mall Sears, last in Corridor, to close- The last Sears store in Cedar Rapids and the Corridor will close later this year. Sears Holdings plans to close the Lindale Mall Sears, 4600 First...

Republicans who run the Iowa House have given Iowans the weekend to consider a $1.3 billion package of tax cuts they unveiled this week. This is what passes for public input in a Statehouse where the...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Cedar Rapids police are investigating a stabbing. According to a news release, officers were called to the area of 14th Avenue and Second Street SW at 6:20 p.m. Thursday for a...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A fast-food restaurant was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday, police said. According to a Cedar Rapids police news release, officers were called to KFC, 1341 First Ave. SE, at 6:44...

NEVADA, Iowa — An accident reconstructionist testified Thursday that, based on his investigation, the “sun played no role” in visibility when Keith Furne crashed his pickup truck...

COUNCIL BLUFFS — A tuition proposal the Board of Regents discussed Thursday would further differentiate rates between the public universities and within groups of students. Costs are going up...

LA PORTE CITY — It was midmorning Thursday in La Porte City, and Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson was a mix of exhausted and invigorated — much like the dozens of local, state...

COUNCIL BLUFFS — A five-month University of Iowa moratorium on new campus construction — including athletics and hospital projects — could extend longer depending on the...

DES MOINES — In a carry-over from last year’s bitter legislative fight over an overhaul of Iowa’s collective bargaining law, minority Democrats on Thursday rejected the...

DES MOINES — Senate Republicans unveiled a new plan Thursday to cut Iowans’ individual state income taxes by 8 percent across-the-board next year as part of a phased-in overhaul to...

At the Iowa Children’s Museum, children play and learn about everything from pizza to physics. They make art, explore make believe farms, and take to the imaginary skies in flight...

The last Sears store in Cedar Rapids and the Corridor will close later this year. Sears Holdings plans to close the Lindale Mall Sears, 4600 First Ave. NE, in July, a spokesman for the company...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Registration for the 2018 Especially For You Race Against Breast Cancer is now open. Mercy Medical Center’s annual 5-kilometer walk and run, a breast cancer prevention...

Federal politicians are showing Americans what little they understand about social media. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week participated in two days of testimony before U.S. House and Senate...

ICR Iowa, the economic development organization representing seven Eastern Iowa counties, has partnered with a local group of employers focused on workforce diversity. Under the partnership, the...

CEDAR RAPIDS — As more than 1,000 middle school students gathered in the Paramount Theatre on Thursday morning, the cacophony of chattering children began to drown out Emanuel Ax warming up on...