State/Local News

Most Linn County buildings will be closed to the public, beginning on Thursday, in response to the county’s rising COVID-19 numbers. The Linn County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously in...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A 14-year-old Ely boy initially charged in juvenile court was waived into adult court and charged Tuesday for an armed robbery of a liquor store in September. Treyton Spies is...

The Linn County Supervisors voted to approve a face-covering regulation recommended by the Linn County Board of Health. The Supervisors unanimously voted to approve the regulation during its formal...

The State Board of Education on Wednesday approved new rules for school seclusion and restraint, marking a compromise between civil liberty advocates and teachers. The ACLU of Iowa, which filed a...

“Live with it,” is out. “This is serious!” is in. “If Iowans don’t buy into this, we lose,” Gov. Kim Reynolds said in a prime-time address to Iowans...

A Subway in southwest Cedar Rapids was robbed at gunpoint Tuesday night. At 8 p.m., police were called to 555 Gateway Place SW, where Subway employees reported the store was just robbed at gunpoint,...

IOWA CITY — Calling it an important step in addressing racial inequities in the city, the Iowa City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved the first reading of an ordinance that will make...

CEDAR RAPIDS — City officials on Tuesday backed a proposal for commercial and residential space in the College District at the former Terex property that they hope will spur further...

JOHNSTON — Gov. Kim Reynolds continued her pleas Tuesday for Iowans to take the proper steps in helping slow the exploding spread of COVID-19 in the state. Just hours earlier on Monday...

CEDAR RAPIDS — As College Community School District students this week pivoted to virtual learning, the Kids Inc. day care in Cedar Rapids scrambled to assist its elementary-school-age...

With more than 93,000 ballots to review and examine in the state’s third-largest county, it could take days to complete a recount in Iowa’s still uncalled 2nd Congressional District...

IOWA CITY — Puppet-maker Monica Leo co-founded Eulenspiegel Puppet Theatre 45 years ago, when she found herself surrounded by “big puppets nobody wanted to buy.” These days,...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A 16-year-old girl, who was sexually abused, said Tuesday she has lived day by day “full of anxiety and fear knowing that people are good...

Data scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a tool to allow people like you and me to assess how risky our holiday plans may be, using the number of COVID-19 cases over the past 10 days in each...

DES MOINES — The union representing state law enforcement employees is seeking higher wages in recognition of the risks they take to protect the public and carry out state laws. Negotiators...

Iowa State University is not going to amend its Student Code of Conduct or discipline its College Republicans, despite demands last week from students, faculty, and staff following a postelection...

Over 2,000 Iowans have died because of COVID-19. The death toll rose a day after Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds issued new requirements for wearing masks indoors, part of new orders issued as COVID-19...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Police arrested an Anamosa man during a traffic stop Sunday after it was determined he was driving a stolen vehicle in northeast Cedar Rapids. According to the Cedar Rapids...

The McGrath Family of Dealerships said Tuesday it has sold its Collision Center business in Cedar Rapids to Lewisville, Texas-based Caliber Collision Centers. Caliber Collision is largest auto body...

Police are seeking information regarding a hit-and-run wreck that occurred early Monday morning, November 9, in southwest Cedar Rapids. According to the Cedar Rapids Police Department, firefighters...