A new report studying the impact of the coronavirus on workers at meat processing plants has found that 87 percent of people infected were racial or ethnic minorities and that at least 86 workers...

BURLINGTON — An Eastern Iowa summer school program has been been moved from in-person to online after several students screened for coronavirus symptoms registered fevers this week. North...

WATERLOO — Volunteers are searching for a former college music instructor whose brain tumor diagnosis is the subject of an independent film after he went missing from an Iowa care center. The...

DES MOINES — Iowa’s state-licensed casinos are (kind of) back to wheeling and dealing after the coronavirus pandemic knocked them offline for 11 weeks and caused fiscal 2020 revenue to...

The coronavirus recession has done in one of the nation’s oldest and best known retailers — Brooks Brothers. The 202-year brand that claims to have dressed all but four U.S. presidents...

Iowa not-for-profit and for-profit organizations can sign up for free financial education courses for employees offered by the Financial Fitness Group and the Iowa Insurance Division. Called the Iowa...

To first-term state Rep. Jeff Shipley, the threat of the coronavirus is overblown. As he faces a reelection, the sauerkraut salesman, comedian and Republican lawmaker from Birmingham is unapologetic...

IOWA CITY — What’s in a namesake? For some residents of Johnson County, as well as the Johnson County Board of Supervisors, the answer is a fair bit. During a work session Wednesday,...

Iowa on Wednesday reported 461 new positive COVID-19 cases as of 11 a.m., for a total of 32,388. The new cases brought the seven-day rolling average to 443, the highest average since May 7, when the...

I’m a little sentimental this month, and not just because I haven’t seen so many friends and co-workers (who also are friends) since mid-March. July 31 will mark the 50th anniversary of...

The second phase of Marion’s West End is set to launch on Friday with the opening of a new microbusiness space. The West End Shops are the next part of Annette Perry’s vision for the...

Iowa’s coronavirus cases are on the rise. And who could have predicted it? Except nearly everyone. From the outset, Gov. Reynolds was one of five governors who refused to issue a stay-at-home...

IOWA CITY — Citing the city’s vulnerability to costly lawsuits and legal fees, the Iowa City Council on Tuesday reluctantly lifted a weapons ban on municipal...

While the president “dithers and divides,” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Tuesday night, “the country is thirsting for real and dramatic change” that Democrats...

MARION — Two brick houses in Uptown Marion scheduled to be moved and built into a 19-unit apartment complex could delay the Marion Public Library groundbreaking this fall and cost the city...

IOWA CITY — The Iowa City Council called on the city to hire an independent firm to investigate the use of tear gas and flash bangs against protesters last month. As part of their resolution...

Amal Alyassiri of Cedar Rapids proved she was game for adventure when she competed on the Discovery Channel’s “Naked and Afraid” survivalist challenge in September 2017. Last...

WASHINGTON, D.C., — President Donald Trump launched an all-out effort Tuesday pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, arguing that some are keeping schools closed not...

URBANDALE — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said Tuesday she would spend $50 million in federal funding on adult and childhood mental health and substance abuse programs. The money is part of the...

FARGO, N.D. — A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request for an emergency order to delay the process of shutting down the Dakota Access pipeline while attorneys appeal a ruling to shutter...