Eight more Iowans have died of coronavirus, the Iowa Department of Public Health said Sunday, and an additional 83 Iowans have tested positive for COVID-19. In all, 22 Iowans have died, and there are...

One person was taken to a hospital with non-life threatening injuries after a shooting Saturday near Bever Avenue and 21st Street SE in Cedar Rapids. Just before 5 p.m., Cedar Rapids police responded...

Iowa City’s Animal Care & Adoption Center is closed to the public and not taking adoption applications for now, though it still is accepting strays and sending officers on animal control...

If you think you’ve been noticing more puppies in your Facebook feed these days, you aren’t imagining things. While a pandemic spreads across the country, families are reflecting on...

A new photography column by Gazette photographers meant to inspire creativity in and around your home. Photographers will share how they captured their images so that you, too, can capture that...

DES MOINES — There will be a June 2 primary election in Iowa, elections officials pledge. But those officials are encouraging voters to submit their ballots early through the mail in order to...

I sat in the parking lot of the Shiloh National Military Park and Cemetery on the banks of the Tennessee River. I looked at the license plates: Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Georgia....

KANSAS CITY — The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Saturday designated more than $44 million to Iowa for eligible work in the COVID-19 response, under a major disaster declaration...

This post will be updated as the day goes on.Legal aid, bar associations hotline to help with legal issues A hotline has been set up by Iowa Legal Aid and two bar associations to help people with...

DES MOINES — An older Linn County resident along with two other Iowans have died from COVID-19, the Iowa Department of Public Health reported Saturday. In addition, 20 more cases tested...

While Eastern Iowa jails have cut their inmate populations by nearly 30 percent in recent weeks, Iowa’s prisons still are more than 20 percent over capacity — leaving prisoners...

By James Q. Lynch, Gazette Des Moines Bureau While an order by Gov. Kim Reynolds temporarily relieves grocery stores of the responsibility to redeem beverage cans and bottles, the Iowa Grocery...

The novel coronavirus has accomplished what Iowa lawmakers and lobbyists have been unable to do for decades: lift the requirement for grocery stores and other retailers to take back empty beverage...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly fired the inspector general of the intelligence community, sidelining an independent watchdog who played a pivotal role in his impeachment...

HIAWATHA — What started as a woodworking hobby for a Hiawatha man has led to a business creating products with a laser. Ben Fiedler, an engineer by trade, said a request from a friend in 2014...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A 15-year-old with a non-life threatening gunshot wound was seen at a hospital early Saturday, shortly after police were called to the 2200 block of C Street SW regarding a...

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IOWA CITY — While the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics has ramped up its campus’ preparation for any potential surge in COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalization, most...

IOWA CITY — The weather was warm enough this week for University of Iowa students to play Frisbee on the Pentacrest, Iowa State students to slow their walks past the campanile between classes...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump announced new federal guidelines Friday recommending that Americans wear face coverings when in public to help fight the spread of the new coronavirus....