As our economy battles back from the coronavirus-induced recession, housing has experienced the strongest rebound among individual economic sectors. From nearly the beginning of the pandemic,...

KELLOGG, Iowa — Police have arrested four people in the death of a man whose body was found burning last week in rural central Iowa ditch. Steven Vogel, 31, of Grinnell, was arrested Tuesday...

As the United States surpasses 200,000 deaths due to COVID-19, Iowa added 19 people to its statewide death count Tuesday. Linn County had two of the deaths confirmed within the 24-hour period that...

The Iowa Board of Corrections broke the law by not approving a list of candidates for the Iowa Department of Corrections director before Gov. Kim Reynolds named Beth Skinner to the job in June 2019,...

Iowa State University in the last week added 63 new COVID-19 cases among students, faculty, and staff — the lowest for any week since the campus resumed in-person instruction for the fall...

It would be fun watching Iowa senators tie themselves in verbal knots to justify their craven power grab if our very lives weren’t at stake. On Monday, just days after Supreme Court Justice...

IOWA CITY — A former employee of the Johnson County Agricultural Association is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the organization and using it to buy himself a truck and off-road...

IOWA CITY — The deaths of two people found inside an Iowa City home have been determined to be a murder-suicide. According to an Iowa City police news release, officers were called to 86...

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating after a Jones County man with a gun was shot by law enforcement officers Monday evening. At about 7:33 p.m., the Jones County...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Local activists seeking to end racial injustice united around the power of the polls as the Nov. 3 election looms, urging people who gathered Monday at a candlelight vigil...

An exploration of Eastern Iowa’s role in the Underground Railroad before the Civil War reveals a complex narrative that still is being pieced together. Runaway slaves and the Iowans who helped...

Fifty years ago, Coe College students called a general strike on May 5, 1970, to protest the U.S. military presence in Cambodia and the shooting deaths of four Kent State University students who were...

The Gazette will air Day 2 of the livestream of an appeal hearing starting at 8 a.m. Wednesday for fired Cedar Rapids Police officer Lucas Jones. Check back here at 8 a.m. to watch when the hearing...

The Gazette will air the livestream an appeal hearing starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday for fired Cedar Rapids Police officer Lucas Jones. Check back here at 9 a.m. to watch when the hearing begins. The...

A proposed continuing resolution from U.S. House Democrats that excludes funding for a farm assistance is drawing fire from the Iowa congressional delegation. A draft of the resolution to fund the...

DES MOINES — If U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell begins the confirmation of President Donald Trump’s nominee to full a Supreme Court vacancy before the November election...

When you have more than 8,000 works at your fingertips, narrowing the selection to 125 becomes a monumental task — one that kept Kate Kunau busy for several months. As associate curator for...

President Donald Trump is calling for a new era of “patriotic education.” Trump last week announced the 1776 Commission, which will “rebuild shared national identity” by...

IOWA CITY — While Kevyn Doningueiz, 11, a sixth-grader at Mark Twain Elementary, focuses on his virtual learning, his younger siblings get help from volunteers who can teach them how to use...

The Marion Police Department issued an Operation Quickfind for a 15-year-old girl Monday afternoon. Holly Wanasek was last seen at around 8 p.m. Thursday at 940 Creekbend Drive in Marion. She is...