One of the biggest obstacles to growing your own fruits and veggies is having the right — and enough — space. If you have a stretch of big, open, sunny backyard, no problem. But most of...

The pandemic sent the 2020 Mission Creek Festival flowing underground, offering a few socially distanced sets of musicians, writers and film. But this year, the festival is coming up for air April 29...

IOWA CITY — Six-year-old Daviyon Nixon couldn’t tackle. Rodney Nixon Sr. watched him play with his older brothers, Edward (Teddy) and Louis, at the park down the street from his house in...

More than 23,000 additional Iowans were fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus as of Saturday morning’s new totals. That brings the statewide count for residents and others...

Geno Auriemma was right. So was Lisa Bluder. This wasn’t Caitlin Clark vs. Paige Bueckers. It was Connecticut’s inside game, scoring at will and dominating on both ends. The top-ranked...

It was the feel-good hit of last summer. With Black Lives Matter protests swelling across the nation and outside the Iowa Statehouse, lawmakers swiftly and unanimously passed a package of policing...

URBANDALE — Ambitious Republicans are starting to make moves in Iowa, long a proving ground for future presidents. Their first step is finding out whether activists here have gotten over the...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids woman was convicted Friday of kidnapping and repeatedly beating a 15-year-old girl, who endured what a doctor described at “torture” for more than...

IOWA CITY — The Iowa City Community School District is continuing to prioritize coronavirus mitigation and students’ learning loss in its budget next year. Although the district...

The Ely Fire Department and other Iowa fire and emergency service crews will hold a procession through Ely Saturday to honor Robert McFarland, a lieutenant with the volunteer fire department who was...

Beverly Cleary was a new librarian in Yakima, Wash., when, as she later recalled, “A little boy faced me rather ferociously across the circulation desk and said, ‘Where are the books...

IOWA CITY — University of Iowa President Bruce Harreld will forfeit more than $2 million by retiring before his contract expires in 2023, a Board of Regents spokesman confirmed Friday. In...

JOHNSTON — Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley on Friday said shifting funding for mental health care services from local property taxes to the state’s general fund is more complicated than...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Gov. Kim Reynolds has appointed Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Lightfoot as a judge in the 6th Judicial District. Lightfoot, 40, fills the vacancy created by the retirement of...

DAVENPORT — A Coralville man has been sentenced to almost six years in federal prison for robbing a Coralville bank last March. U.S. District Chief Judge John Jarvey on Thursday sentenced...

The University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa are joining forces to livestream a discussion with much-lauded actor Dan Levy, at 9 p.m. April 9. Levy is an Emmy-...

Wanatee Creek is now the official name for the creek, formerly known as Squaw Creek, that runs through Linn County. County officials were notified Friday that the U.S. Board of Geographic Names had...

It looks like Cedar Rapids is going to have a competitive race for mayor this fall. And that’s potentially good news for those of us that would like to see a robust discussion of issues facing...

IOWA CITY — The University of Iowa has a 79-applicant pool of prospects angling to become its 22nd president, and a 21-member search committee is spending Friday poring over application...

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance said it is working to help find jobs for Toyota Financial Services employees who do not relocate to the company’s out-of-state customer service...