Independence Day in Iowa will look a little different this year, since many cities canceled fireworks shows and festivals because of the coronavirus. However, a few cities and organizations still...

CEDAR RAPIDS — A 3-year-old girl was critically injured in a pool accident Sunday. Cedar Rapids police and firefighters responded to a call for help at 8:27 p.m. in the 7500 block of Normandy...

DES MOINES — A protest to persuade Gov. Kim Reynolds to restore voting rights to felons turned violent Wednesday during a confrontation between law enforcement officers and some...

DES MOINES — Plans for how students will safely return to school in the fall should include requiring face masks, ensuring social distancing guidelines and teaching proper hand washing, Iowa...

The Southeast Iowa Union will close its Fairfield, Mount Pleasant and Washington offices Friday, July 3 in honor of the Fourth of July holiday. Each office will resume normal hours Monday, July 6.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Iowa Court of Appeals overturned a Cedar Rapids man conviction of fatally shooting one man and seriously injuring another during a drug deal, and granted him a new trial...

IOWA CITY — In charting a new course for the upcoming pandemic-plagued school year, the University of Iowa first reviewed its interrupted spring semester by surveying students — and it...

Sen. Chuck Grassley expects Congress to approve another round of coronavirus-related economic stimulus, including unemployment compensation. However, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee said...

Washington County Ambulance Services Director Jeremy Peck said the department answered seven calls by 9 a.m. Wednesday, and eight by 3:15 p.m. The new ambulance service started taking calls at...

Background CEDAR RAPIDS — The National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library has been working with high school students from Metro High School since 2018, when students constructed train...

IOWA CITY — When the COVID-19 pandemic first reached Iowa City, downtown shut down. Restaurants were open only for delivery and carryout if they were open at all, and retail and other...

The number of Iowans hospitalized with coronavirus-related illnesses and in intensive care continued to tick upward on Wednesday. Twenty-nine COVID-19 Iowans were admitted to the hospital in the...

The news and internet are full of stories about coronavirus lawsuits being considered, planned or filed. Legal experts anticipate a tidal wave of court activity in the wake of the pandemic’s...

The Iowa Legislative Council unanimously approved an emergency directive to give Iowans living overseas the option of returning ballots electronically for July 7 special elections, but not without...

The Linn County Sheriff’s Office has a new chief deputy. The sheriff’s office announced Wednesday that Douglas A. Riniker, a 25-year employee, was appointed to serve as chief deputy...

With less than two months until the first day of school, school districts in the Cedar Rapids-Marion area on Wednesday promised more information “in the coming weeks” about how classes...

Iowa’s executive branch is getting a grim gift from a company that has long made garments for meatpacking workers: a free supply of 500 body bags. Dickson Industries is donating the body bags...

The 2020 Zach Johnson Foundation Classic, scheduled for July 27 at Elmcrest Country Club, was canceled Wednesday due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Foundation had announced earlier this...

We’d love to say that we’re eagerly anticipating meeting you this fall, but we have to be honest. We’re scared. We write this on the twelfth consecutive day of new, double-digit...

ACKLEY — An sport utility vehicle carrying Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds hit a Black Lives Matter protester who was trying to block the SUV Tuesday as she was leaving an event in Northern Iowa, but...