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7 min read 2021-04-04 21:55:21

Internet opens Iowa’s sports betting floodgate

DES MOINES — Iowans are betting on sports at a record clip, but experts worry it may not be all fun and games.The Jan. 1 expansion of legal online

2 min read 2021-04-04 21:50:27

CEDAR RAPIDS — Nearly 40 projects are planned for residential, collection and main arterial roads in the city for this year’s street construction

4 min read 2021-04-04 21:47:18

FAIRFAX — Gardeners follow the calendar and weather reports. But when you’re the one who supplies the gardeners, your planting season comes in

2 min read 2021-04-04 04:18:40

Iowa administered an additional 39,706 coronavirus vaccines as of 11 a.m. Saturday for the previous 24-hour period. That takes to total number of

5 min read 2021-04-03 10:46:39

With the end of the men’s gymnastics season looming, no one needs to remind Iowa Coach J.D. Reive “the countdown to the end of my employment with

3 min read 2021-04-03 07:20:47

CEDAR RAPIDS — As the COVID-19 vaccines become available to every adult in the state, some local entities are working to ensure homebound seniors

3 min read 2021-04-03 07:19:38

CEDAR RAPIDS — The team leading the effort to “ReLeaf” the community after last summer’s derecho downed most of the city’s tree canopy has

3 min read 2021-04-03 04:42:05

I recently spoke with a job seeker who applied through a company’s website only to discover via his networking activity that the employer was not

2 min read 2021-04-03 04:33:20

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Community School District has completed its COVID-19 vaccine clinics, after months of administering the two-dose

2 min read 2021-04-03 02:12:10

Iowa on Friday reported 612 new COVID-19 cases and three new, confirmed deaths.The new numbers bring state totals to 352,262 cases and 5,754 deaths

2 min read 2021-04-03 01:57:13

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Capitol Police officer was killed Friday after a man rammed a car into two officers at a barricade outside the U.S. Capitol and

4 min read 2021-04-03 01:28:42

DES MOINES — Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law Friday a contentious measure eliminating a requirement that Iowans obtain a permit to acquire or

8 min read 2021-04-03 01:28:14

Below is the full letter sent to Iowa Department of Health leadership from an official at Linn County Public Health, who questioned the state’s

3 min read 2021-04-03 01:17:37

CEDAR RAPIDS — The state’s decision to allocate one-shot COVID-19 vaccines to colleges and employers is “heartbreaking” to local public

3 min read 2021-04-03 01:17:37

CEDAR RAPIDS — The state’s decision to allocate one-shot COVID-19 vaccines to colleges and employers is “heartbreaking” to local public