10+ hour, 38+ min ago   (142+ words) Home / News / Crashes Jan. 20, 2026 11:24 am Three people " including two women from Cedar Rapids " died in a head-on crash in Black Hawk County Monday afternoon, according to a crash report from the Iowa State Patrol. According to the report, Thomas Sidler,…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (1025+ words) Home / Living / Travel Take in culture, politics, Civil Rights history and a submarine tour in this historic town Dec. 17, 2025 6:00 am A pleasant yet frustrating sound stirred me from sleep just before dawn. Few camping experiences are as delightful as laying…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (771+ words) A federal judge has granted Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking enforcement of parts of Iowa's new pharmacy benefit manager reform law, shielding the state's largest health insurer and its customers from provisions Wellmark argues…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1694+ words) Ranchers, agricultural advocates warn the nation's cattle industry is in dire straits Oct. 25, 2025 6:00 am To Mike Schultz, Kansas ranchers are stuck in velvet handcuffs. Walmart, the nation's largest grocery retailer and private employer, recently expanded into the U.S. beef industry with…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (553+ words) Four officers fired 31 rounds at a Cedar Rapids man after he pointed a handgun at them following a high-speed chase Oct. 24, 2025 5:27 pm CEDAR RAPIDS " No charges will be filed against four Cedar Rapids police officers in relation to an officer-involved…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (650+ words) Linn County is taking several steps to inform discussions around how data centers could affect things like zoning, water availability. CEDAR RAPIDS " Tech giant Google has approached Linn County officials about a proposed data center project near Palo. The project…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (342+ words) Judge denied her request for probation Sep. 1, 2025 2:59 pm IOWA CITY " A Cedar Rapids mother was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison for injecting her 2-year-old son with insulin that affected his glucose levels, causing him to become sick. Alexandra…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (401+ words) Home / Curious Iowa Answering a reader's question about evapotranspiration. Call it ET How much does "corn sweat" really affect Iowa's weather in the summer? That is the question posed by a curious Iowan from Hiawatha, who wrote to Curious Iowa,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (351+ words) The Hawkeyes qualified 14 entries, Cyclones 11, for the NCAA Track & Field Championships on Wedneday, June 11, and Thursday, June 12, 2025 Jun. 10, 2025 2:47 pm Iowa and Iowa State will have a total of 25 entrants this week at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1139+ words) Home / Opinion / Staff Columnists Jun. 1, 2025 5:00 am Well, the pop police are on their way. Or the soda sheriff, if that's your inclination. They'll be looking for low-income Iowans who try to use federal food assistance to buy, for example, lemonade,…...