Since the start of the novel coronavirus pandemic, state auditors in Iowa have encouraged people to vote by mail to help limit the spread of the virus.
Louisville’s mayor said the police chief had been fired immediately after learning officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man did not have their body cameras turned on.
Local officials said that small piles of bricks on some downtown Cedar Rapids sidewalks are part of construction projects, pushing back against social media posts that claim they were set there by people provoking social unrest.