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Iowa’s unemployment rate for August held steady at 4.1% as the number of unemployed residents increased slightly.

Iowa State University faculty senate leaders want to be able to require masks in their classrooms.

Linn-Mar students who are too young to get the COVID-19 vaccine will be required to wear masks in the classroom starting on Monday.

Raytheon Technologies will require all workers in the U.S. to get vaccinated.

The Iowa State Patrol is cracking down on speeding in an effort to keep the number of yearly traffic deaths under 300 for the first time since 1925.

The First Avenue Hy-Vee in Cedar Rapids gave away 250 free meals to customers to celebrate National Family Meals Month and recognize Hispanic Heritage Month

Students at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids are voicing their frustration after being without air conditioning for more than a week.

Equipment, vehicles, and gear cramped into the current space, originally built in 1959 and meant to last only 20 years. That’s why the call for donations came from all over Solon, Johnson County, and in some cases, the nation.

The fourth candidate who filed paperwork to run for Cedar Rapids mayor is a familiar face but with a different, famous name.

There’s a new form of medical marijuana growing in Iowa. Hemp farmers are starting to extract CBG, or Cannabigerol. That’s different than the CBD mostly found in Iowa.

The Iowa Legislative Services Agency on Thursday released proposed redistricting maps for Iowa.

The drought has hurt many Iowa crops, but one farmer says pumpkins are the exception.

Hy-Vee Pharmacy Solutions is working to reduce the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations.

Benton Community School District’s leaders said at a board meeting on Wednesday that they received hundreds of emails over whether to implement a mask mandate in their schools.

One person was killed when a car was struck by a semi-truck, according to law enforcement officials.

Officials in Marion are asking for help locating a missing teenaged girl.

51-year-old James Booher was killed in 2014.

The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance hosted a gathering on Wednesday to help business leaders improve and adapt.

One of the men behind the murders of two workers at the Anamosa State Penitentiary in March, pleaded guilty today.

Iowa is expected to receive 695 Afghan evacuees from the first group of arrivals to be resettled in the United States.

A Linn County bank was robbed on Wednesday morning, according to law enforcement officials.

Another dispensary for medical cannabis products is nearing its opening in eastern Iowa.

A collision between three vehicles on an interstate highway killed the driver of one of them, according to law enforcement officials.

The rate of daily new cases of the coronavirus in Iowa showed a notable jump after a period of slower growth, based on the latest state data.

One person was fatally shocked while attempting to trim back a tree near a power line, according to law enforcement officials.

Marion police are asking for help finding a missing 13-year-old.

An Iowa man accused of suffocating his brother to death has been charged with attempted murder.

UnityPoint Health on Wednesday said it is experiencing an extremely high volume of sick patients and requests for COVID-19 testing.

A judge on Wednesday sentenced Michael Dutcher to life in prison for the killing of two Anamosa State Penitentiary workers earlier this year.

Iowa State University has announced that its student crew club must stay off the water at least for now after an inquiry faulted the university and the club’s leaders in the drowning deaths of two members.