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The Cedar Rapids Metro Economic Alliance is encouraging people to shop at small businesses throughout the region for the holidays.

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will continue a Thanksgiving tradition celebrating Iowa’s turkey industry on Monday.

Pet photo shoots with Santa help Cedar Rapids shelter

With just about two months until the GOP caucus, Florida Governor and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis is trailing behind former President Trump in Iowa, according to the most recent Iowa State University/Civiqs poll. The same research says the endorsement from Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has done little to change his place in the race.

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96.

Caitlin Clark had 35 points and 10 assists and Kate Martin had a career-high 25 points as No. 2 Iowa responded from its first loss of the season, defeating Drake 113-90 on Sunday.

Each box includes things like rolls, stuffing mix, gravy, vegetables and of course a turkey.

Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows in 2017, out of over 86,000 Iowa farms, Black farmers owned less than 75.

If you have plans to travel for Thanksgiving, overall it still looks pretty good.

Tamin Lipsey had 17 points and nine assists and Iowa State led by 34 points at halftime en route to a 92-37 thrashing of Grambling.

Organizers say many people lined up for more than half an hour to get them.

Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices.

Federal government workers from the State Department to NASA are circulating open letters demanding that President Joe Biden pursue a cease-fire in Israel’s war against Hamas.

An orphaned Ukrainian teenager who was taken to Russia last year during the war in his country returned home after being reunited with relatives in Belarus on his 18th birthday Sunday.

Voters in Argentina were heading to the polls Sunday in a presidential runoff election that will determine whether South America’s second-largest economy will take a rightward shift.

Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years.

Marcos’ trip comes at a time when the U.S. and the Philippines have been deepening their long-standing alliance in a shift after Marcos’ predecessor, Rodrigo Duterte, nurtured cozy ties with China and Russia.

Wildlife officials across the Great Lakes are looking for spies to take on an almost impossible mission: stop the spread of invasive carp.

One person has died after attempting to flee police early Sunday morning.

Cyclists will pick up Thanksgiving staples along with some other optional items that will get donated after the ride, but they won’t know exactly what they need to get until they arrive.

A former Assistant Linn County Attorney said she left her job at the Linn County Attorney’s Office because of what she called a “hostile” work environment. Rena Schulte shared her story after a different former County employee filed a sexual misconduct lawsuit against Linn County Attorney Nick Maybanks and First Assistant Attorney Monica Slaughter.

Quasqueton is home to less than 600 people.

Organizers said the event is a tradition and has taken place around the holidays for decades.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Quinn Ewers passed for 281 yards and two touchdowns and No. 7 Texas pulled away from Iowa State for a 26-16 victory.

Cam Miller accounted for three touchdowns and Cole Payton scored on runs of 60 and 23 yards to help FCS No. 9 North Dakota State beat Northern Iowa 48-27.

Cedar Rapids Police Department need your help in locating a missing teenager.

A 21-year-old died in a crash in Cedar Rapids on Friday.

Two people are injured after a Friday afternoon crash in Black Hawk County.

We are going to talk about three issues you might run into if you are hosting Thanksgiving dinner, but more importantly, we’re going to talk about how you can fix those things very easily.

ChatGPT-maker Open AI said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board of directors.