Also in this week's Government Notes, Cedar Rapids has been recognized for its McLoud Run flood control project ...

The announcement last month that Coca-Cola will introduce a new product made with cane sugar — instead of high-fructose corn ...

July 2025 was the second-wettest July on record for Iowa. It's a welcome change from the past four summers, when the region ...

“Oh, God,” said the 6-foot-9, 330-pound senior, who will carry a team-best-tying 27-game start streak into the Aug. 23 season ...

City Council members last week approved the first reading of an ordinance that would set standards for future gas stations along portions of Tower Terrace Road, where such construction currently is ...

Nearly one million of the trees felled in the 2020 derecho were in Linn County alone, and the damage left rural and urban ...

Of the more than $40 million in contracts awarded for the Cedar Crossing Casino & Entertainment Center so far, 96 percent ...

Five years ago, pictures told the story of the derecho. The 140 mph winds that hit Eastern Iowa on Aug. 10, 2020, downed ...

Five years after the 2020 derecho's hurricane-force winds extensively damaged homes throughout the area, construction ...

Five years ago, destructive prolonged wind gusts of up to 140 mph blew through Iowa, felling trees, flattening crops, ripping ...

Julie Stauch, of West Des Moines, a Democratic candidate for Iowa governor   Buy Photo You may have read Julie ...

Five years after a derecho devastated Cedar Rapids, city officials said they've incorporated many of the lessons learned into ...