The heat has workers with the Jones County Fair on notice. They are expecting more than 16,000 people to attend Friday night’s Zac Brown Band concert. Organizers hope they don’t have the same issues that happened Friday that happened the night before.
A business along the Maquoketa River in Our Town Monticello provides a way to relaxing way to enjoy the outdoors. Monticello Canoe Rental is in the heart of its season, with hundreds of people each day looking for a way to stay cool this summer.
Drew Blahnik said he acted quickly and in self defense when he stabbed Chris Bagley to death in 2018. In day six of his First Degree Murder trial, a transcript of what Blahnik testified in front of a grand jury in October of 2019 was read in it’s entirety.
An Iowa man arrested by Chicago police for having guns and ammunition in his hotel room overlooking a Lake Michigan beach told responding officers he “didn’t mean to startle anyone” and simply forgot to remove the firearms from a bag while packing for a trip to the city.
Day five of testimony in the Drew Blahnik trial was graphic for those in the courtroom. The jury was shown images of Chris Bagley’s body the way it was found after it was dug out of Drew Wagner’s yard in southeast Cedar Rapids. They were also shown autopsy photos.
The Iowa City Community Police Review Board formally recommended the Iowa City Police Department make some policy changes. The suggestions would change when police would interfere with people. More specifically, the language that deal with how police interact with people.
An Iowa race track says it will cut ties with an announcer who went on a racist rant against Black fans and athletes who kneel during the national anthem.
One of two Iowa prison nurses fired for her role in accidentally giving dozens of inmates large overdoses of the coronavirus vaccine is appealing her termination, arguing she is “blameless” for the mix-up.
Jury members in the Drew Blahnik murder trial will watch more video of Blahnik’s initial interview with investigators as the trial resumes on Thursday.
President Joe Biden offered an absolute guarantee Wednesday that people who get their COVID-19 vaccines are completely protected from infection, sickness and death from the coronavirus. The reality is not that cut and dried.
Simmons Pet Food staff and Dubuque community leaders held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday to celebrate the start of production of the pet food manufacturer.
The University of Iowa men’s basketball player who swept all major postseason awards for his final season playing for the Hawkeyes has added one more trophy to the case.
The latest weekly update on the state of the novel coronavirus in Iowa shows a large increase in cases and hospitalizations, but no significant upward trend in deaths from the virus.
