UPDATE: The home is scheduled to be moved to a new site in June 2023. Learn more: Queen Anne home prepared for move in Iowa NORTH LIBERTY — A Queen Anne Victorian that has stood the test of time in North Liberty needs to find a new home. Built in 1892 for the Jacob and […]
Iowa governor prepares for national spot...
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds has been chosen to deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address — in part for her handling of the coronavirus pandemic — at the same time the state reports exceeding 9,000 COVID-19 deaths. As of Feb. 23, 2022, Iowa reported 9,085 COVID-19 deaths, up 137 […]
Photos: Winter Gardening Fair 2022
Hundreds of gardening enthusiasts gathered to dream of warmer days ahead as the Winter Gardening Fair resumed its popular in-person event after going virtual in 2021, due to the pandemic. The 2022 gardening fair was held Feb. 19 at the Kirkwood Linn County Regional Center in Hiawatha. See photos from the 2020 Winter Gardening Fair. […]
Iowa removes data website as state appro...
Iowa is no longer tracking COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes and has ended reporting of deaths and other information on its coronavirus website. The state also discovered 6,700 COVID-19 positive test results dating back to March 2020 that had not been previously reported. According to the Iowa Department of Public Health, those test results were […]
More than one-quarter of Iowa nursing ho...
Outbreaks of COVID-19 at Iowa nursing homes continue to escalate, even as the state prepares to end data reporting on two websites as its disaster emergency expires. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds announced Feb. 3 that the state’s Public Health Disaster Emergency Proclamation will expire at 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. Reynolds said in […]
Authorities seek leads after bald eagle ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is seeking the public’s help in finding the person responsible for shooting a bald eagle that was discovered in Cedar Rapids. While no longer listed as an endangered species, bald eagles are protected by federal law. Related: Reward offered in search for bald eagle killer in Iowa Learn more […]
Garden forum addresses higher temperatur...
A free event from Project GREEN and the Iowa City Public Library will provide timely information on growing resilient gardens in the face of climate change. The Second Sunday Garden Forum will be 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 13. The free event is open to the public. Related: Winter Gardening Fair plans in-person return in 2022 […]
Haunting final photos of The Mill in Iow...
IOWA CITY — An iconic music venue met its end on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, as a demolition crew razed The Mill, a mainstay in Iowa City since 1962. Owner Marc Moen plans to build a new performance venue on the site, at 120 E. Burlington St. “While we cannot preserve the old structure of […]
Impaired Iowa creek changes course to be...
Farmers Creek in Eastern Iowa has become a candidate for delisting from the state’s impaired waters list and has been recognized as a water quality success story by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The Jackson County creek was placed on the impaired list in 2000 after fish kills in 1997 and 1998 caused by livestock […]
COVID-19 outbreaks escalate at nursing h...
UPDATE Jan. 26, 2022: Iowa has again reported a spike in COVID-19 outbreaks at nursing homes, with 86 , up 23 from just one week ago. The state also reported a fourth consecutive week of plus-100 deaths, with 184 COVID-19 deaths confirmed, for a total of 8,501. The most recent occurred between Oct. 29 and […]