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IOWA CITY — Students Ruba Ahmed-Abdelmutalab, 16, and Nadeen Mohammad, 17, spent Friday afternoon decorating the main office doors of Iowa City West High School with an image of a Black woman with an Afro. On her shirt are pictures of Black historical figures, some with Iowa connections, in recognition of February as Black History Month.

CEDAR RAPIDS — When the Cedar River flooded over 10 square miles of the city in 2008, few property owners had flood insurance — slowing recovery for residents and business owners as they waited for resources from the federal government.

With more students returning to classrooms this month under a new state law requiring that option, some Eastern Iowa school leaders say they are concerned about maintaining social distancing in class — raising fears of increased exposure to COVID-19.

SWISHER — Images of child pornography were found on a discarded laptop belonging to a Cedar Rapids man, authorities said.

The pandemic that paused the University of Iowa’s new UNICEF Iowa club last spring is giving that club a rallying cause.

If my inbox and family phone conversations are any indication, interest in politics increased significantly during former President Donald Trump’s four years in office.Here’s hoping that interest not only remains, but begins to spread beyond the White House to not only Congress, but our state capitols and city halls.

This project is a collaboration of members of the Iowa Newspaper Association and includes reporting from 51 newspaper reporters across the state. Readers who have experienced difficulty obtaining police video in Iowa can contact reporters at PoliceVideoTips@inanews.com. 

IOWA CITY — Guns were recovered off two men following a chase on Friday.

Iowa is preparing to roll out about $195 million in funding to prevent evictions, Iowa Economic Development Authority Director Debi Durham told The Gazette.But the IEDA does not have the necessary information from the U.S. Department of Treasury to begin the program.

DES MOINES, Iowa — An Arizona man who threatened to shoot Iowa lawmakers over his frustration with a failed attempt to change Iowa’s sex offender registry law has been sentenced to five years in prison.