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Iowa’s COVID-19 death toll took its bleakest leap ever Sunday when public health officials reported they confirmed another 250 deaths from the disease — bringing the state’s total so far to 4,901.

DES MOINES, Iowa — The flood of calls, texts and emails came swiftly and most with the same message. Dave Millage sat by the fireplace in his living room in a quiet Bettendorf neighborhood as he read them.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Democratic state lawmaker said she has tested positive for COVID-19 and thinks she was infected with the virus at the Iowa Capitol, where Republicans have refused to mandate masks or require people to disclose positive cases.

Iowa recorded 1,060 new positive cases for positive coronavirus cases as of 11 a.m. Saturday for the previous 24-hour period.

Sledders took to the hills at Roosevelt Creative Corridor Business Academy as Cedar Rapids awaited a winter storm

IOWA CITY — Prosecutors have dropped trespassing charges against an activist who helped secretly record Iowa’s largest pork producer using heat to kill thousands of hogs last year as the pandemic devastated the industry.

IOWA CITY — Back in May, University of Iowa third-year College of Dentistry student Chichi Adeleke said in a promotional video for the institution, “The reason I chose Iowa is simple. I was beyond impressed.”

A shootout last year at the Sunset Village Mobile Home Park in Hiawatha that left three men injured and a fourth man dead will not lead to major criminal charges.

A Senate study bill passed out of subcommittee this week would require the Iowa Veterans Home in Marshalltown to allow all residents to smoke, despite risking federal funding for the home for more than 400 veterans.

CEDAR RAPIDS — John “Jack” Cosgrove, whose first job after graduation was at Collins Radio and who went on to become CEO of Rockwell Collins, died at his home on Jan. 23.