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Despite disease and a derecho, home values across the Corridor have increased as much as an average 7.5 percent as the real estate market defied early expectations and remained strong.

Three Iowa teens are finding their voices through very different lenses of a common creative vision, and in the process, embodying the spirit of the Grant Wood Art Colony and the artist and educator whose legacy the University of Iowa program continues to honor.

Lisa Gilliatt used to think of her outdoor grill as something she only used in the spring or summer to cook hot dogs and burgers or the occasional chicken breast. Now, she and husband Brian, both 52, use their grill year-round, and their grilling menu has expanded substantially – including sausage, chili, whole chickens and even bacon-wrapped Oreos.

How would you define the word cute, as in “your child is cute”? Could you explain the idiom, “It’s raining cats and dogs,” to someone who doesn’t speak English?Linda Merritt’s students often interrupt with random questions like these, but she doesn’t mind.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday and is expected to provide an update about the April 5 target date for broadly opening up COVID-19 vaccine eligibility. Watch the live stream in the player above, broadcast by Iowa PBS. 

Boaters hope they never see a riderless boat circling in the water. It’s called the “circle of death” and it often means the driver fell overboard, leaving the motor running, and couldn’t escape the circling vessel.

CORALVILLE — You’d be hard pressed to find a corner of Coralville that hasn’t been impacted by Dan Holderness.

Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine was 100% effective in a final-stage trial in kids ages 12 to 15, a finding that could pave the way for shots for teens and pre-teens before the next school year.

MARION — In the first State of the City address since the COVID-19 pandemic and the derecho, Marion Mayor Nick AbouAssaly reflected on the city’s growth and how the city has approached overcoming nature’s challenges.

IOWA CITY — A former Bosnian soldier who fled custody while awaiting trial for murder in the 1994 killing of a fellow military officer has been arrested and jailed in Iowa after living in the U.S. for decades.Federal agents arrested Dzevad Pajazetovic in Des Moines on March 1 following a formal extradition request from Bosnia-Herzegovina, court documents show. The 58-year-old remains in custody and a status conference in his case is scheduled for Wednesday.