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ANKENY — The discovery of a live pipe bomb at a central Iowa polling place as voters were casting ballots in a special election forced an evacuation of the building, police said.

DES MOINES — A decision by the superintendent of Iowa’s largest school district to stick with remote learning in the midst of a pandemic could end up costing him his job.

JOHNSTON — Demonstrating her faith in the newly approved one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19, Gov. Kim Reynolds was injected with it Wednesday on live television.Reynolds, along with her husband, Kevin, and state Public Health Director Kelly Garcia received inoculations partway through a news conference at the Iowa PBS studios.

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A man was killed early Wednesday morning when he was ejected from a minivan while leading Linn County deputies on a multicounty chase, the Linn County Sheriff’s Office said.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will hold a press conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday, expected to provide updates about COVID-19 vaccines and cases in the state. Watch the live stream in the player above, broadcast by Iowa PBS. 

The top House security officer alerted lawmakers Tuesday that security at the Capitol will be heightened Thursday over conspiracy theories about March 4 being the “true inauguration day.”

CEDAR RAPIDS — A judge reset sentencing for a Cedar Rapids man, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Chris Bagley in 2018, previously set to be sentenced today in Linn County District Court.

CEDAR RAPIDS — A new handheld device used by Cedar Rapids physicians in the operating room is helping better guide decisions made during surgical procedures and reducing the likelihood of poor patient outcomes.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The College Community School District released new renderings this week to celebrate one year since voters passed a bond issue financing a fifth- and sixth-grade intermediate school.