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Grinnell, Maquoketa and Waukon were among 18 Iowa communities that received first-quarter funding from a total of $6.18 million awarded by the Iowa Economic Development Authority.

DES MOINES — State legislators are looking at lowering the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana to a simple misdemeanor on a first offense, but Republicans say legalization is not an option.

IOWA CITY — A former City High School volleyball coach did not pay over $50,000 in facility fees to the Iowa City Community School District while operating a summer league not affiliated with the district, according to a report released by the state auditor’s office Tuesday.

Iowa added 456 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday as well as 26 new, confirmed deaths.The new numbers bring the state’s total number of cases to 336,967 and the number of reported virus deaths to 5,498, according to Iowa Department of Public Health data.The state’s seven-day average for new cases is 512, as of Tuesday at 11 a.m.

Disgruntled Republican lawmakers — who last month inundated the University of Iowa College of Dentistry with questions about its treatment of a conservative student and demanded action toward a more inclusive campus — checked in wi

MARION — A business in Marion plans to hold its own markets this year on the same dates as the Chamber of Commerce’s Uptown Marion Markets.DKW Gallery owners Deb and Mark Weiser say the markets will offer more options for Marion marketgoers to browse and buy from.

SOLON — Iowa pharmacy students are expected to be a shot in the arm to Iowa’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout, especially in rural areas where there aren’t enough pharmacists.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Stoney Point YMCA location soon will belong to Antioch Christian Church of Marion.The YMCA of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Area announced the sale of the property, 300 Stoney Point Rd. SW, Cedar Rapids, to the church on Friday.

In 1839, militias in Iowa and Missouri squared off over where the state line should be between the two states.No one was killed in the so-called Honey War, though a Missouri sheriff was arrested and a Missouri settler sneaked across the border and chopped down three trees holding honeybee hives.Honey was the only sweetener on the frontier and apparently worth fighting for.

BOSTON — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.