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Domestic violence had been a part of Katrina Brinson and Arnell States’ marriage long before police found Brinson fatally stabbed last Saturday morning at a motel in southwest Cedar Rapids. “He (States) turned into a completely different person after they got married,” said Jaslyne Brinson, 32, of Cedar Rapids, Brinson’s younger sister.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Deronte Strong, 12, wants to be able to walk down the street without fear of judgment or violence by the police because he’s Black.The sixth-grader at Regis Middle School spoke Friday at a student-led “March on Washington” inspired by the famous Aug. 28, 1963, March on Washington, D.C., led by Martin Luther King Jr.

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids school board unanimously appointed Scot Reisinger to the board Friday to fill a vacancy left by

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Even with a congressional parliamentarian’s ruling that the $15-an-hour minimum wage proposal can’t be included in a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, the speaker of the House said she would leave it in. And U.S. Rep.

Although the University of Iowa and the University of Northern Iowa already announced their upcoming commencement ceremonies will be virtual — and are well into planning them — a Republican lawmaker is sponsoring a bill requiring Iowa’s public universities to hold in-person spring graduations.

The number of people being treated for COVID-19 in Iowa’s hospitals and intensive care units has dropped to the lowest number the state has seen since July.

Organ donation saves lives and in 2020, more lives in Iowa were saved or transformed through organ donations than ever before. According to the Iowa Donor Network, the state saw the highest number of organ donors ever.

IOWA CITY — Two men now join their landlord in facing prison time for breaking into an apartment with the intent of forcibly removing the tenant.

Temperatures are rising after the February cold snap chilled most of the continental United States, but so is your natural gas bill.Starting next month, MidAmerican Energy and Alliant Energy both say they are expecting increases in gas bills following unusually high use amid limited supply.

NORTH LIBERTY — A Maryland man who barricaded himself inside a North Liberty business is accused of shooting at police.According to Johnson County Sheriff’s Office and North Liberty police criminal complaints, around 3:37 p.m. Thursday, Jason R. Brazao, 38, was on Coral Ridge Avenue in Coralville driving a van that was being sought in a suspected crime.