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IOWA CITY — One week after a state council narrowly denied a University of Iowa Health Care application to build a new $230 million hospital in North Liberty, UI Vice President for Medical Affairs Brooks Jackson said the hiccup wasn’t sur

A Mount Vernon man was arrested Wednesday after authorities received a complaint about numerous dead cows on his property. According to the Linn County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to 81 Linn Ridge Rd. on Feb. 11 after receiving reports of neglected cattle. The deputies found a number of dead cattle on the property.

More than 600,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in Iowa, according to the Iowa Department of Public Health. Of those, 581,472 went to Iowa residents.As of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, a total of 303,407 people have received only the first of the two-dose series, while 150,538 have received both doses.

Clint Twedt-Ball wasn’t satisfied reaching people just from the pulpit.

Kim Menke, owner of Jim’s Tax Service in Marion, knows a thing or two about “side hustles.”

CEDAR RAPIDS — A $64 million mixed-use development in the southwest quadrant will bring more housing to a city where demand for it exceeds supply and more jobs to a growing part of town.

Banning the “1619 Project” about the impact of slavery and Black Americans on U.S. history from Iowa schools as a state lawmaker proposes would “be a threat to public education,” says a Fairfield schoolteacher, echoing concerns of other educators.

“More than 2 billion people have smartphones today, and we’re tracking them about on average, 150 times a day. What does the world look like where 2 billion people are tracking our devices 150 times a day?”

DES MOINES — As Iowa commemorates its 175th anniversary of statehood this year, the State Historical Society of Iowa is taking a deeper dive into the state’s past during Iowa History Month, beginning Monday. Gov. Kim Reynolds will kick off the month with an official proclamation, noting key milestones dating back to Iowa’s entry into the Union in 1846.

AMES, Iowa — An autopsy shows the death last month of a 21-year-old woman outside an Iowa State University sorority house was caused by acute alcohol intoxication and hypothermia, Ames police said Wednesday in a news release.