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IOWA CITY — While a proposed housing development would add 10 acres to Iowa City’s Hickory Hill Park, residents are concerned about development encroaching on the beloved recreational area.

PALM BEACH, Fla. — Rush Limbaugh, the talk radio host who ripped into liberals, foretold the rise of Donald Trump and laid waste to political correctness with a merry brand of malice that made him one of the most powerful voices on the American right, died Wednesday. He was 70.

Police are investigating after a shooting Tuesday night on Marion left one person injured. According to the Marion Police Department, officers were called at 10:18 p.m. to the 700 block of Keyes Court in Marion for reports of a shooting.

The Linn County Soil and Water Conservation District is moving its annual tree sale online for the first time in hopes of providing easy access to the public and inspiring tree planting after last year’s derecho.

DES MOINES — Prosecutors have upgraded charges against an Iowa man who led a crowd of insurgents in taunting a police officer up several flights of stairs inside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack.

CEDAR RAPIDS — A Cedar Rapids man found out the hard way why it was not such a great idea to leave his vehicle warming up in the cold while he went back inside his apartment to take a shower. He left the sport utility vehicle unattended Monday for 20 minutes in his apartment complex parking lot. When he came back outside, the SUV was gone.

CEDAR RAPIDS — Despite their daily contact with the public in the Corridor, only a handful of Area Ambulance employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the disease was confirmed in Iowa last March.

IOWA CITY — The City of Iowa City was faced with many challenges and opportunities in 2020, which were outlined by Mayor Bruce Teague Monday night in his State of the City address.In his address, Teague noted the various ways in which the city responded to a historic pandemic, demands to address systemic racism, a derecho and other issues.

BAE Systems received a $247 million contract from the U.S. Space Force to build Global Positioning System chips and receivers in Cedar Rapids, the company said in a news release.

DES MOINES — Bills seeking to build out major broadband expansions in Iowa, compensate college athletes and streamline the process to determine recipient eligibility for public assistance programs cleared Senate committees Tuesday after some robust debate.