The bill, Senate Study Bill 1018, reups a legislative pitch to alter the makeup of county boards of supervisors in an effort to boost rural representation. Critics decry it as another GOP-led attempt to strip local control from Iowa municipalities and target the state's most Democratic-leaning counties.
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Crashes impacting travel in Iowa City
JOHNSON COUNTY, Iowa (KCRG) - Multiple crashes are impacting travel in the Iowa City area Wednesday morning. On I-80, a multi-vehicle crash is blocking the left westbound lane between Herbert Hoover Highway and the West Branch exit. The Iowa DOT says drivers can expect delays.
Law enforcement officials, advocates and grieving families of Iowans killed by distracted drivers packed a Senate committee room Wednesday to again implore lawmakers to ban motorists' handheld use of mobile devices behind the wheel.
The bill would also change the procedures governing how officers and other city employees are disciplined through cities' civil service commissions.
Citizen-led boards to review police misconduct would be banned in Iowa cities under a bill advanced Tuesday by Republicans on an Iowa Senate panel.
Iowa is playing a dangerous game, in which the volume of the broader program narrative will only get louder should it continue down this path.
Everybody is a fan of something — from authors to singers to quarterbacks — but for some, the fandom becomes a second life. These fans are often considered “stans,” and as people have been forced further online after the COVID-19 pandemic,
Iowa City will celebrate its arts and cultural scene with Free Week, a new, admission-free festival presented by X Marks the Arts.The festival will take place o
Under a bill advanced by Iowa lawmakers, cities with citizen police review boards would have to disband the commissions, including Iowa City’s.  The three-member panel of Iowa Senators advanced the bill,
Overnight snow is leaving a light dusting on the roads for morning commuters. It's slowly clearing as nearly 200 plows across Iowa work to clear the interstates. Drivers are still advised to be cautious on less-traveled roads. More covered roads and slick spots in Eastern Iowa are causing multiple crashes closer to Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
Minnesota saw its 17-point lead dwindle to three with 30 seconds left, but Frank Mitchell hit a pair of free throws to seal it.